Holly Bender
- Professor, Veterinary Medicine
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
- Director, Office of Educational Research and Development
- Oro Valley Veterinary Medicine, Rm. 148
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- hollybender@arizona.edu
Biography
Holly Bender joined the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine (UA CVM) in March 2020 to develop faculty and staff for our new innovative, Team-Based Learning-rich curriculum. She is driven by a passion for designing and implementing effective and engaging research-based practices to develop expertise.
She directs the Office of Educational Research and Development (OER&D), whose mission is to develop faculty and academic staff and support collaborative educational research. She and her team mentor faculty and academic staff in designing exciting and engaging team-based learning and other active learning practices using the principles of deliberate practice, backward design, and effective technology.
Dr. Bender received her DVM at Michigan State University and her residency and PhD in Clinical Pathology from Virginia Tech. Before joining the UA CVM, she held faculty positions at the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech and Iowa State University (ISU), where she used Team-Based Learning extensively in her clinical pathology courses. For 25 years, Holly led a multidisciplinary research team that designed and developed open-source software for TBL prework using the tenets of deliberate practice to set students up for success.
For ten years before being recruited to the UA CVM, Holly was in charge of faculty development as the associate director of ISU's central campus teaching center and directed ISU's Preparing Future Faculty Program. During that time, she was personally mentored by both Team-Based Learning (TBL) founder Larry Michaelsen and the Team-Based Learning Collaborative's (TBLC) inaugural president, Dean Parmelee. She created an over 250-member TBL faculty learning community with members from all 8 ISU colleges. While at the ISU teaching center, she served on the national leadership team of the Center for Integration of Research Teaching and Learning (CIRTL), a 43-university consortium dedicated to transforming STEM education by preparing PhD students and postdocs for evidence-based teaching practices.
Degrees
- Ph.D. Clinical Pathology
- Virginia Tech, Blackburg, Virginia, United States
- D.V.M. Veterinary Medicine
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- B.S. Microbiology
- Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan, United States
Work Experience
- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Arizona (2020 - Ongoing)
- College of Veterinary Medicine University of Arizona (2020 - 2021)
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine (2018 - 2020)
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (2011 - 2019)
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (2010 - 2019)
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University (2008 - 2020)
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University (2002 - 2008)
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech (1998 - 2010)
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech (1989 - 2002)
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech (1989 - 1995)
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech (1988 - 1989)
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech (1980 - 1987)
- Mixed animal practice (1979 - 1980)
Awards
- American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology National Educator Award
- American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Winter 2022
- ISU SCAVMA Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Basic Sciences
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2022
- Iowa State University Sesquicentennial Hubbard Award for Teaching Excellence
- Iowa State University, Winter 2022
- National Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award - Outstanding Veterinary Medical Educator of the Year
- Carl J. Norden-Pfizer, Winter 2022
- Norden Distinguished Teacher Award
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2022
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2008
- SCAVMA Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Clinical Sciences
- Iowa State University Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Winter 2022
- William O. Reece Award for Outstanding Academic Advising
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2022
- Fellow and member, Steering Committee of the Teaching Academy of the Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine
- Consortium of West Region Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Spring 2022
- Morrill Professor
- Iowa State University, Winter 2019
- ISU SCAVMA Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Clinical Sciences
- Iowa State University Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Winter 2016
- National SAVMA Teaching Excellence Award
- Student American Veterinary Medical Association, Winter 2004
- VEISHEA Faculty Member of the Year
- Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2004
- VMRCVM Teacher of the Year Award, Class of 2004
- Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Winter 2002
Licensure & Certification
- Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathology (Clinical Pathology), American College of Veterinary Pathology (1995)
Interests
Research
Multidisciplinary educational researchDevelopment and implementation of effective educational technologyFaculty DevelopmentOpen Educational Resources
Teaching
Faculty and academic staff development in research-based practices that develop expertise and support peak performance, such as Team-Based Learning.
Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- "Bender, H. S., Garrett, K. M., & others", . (2021). "Engaging students with team?based learning in courses taught at two campuses synchronously: Two case studies in health sciences". "New Directions for Teaching and Learning".
- Bender, H., Dorius, C., & Madeka, K. (2021). "The readiness assurance process in online team‐based learning classrooms". New Directions in Teaching and Learning, 25-39. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20434
Presentations
- Bender, H., Madeka, K., & Cox, J. (2021, December 13). Invited to Lead TBL workshop- The Red-Hot Scoop on Team-Based Learning, Monday, December 13th, in collaboration with Kajal Madeka and Jonathan Cox for Louisiana State University’s SVM’s Education Day- 48 faculty in attendance including faculty from the CVMs at LSU, U Tenn, UGA, OSU, Lincoln Memorial, and U Florida.. Education Day- Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Zoom: Louisiana State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
