BARBARA J. MILLIS became the second Director of the University of Nevada Reno Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) on July 1, 2004 after serving for nine years as the Director of Faculty Development at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Prior to that--beginning in 1982--she worked in faculty development at the University of Maryland University College. Barbara received her Ph.D. in English literature from Florida State University. She is well known in faculty development circles and is a sought-after workshop presenter and speaker/keynoter. This past year, for example, she offered keynotes at the IDEA Chairpersons Conference, the Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference, the 2004 Colloquium on Change in Accounting Education, the American Pharmacy Association's Self-Care Institute, and the Lilly East and Lilly North Teaching Conferences. She is a featured speaker at "Boot Camp for Profs," the original Lilly Conference at Miami of Ohio, and the Teaching Professor Conference. She has offered workshops at over 300 colleges and universities, including many overseas. Barbara has published numerous articles on topics such as cooperative learning, classroom observations, the teaching portfolio, microteaching, syllabus construction, classroom assessment/research, focus groups, academic assessment, and academic games. In 1998 Oryx Press published her book Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty, co-authored with Philip Cottell. In 2002 Stylus Press published Using Simulations to Enhance Learning in Higher Education, co-authored with John Hertel. A second book in the series on academic games will follow. The IDEA paper series published Enhancing Learning--and More!--Through Cooperative Learning . At the U.S. Air Force Academy, Barbara won both a teaching award and a research award. In Fall 2002 she loved being a Visiting Scholar at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. Since coming to UNR, she has become a Senior Associate with the Teaching, Learning, Technologies Group.