Glenn Ross Johnson

Author of:

First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching


Glenn Ross Johnson is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at Texas A&M University where he taught for many years. His background includes a BS in Education from Kent State University, a MA in Education from Ohio State University, and an EdD in Education from Columbia University Teachers College.

Glenn has been Associate Editor for The Journal of Staff, Program, & Organization Development since 1991 and has served on it’s editorial board since 1987. In addition, he is reviewing the literature on teaching in higher education, practices involving teaching in higher education, intellectual discussions of teaching in higher education.

Glenn implemented The Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University, and he served as its first director from 1983-1990. During his 30 years at Texas A&M University he directed several funded and unfunded research studies involving college teaching which resulted in the creation and development of Johnson's Systematic Instruction Model (SIM) and Johnson's Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (SIM). For more than 25 years, Glenn taught a popular graduate level course entitled, "College Teaching," in which many Ph.D. and Masters students from Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts, and Veterinary Medicine enrolled to learn more about teaching.