Meet the Faculty: James Lang ’91
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James Lang ’91 is a professor of the practice in Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence.
The author of several popular books on teaching, including Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It and Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, Jim was previously a professor of English and the director of the D’Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption University. He writes a regular column on teaching and learning for The Chronicle of Higher Education and co-edits a book series on higher education for the University of Oklahoma Press.
Jim has delivered keynotes or workshops at more than 300 hundred colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. A recipient of a Fulbright Specialist Grant in 2016, he has also consulted with the United Nations on a multiyear project to develop teaching materials in ethics and integrity for high school and college faculty.
Jim is a graduate of Notre Dame with a B.A. in English and philosophy. He holds an M.A. in English from St. Louis University and a Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University.