Lauren Barbeau, Ph.D
Assistant Director for Learning and Technology Initiatives
As the assistant director for Learning and Technology Initiatives, Barbeau provides vision to Learning and Technology Initiatives team programming, coordinates the Teaching with Technology partnerships, and assists faculty in finding the right technology tools to meet their pedagogical needs. Early struggles as an untrained writing instructor shaped her passion for pedagogy. As a Liberman Fellow for Teaching with Technology in graduate school, she discovered an interest in the intersection of pedagogy and technology. Barbeau’s co-authored book project, Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching (Stylus Publishing, 2023), offers instructors the pedagogical tools she wishes she had as a new instructor: a framework for identifying, implementing, and documenting effective teaching behaviors as well as aligned peer observation and student feedback instruments to help them gather external perspectives on their teaching. Barbeau earned her Ph.D. in English, specializing in 19th century American Literature with a certificate in American Culture Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis.
lbarbeau6@gatech.edu
Office
Clough 457
Teaching Interests
Pedagogy
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Research Interests
Effective Teaching Practices
Student Feedback on Instruction
Peer Observation of Teaching
Education
B.A. English—University of Florida
B.A. Spanish—University of Florida
M.A. English—Washington University in St. Louis
Ph.D. English—Washington University in St. Louis
Recent Publications
Cornejo Happel, C., Barbeau, L., Rohrbacher, C., Korentsides, J., & Keebler, J. R. (2025). Rethinking bias in student evaluations: a multivariate analysis of observable instructional behaviors. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2025.2548923
Cornejo Happel, C., Rohrbacher, C., Cooks, T., Korentsides, J., Keebler, J.R., Van Ommen, C. Williams, K.N., Barbeau, L. (2024). Validating the Critical Teaching Behaviors Midterm Feedback Instrument for Enhanced Teaching Effectiveness and Student Engagement. To Improve the Academy, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.4759
Barbeau, L. & Cornejo Happel, C. (2023). Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching. Routledge.
Barbeau, L & Cornejo Happel, C. (2023, February 22). Beyond the Checklist: What Does Good Teaching Look Like? Thriving in Academe. https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/beyond-checklist-what-does-good-teaching-look
