Randall Bass

Randall (Randy) J. Bass is an American professor of English and the Vice President for Strategic Education Initiatives at Georgetown University.[1] He is a prominent figure in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and digital pedagogy, known for his work on the intersection of new media and university transformation.[2]

Education

Bass earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of the Pacific in 1981.[3][4]

He pursued graduate studies at Brown University, where he completed a Master of Arts in 1987 and a Ph.D. in English and American Literature in 1991.[5][4] His doctoral research focused on American literature and culture, which informed his later scholarship in digital humanities.[3]

Career and leadership

Bass has held multiple leadership positions at Georgetown University over three decades.[4] He was the founding executive director of the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) from 2000 to 2013.[6] He subsequently served as Vice Provost for Education for seven years before his appointment as Vice President for Strategic Education Initiatives in 2020.[1][4]

In 1994, he directed the American Studies Crossroads Project, the first web-based project funded by the FIPSE.[7] He also led the Visible Knowledge Project (2000–2005), a national initiative involving 21 campuses exploring technology's impact on learning.[8]

At Georgetown, he oversees the Designing the Future(s) of the University initiative and the Red House incubator.[1] Since 2024, he has served as a Senior Advisor to the President at the University of North Texas.[5]

Academic leadership and service

Bass holds several advisory and governance roles:

Scholarship

Bass is recognized for his 1999 essay, "The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem?", a foundational text in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).[4] He argued that instructional "problems" should be viewed as scholarly opportunities for investigation.[13] He published an updated reflection, "What's the Problem Now?", in 2020.[14]

Honors

In 1999, Bass received the EDUCAUSE Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Technology and Undergraduate Education.[7] He was a Pew Scholar and Carnegie Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1998–1999).[15]

Selected works

  • Border Texts: Cultural Readings for Contemporary Writers (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) ISBN 978-0-395-67728-5
  • Beyond Borders: A Cultural Reader (Houghton Mifflin, 2002) ISBN 978-0-618-23497-4
  • The Difference that Inquiry Makes: A Collaborative Case Study on Technology and Learning (co-edited with Bret Eynon, 2009).
  • "Disrupting Ourselves: The Problem of Learning in Higher Education" (2012) in EDUCAUSE Review.[16]
  • Open and Integrative: Designing Liberal Education for the New Digital Ecosystem (with Bret Eynon, AAC&U, 2016) ISBN 978-1-884-63015-6
  • Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education (co-edited with Jessie Moore, Stylus, 2017).
  • "Coda: A Wicked Problems Mindset for Educational Development" (2022) in To Improve the Academy.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Randy Bass, Ph.D." The Red House, Georgetown University. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  2. ^ "Keynote Speaker: Dr. Randy Bass". University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Speaker Profile: Randy Bass". Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Curriculum Vitae: Randall Joshua Bass". Georgetown University. 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Randall J Bass". Georgetown University. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  6. ^ "Randall Bass". Global Georgetown. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  7. ^ a b "Professor Randy Bass". Georgetown University American Studies Program. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  8. ^ "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A National Initiative". UNL Digital Commons. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  9. ^ "Current Board Members". University of the Pacific. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  10. ^ "Board of Trustees: Dr. Randall Bass". Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  11. ^ "Advisory Board Members". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  12. ^ "Paradigm Project Working Group Bios" (PDF). Bringing Theory to Practice. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  13. ^ Bass, Randall (1999). "The Scholarship of Teaching: What's the Problem?" (PDF). Georgetown University CNDLS. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  14. ^ Bass, Randall (2020). "What's the Problem Now?". To Improve the Academy. 39 (1). doi:10.3998/tia.17063888.0039.102. hdl:2027/spo.17063888.0039.102.
  15. ^ "Balancing Acts: Designing Careers Around the Scholarship of Teaching". Carnegie Foundation. Retrieved March 19, 2026.
  16. ^ Bass, Randall (2012). "Disrupting Ourselves: The Problem of Learning in Higher Education". EDUCAUSE Review. 47 (2).
  17. ^ Bass, Randall (2022). "Coda: A Wicked Problems Mindset for Educational Development". To Improve the Academy. 41 (1).
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