Joshua Eyler

Josh Eyler is Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and Director of the Think Forward Quality Enhancement Plan at the University of Mississippi, where he is also Clinical Assistant Professor of Teacher Education. He previously worked on teaching and learning initiatives at Columbus State University, George Mason University, and Rice University.

Eyler is the author of the book How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (West Virginia University Press, 2018), which Book Authority named one of the “100 Best Education Books of All Time.” It was also named a “Book of the Year” in the Chicago Tribune. His forthcoming book, Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do about It (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), is about one of the most urgent issues in education today--grading and alternative assessment.