Claire Major is a Professor of Higher Education at The University of Alabama. She teaches courses on college teaching, technology in higher education, reading research in the field of higher education. Her research interests are in the areas of faculty work, pedagogical approaches, technology for teaching, and online learning. She typically draws upon qualitative methods to answer her research questions. She has authored and co-authored several books, including Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (with Elizabeth Barkley published by Jossey-Bass), Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Educational Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success (with Michael Harris and Todd Zakrajsek, published by Routledge), Online learning: A guide to theory, research, and practice (published by Johns Hopkins University Press), Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty (second education, with Elizabeth Barkley and Pat Cross, published by Jossey-Bass), The essential guide to qualitative research: A handbook of theory and practice (with Maggi-Savin Baden, pubished by Routledge), and An introduction to qualitative research synthesis: Managing the information explosion (with Maggi Savin-Baden, published by Routledge). Major also publishes her work in leading education journals and presents at both national and international conferences.