Dr. Thurston is the Assistant Director of Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE) at Utah State University. Travis directs all instructional development programming and facilitates the ETE 10 Professional Learning Pathways microcredentialing program to support instructors in evidence-based and reflective teaching practice. Travis is also a Visiting Professor for digital-age teaching at Universidad Casa Grande in Ecuador. His research interests center on structuring an Architecture of Engagement for educational development through instructional development, instructional design, and instructional practice.
With over a decade of experience as an educator in K-12 and higher education, Travis holds a Master of Educational Technology (M.E.T.) degree from Boise State University with a grad certificate in Online Teaching, and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from Utah State University. Travis and his wife Jenny have four children whose athletic and academic endeavors contribute to his perspectives on teaching and learning.
