Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation and Executive Director for Open Educational Resources and Digital Innovation Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Watson is the Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation and Executive Director for Open Educational Resources and Digital Innovation for the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). He focuses on federal and state-level advocacy and policy efforts to advance quality in undergraduate student learning. Watson had served as the associate vice president for Quality, Advocacy, and LEAP Initiatives. Prior to joining AAC&U, Dr. Watson was the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia (UGA) where he led university efforts associated with faculty development, TA development, student learning outcomes assessment, learning technologies, media production services, classroom support and learning spaces, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. At UGA, he also taught courses on college teaching. Watson is the founding executive editor of the International Journal of ePortfolio, the executive editor of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and is on the board of directors for the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning; the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidenced-based Learning; and the Reacting to the Past Consortium. His most recent books are Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes (Jossey-Bass, 2017) and Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past: Research on High Impact, Active Learning Practices (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017). Other Information Other Affiliations: AAC&U