Faculty Profile

Dr. Arshad Ahmad

Vice Chancellor

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Prior to his current role as Vice Chancellor LUMS, Dr.  Arshad Ahmad served as Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning, and Director of the MacPherson Institute at McMaster University in Canada. He is also Chair of Teaching and Learning Canada, former President of Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and former Vice President of International Consortium of Educational Developers. Dr. Ahmad completed his MBA and later PhD in Educational Psychology at McGill University, won a lifetime 3M National Teaching Fellowship in 1992 and was a professor of finance at Concordia and McMaster Universities. His research interests are in student evaluations of teaching, approaches to teaching, teaching philosophies and student partnerships.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

2017

McMaster Global Teaching Excellence Award by the Higher Education Academy in partnership with Times Higher Education in Edinburgh, Scotland

2008, 2009, 2010

Professor of the Year, EMBA, IEDC Bled School of Management, Slovenia

2009

Provost’s Circle of Excellence, inducted for longtime contributions to academia, career achievements and external recognition, Concordia University

2005

Certificate of Recognition in teaching excellence, demonstrated commitment and improvement to higher education in Canada, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada Company

2004

Memento in recognition of contributions as Program Coordinator for the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Program, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada Company

2001

George L. Geis Dissertation of the Year Award, Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education

1995

Most Dedicated Professor to Student Life, Students' Association, Concordia University

1994

Concordia Council for Student Life Teaching Award, Concordia University

1993

The Distinguished Teaching Award, McGill University

1992

3M National Teaching Fellowship, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M Canada Company

1990

Distinguished Teaching Award, Molson School of Business, Concordia University

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

JOURNAL ARTICLES—PEER REVIEWED

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

  • Ahmad, A., Acai, A., Graystone, L., Fenton, N. (October 2017). Measuring Impact: From the Group Up. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Calgary, AB.
  • Ahmad, A., Kinsella, K. (October 2017). High Quality Teaching Philosophy Statements: A Study on (and for) new teachers. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Calgary, AB.
  • Ahmad, A., Acai, A. (June 2016). Investigating Impact: Preliminary findings. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference, Western University, London, Ontario.
  • Ahmad, A., Smith, R., Stockley, D. (June 2014). The 3M National Teaching Fellowship: Does Evidence = Impact? Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference, Kingston. Marquis, B., Ahmad, A., Goff, L., Knorr, K., Puri, V., Vassileva, I. (June 2014). Transforming McMaster’s Teaching and Learning Institute By Engaging Students As Partners. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference, Kingston,
  • Simmons, N., Poole, G., Verwoord, R., Miller-Young, J., Marquis, B., Ahmad, A., Mengel, T. (June 2014). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Transforming Institutions From Coast To Coast. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Kingston.
  • Ahmad, A., Felten, P., Hunt, L., Owens, T., Salter, D. (October 2014). What Does Research Reveal about Successful Academic Development to Promote Teaching and Learning? The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Raleigh, NC.
  • Ahmad, A., Price, D., Reilly, R., Cassidy, R. (October 2013). Triangulating the Analysis of Student Products from the Graduate Seminar on University Teaching. The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Ahmad, A. (October 2013). MOOC’s—The next Tsunami in Higher Education. President’s Forum. IEDC Bled School of Management, Slovenia.
  • Ahmad, A. (September 2012). Achieving Teaching Excellence. Central East European Management Association Network Conference, Johannesburg.
  • Ahmad, A. (July 2012). The Future of Learning. The International Consortium for Educational Development Conference, Bangkok.
  • Cassidy, R., Ahmad, A., Blom, M. (June 2012). Impact of a Graduate Teaching Seminar on Approaches to Teaching in Post-Secondary Education. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Montreal.
  • Blom, M., Ahmad, A., Cassidy, R. (June 2012). Assessing Teaching Philosophy Statements: A Coding Scheme. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Montreal.
  • Ahmad, A. (October 2011). Multinational Teaching Fellows. The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Milwaukee.
  • Ahmad A. (October 2011). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario.
  • Ahmad, A., Barrington, J., Blair, B. (October 2010). Building a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Framework that Encourages Student Engagement, Faculty Participation and Institutional Awareness. International Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Liverpool, UK.
  • Ahmad, A. (May 2010). A Framework for Assessing Teaching and Assessment of Learning Practices. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Congress 2010 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Montreal.
  • Ahmad, A., Germain-Rutherford, A., Lamontagne, C., Smith, R., Connolly, R., Cartwright, D., Fancy, A. (June 2010). Story-Telling in the Academy: An Opportunity for Insight, Regeneration and Transformation. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Wolf, P., Dawson, T., Ahmad A., Wright, A., Schwarz, K., Simmons, N., Weible, J. (June 2009). Recognition of Formal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Faculty Programs – A Good Idea? Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Ahmad, A., Lamontagne, C., Marken, R., Moore, R., Stockley, D., Taylor, L. (June 2009). Highlights from the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Selection Committee. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Cassidy, R., A. Ahmad. (2017). Conceptual change in approaches to teaching: A methodological integration. Journal of Learning Sciences.
  • Ahmad, A., Stockley, D., Smith, R. (2017). The Evolution and Impact of a 30-year Partnership: the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. A 3-year impact study. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship in Teaching & Learning.
  • Smith, R., Stockley, D., Ahmad, A., Hastings, L., Kinderman, L., Gauther, L. (2016). Perspectives on the impact of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Program. Innovations in Education and Teaching International. Taylor & Francis.
  • Marquis, B., Ahmad, A. (2015). Developing the scholarship of teaching and learning at the McMaster Institute for Innovation & Excellence in Teaching & Learning. Accepted (via internal peer review) for inclusion in an accepted special issue of New Directions in Teaching & Learning.
  • Marquis, E., Puri, V., Wan, S., Ahmad, A., Goff, L., Knorr, K., Vassileva, I., Woo, J. (2015). Navigating the threshold of student-staff partnerships: A case study from an Ontario teaching and learning institute. The International Journal for Academic Development.