David Pace

David Pace is an emeritus professor of modern European History at Indiana University, where he has taught since 1971.

Involvement in Decoding the Disciplines

David is the co-creator with Joan Middendorf of Decoding the Disciplines approach. His contributions to the field include:

·        The Decoding the Disciplines Paradigm: Seven Steps to Increased Student Learning (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2017).

·        Decoding the Disciplines: Helping Students Learn Disciplinary Ways of Thinking (New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol. 98 (Fall 2004) [co-edited with Joan Middendorf]

·        26 authored or co-authored articles on Decoding

·        He has offered more than seventy workshops on Decoding to groups in twelve countries

Honors and Professional Experience

President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History, 20010-2019

Pew Fellow in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 1999-2000

Fellow of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2019-2024

Co-Director, Indiana University Freshman Learning Project

Co-Director, Indiana University Decoding Transitions to College Project

Leadership team for The History Learning Project

American Historical Association’s Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award, 2005

Indiana University’s Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1994

Decoding the Disciplines.

He blogs regularly at Decoding The Ivory Tower.