Adam Wilson 

Center for Teaching and Learning

Assistant Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Biography

Dr. Adam Wilson serves as the Assistant Director for the Center of Teaching and Learning and is an Assistant Professor of History at Lipscomb University. Before joining Lipscomb, he spent 14 years as a professor and administrator of online programs at the University of Tennessee at Martin. During his time there, he successfully led the university’s transition to the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), created faculty development workshops on online course design, and frequently presented on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Dr. Wilson has taught in various modalities, including face-to-face, dual enrollment, and both synchronous and asynchronous online classes.

He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Mississippi, specializing in African American history with a focus on the "long civil rights movement" and the contributions of African Americans in the military throughout U.S. history. In 2015, his manuscript, African American Army Officers of World War I: A Vanguard of Equality in War and Beyond, was published. This work highlights the role of African American officers in World War I as they fought for civil rights amidst discrimination and their ongoing efforts to combat segregation and inequality after the war.

More recently, Dr. Wilson has forged partnerships with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California and the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., focusing on the scholarship of gamification and designing scenarios that enhance student success through critical thinking and reinforced learning.