Nancy Evans

Associate Director for Communication and Professional Skills
Senior Lecturer

Department: CPCS Professional Skills

Campus: Bloomington

Areas of Expertise

Collaborative/active classrooms, flipped classrooms, technology tools and teaching, online teaching, career development, first year experience programs, computer skills.

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Educational Studies, Ball State University, 2012
M.A., Secondary Education, Ball State University, 2003
B.S., Accounting, Butler University, Accounting, 1993

Professional Experience

Lecturer in Communication, Professional, and Computer Skills, Kelley School of Business, 2017 - present
Trustee Lecturer in Computer, Information, and Graphics Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, 2009 - 2017
Faculty in Department of Undergraduate Education, IUPUI (formerly University College), 2015 - 2017
Associate Faculty in Computer, Information, and Graphics Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, 2001 – 2009
Self-employed consultant/teacher/coach, 1995 - 2001
Staff Accountant, Coopers & Lybrand/Allman & Fitzgerald, 1993 - 1994

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Mosaic Faculty Fellow, Indiana University, June 2016 – present
MOS Excel 2016, MOS Word 2016, IC3 certifications, 2016 – present
Gateway Faculty Fellow, IUPUI, 2016 - 2017
Frank E. Burley Distinguished Professor Award, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, August 2014
Outstanding Teacher Award, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, April 2011
Outstanding Associate Faculty Award, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, April 2008
Associate Faculty Gateway Scholar, IUPUI, June 2007

Selected Publications

Evans, N., Ingram, E., & Elliott, R. (2016). A process of institutional change in online learning. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH, November 17-20.
Mithun, S. & Evans, N. (2016). Teaching Introductory Programming Concepts using the Flipped Classroom Model. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH, November 17-20.
Evans, N., Elliott, R., Thedwall, K., Zhao, H., Kelmer, M., & Byrer, N. (2015). Classroom technology from students’ perspectives. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, OH, November 19-22.
Evans, N. (2012). Students' perceptions of meaningfulness in first year experience courses: A case study. Ann Arbor, MI: Proquest LLC.
Elliott, R. & Evans, N. (2011). Work in progress — The impact of integrating first-year students into the broader curriculum. Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), doi: 10.1109/FIE.2011.614301.
Evans, N. J., Mulvihill, T. M., & Brooks, N. J. (2008). Mediating the tensions of online learning with Second Life. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 4(6). https://nsuworks.nova.edu/innovate/vol4/iss6/1/
Evans, N. (2004). Spirituality and education. Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 3-6.

Edited on August 8, 2025