About

As Provost of Lipscomb University, I am passionate about creating transformative educational experiences that empower students, faculty, and staff to thrive. I believe that blending the best of traditional wisdom with bold innovation is essential to meeting the evolving needs of today's world—and to preparing students for lives of purpose and impact.

At the heart of my work is a commitment to mentorship, creating a community of belonging, and weaving mission into every facet of academic life as we prepare students to make a difference in the world with courage, compassion, and conviction.

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Books and Book Chapters

Shewmaker, J.W. & Boone, A. (2024). Creating and Consuming Media Messages with Purpose: A Guide for Parents and Families. Goshen, KY: Gifted Unlimited.

Shewmaker, J.W. & Baldridge, S. (2022). Implementing an Innovative Interprofessional Education Curriculum Across a College. In E. Sengupta and P. Blessinger ICT and Innovation in Teaching Learning Methods in Higher Education: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing.

Shewmaker, J.W., Austin, L., & Garcia, M. (2021) Exposing Learners to Practice: When Crisis Presents New Opportunities. Handbook of Research on Updating and Innovating Health Professions Education: Post-Pandemic Perspectives. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Shewmaker, J.W. & Boone, A. (2021). Creating and Consuming Media Messages with Purpose: A Guide for Educators. Goshen, KY: Gifted Unlimited.

Shewmaker, J.W. & Boone, A. (2020) Empowering Faculty to Use Practices of Hospitality and Vulnerability to Encourage Risk Taking in the Higher Education Classroom (pp.111-121). In E. Sengupta and P. Blessinger International Perspectives on Improving Classroom Engagement and International Development Programs: Humanizing Higher Education. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing.

Shewmaker, J.W. (2018) Using a Contemplative Pedagogy to Promote Discussion in a First Year Seminar (pp. 101-106). In L. Nilson and J. Herman (Eds), Creating Engaging Discussions: Strategies for “Avoiding Crickets” in any size classroom and online. Herndon, VA: Stylus.

Shewmaker, J.W. (2017). Building Belonging: Fostering Difficult Conversations around Diversity (pp.243-256). In K. Longman (Ed.), Diversity Matters, Abilene, TX: ACU Press.

Shewmaker, J.W. & Lee, S. (2015). Distributed Leadership in a University School Collaborative Partnership to Build the STEM Pipeline for Girls (pp. 195-209). In Blessinger, P. & Cozza, B. (Eds). University Partnerships for Community and School System Development Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Volume 5, Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Fang, B., Shewmaker, J., & Self, S. (2015). Designing Free-range Assignments. In D. Preuveneers (Ed.) Workshop Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, Prague, Czech Republic, July 13-15, 2015 (pp. 120-129). Amsterdam: IOS Press.

Shewmaker, J.W. & Bolin, P. (2015). Shifting vision: Mentoring as faculty development for all levels of experience (pp. 155-168). In G.D. Wright (Ed.) The Mentoring Continuum: From Graduate School through Tenure, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.

Articles

Phillips, L. & Shewmaker, J.W. (2024). Supporting Healthy Affect and Coping After Perceived Failure in College Students in Christian Higher Education, Christian Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2024.2385300

Heflin, H., Shewmaker, J.W., & Nguyen, J. (2017). Impact of mobile technology on student attitudes, engagement, and learning. Computers & Education. pp. 91-99. doi: 10.1016/ j.compedu.2017.01.006.

Fang, B., & Shewmaker, J. (2016). The case for small data in higher education. In p. Novais and S. Konomi (Eds.) Intelligent Environments. pp. 159–168. Amsterdam: IOS Press. http://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-690-3-159

Shewmaker, J.W. (2013). Social media in the classroom: Challenges and strategies in faculty development. The Journal of Social Media in Society, 3 (1), 87-94.

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