Flower Darby celebrates and promotes effective teaching in all class formats to include, welcome, and support all students in their learning and success. In her work in MU’s Teaching for Learning Center, Flower offers courses, workshops, peer observations, and individual and departmental consultations to promote effective teaching in every class. Flower is an internationally renowned keynote speaker and author as well as adjunct faculty at MU. She’s taught in higher ed for 30 years in a range of subjects including Psychology, English, Technology, Leadership, Dance, and Pilates. A seasoned face-to-face and online educator, Flower applies learning science across the disciplines and helps others do the same.
Through her publications and presentations, Flower has helped educators all over the world become more effective in their work. Her co-authored books include The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching (2023) and Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes (2019), and she’s a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her new book, The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes (in press) explores how we can thrive in online spaces and help our students do so as well.