Dr. Timothy Henkel serves as Director of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Prior to joining USFSP, Dr. Henkel was Associate Professor of marine biology and Scholar-in-Residence at the IDEA Center at Valdosta State University in Georgia.

For 20 years, Dr. Henkel has taught at various levels, including undergraduate and graduate courses, both in-person and online. As a post-doctoral scholar at Murray State University, he worked with the FIRST IV project, an NSF-funded research program that provided professional development to post-doctoral researchers. He was part of the team that developed ways to assess the impact of this early career professional development model.  More recently, Dr. Henkel served as a representative for faculty development within the University System of Georgia, working with the USG-Consortium on Teaching and Learning (USG-CTL) and Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative in Georgia. He led a cross-disciplinary team of faculty to the 2018 AAC&U Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success.  Dr. Henkel has published articles on teaching and learning and professional development as well as numerous articles on marine ecology.