Dr. Cristy Sellers Earns Tenure, Promotion at Pacific University

Cristy Sellers, PhD, has earned indefinite tenure and been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor in the School of Learning and Teaching in Pacific University’s College of Education.

Dr. Sellers joined the Pacific University faculty in 2018 after 17 years as a public school teacher and district administrator in Atlanta, Georgia, and she currently chairs the undergraduate teacher licensure program in the School of Learning and Teaching. She teaches in Pacific's Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education program, the Bachelor of Arts in Education and Learning, and the disability studies minor housed in the College of Arts & Sciences. 

She serves as an elected member of the Faculty Senate, the chair of the School of Learning and Teaching and College of Education Curriculum Committees, as the College of Education representative for the College of Arts & Sciences Academic Standards Committee, and as a member of the Steering Committee for the College of Arts & Sciences strategic plan. 

At the national level, Sellers serves as the assistant editor for Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, the academic journal of The American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (CTD), and will be co-chair for the organization's national conference in 2024. 

Sellers also has been a peer reviewer for several academic journals in her field, including the Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, Teacher Education Quarterly, and Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. She is an Editorial Board member for Health, Interprofessional Practice & Education.