Barbara M.I. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Chair, Critical Thinking and Developmental Studies
Senior Professor, General Education
DeVRY University, North Brunswick, New Jersey
Personal Help Hours
- As posted outside Office 936
- On syllabus
- By appointment
Areas of Specialization
- Critical Thinking / Problem-solving
- Developmental Reading
- Developmental Writing
- Speech
- Composition
Research Interests
- Pedagogical innovations such as learning communities,
- especially with nontraditional students, and team-teaching
- The support of female students in predominantly male technical programs
Conference Presentations and Publications
- 2003 ASEE, American Society for Engineering Education,
- National Conference, June, 2003,
- "Faculty and Peer Mentoring Within a Critical Thinking Class"
- with Carolyn Hogan, M.A.
- DeVry North Brunswick Institute Day, June 2003,"What's it Like for
- the Women?" with Marcia Grasso, M.A.
- "Effects of a First Semester Learning Community on Nontraditional
- Technical Students," with Martin Finkelstein, Ph.D.
- "Innovative Higher Education" 26(4) Summer 2002, 235-249
- 2002 ASEE, American Society for Engineering Education,
- National Conference, June, 2002,
- "What's It Like for the Women? Acceptance, Inclusion, and Equity in
- Predominantly Male Technical Programs" with Liz O'Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
- 2001 ASHE, Association for the Study of Higher Education,
- Annual Conference, November, 2001,
- "Effects of a First Semester Learning Community on the Academic and
- Social Integration of Nontraditional Students at a Commuting Institution"
- with Martin Finkelstein, Ph.D.
- 2001 Noel Levitz Conference on Retention, "Facilitating the Success of
- Female Students in Predominantly Male Technical Environments"
- with Liz O'Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
- 2001 ASEE, American Society for Engineering Education,
- National Conference, June, 2001,
- "The Impact of a Team-based, Team-taught Interdisciplinary Learning
- Community on Non-Traditional Technical Students at a Commuting Institution"
- with Thomas Kist, M.S.E.E. and William Lin, Ph.D.
- "Effects of a First Semester Learning Community on the Academic and
- Social Integration of Nontraditional Students at a Commuting Institution."
- Ph.D. dissertation. Seton Hall University. 2000
- Roundtable discussion: Critical Thinking Class and Its Connection
- to the Rest of the Curriculum at the DeVry No.Brunswick Institute Day,
- May, 2001 with Kelly Hogan, MES
- Seton Hall's New Doctoral Student Day, Fall 2001, Speaker.
- NJIT Innovations in Teaching and Learning Fourth Regional Conference, April 2001,
- "Electronic Technician Students: Thriving, Not Just Surviving
- in a Problem-solving, Team-based Learning Community"
- Roundtable discussion: Women and Technology
- at DeVry's Second National Faculty Symposium,
- Chicago, July, 2000 with Liz O'Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
Professional Organizations
- Kappa Delta Pi-International Honor Society in Education
- AAUW, American Association of University Women
- ACE Network, American Council on Education,
- Institutional Representative to the ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education
- ASHE, Association for the Study of Higher Education
- ASEE, Association for the Study of Engineering Education
- NADE, National Association for Developmental Education
- NJADE, NJ Association for Developmental Education
- National Council of Teachers of English
- College Reading Association
Committees
- Faculty Development Committee:
- Co-chair of the "Food for Thought" discussion series.
- Student Success Task Force
- Strategic Planning Committee 2002-2003.
- Committee on Gender and Academics.
- Co-coordinator, Women's Issues Focus Group and Women's Coffee House
- to "foster a culture that is sensitive to and supportive of
- the unique needs of female students" on campus - with Marcia Grasso, MA
- Chair, Critical Thinking and Developmental Studies Committees
- Toastmasters, Vice-President, Membership
How to Contact Me