Robin K. Morgan received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Auburn University in 1988. She is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Southeast where she presently serves as the Director of the Institute for Learning and Teaching Excellence, overseeing face-to-face and distance education. She has served as the Indiana University Director of the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), a system wide organization devoted to recognizing and advocating for excellence in teaching. As Director, she served as the editor of the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning as well as the founder and editor of the Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology. She has published numerous articles in the scholarship of teaching and learning, student stalking of faculty, and authored or co-authored several books including three in the Quick Hits series of Successful Strategies for Award Winning Teachers.  The second edition of her Case Studies in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology was published in 2017. Robin has received numerous teaching awards with her most recent award being the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology at Indiana University.

The Annual Hass-Birky Keynote Address honors Robin Hass-Birky, who passed away in 2008, for her dedication to the scholarship of teaching and learning. She was an administrator and faculty member in the Department of English at IUN and was inducted into FACET in 2000. Her contributions to education are recognized throughout Indiana University and this Lectureship honors her dedication and commitment.  Robin was especially sensitive to the needs and interests of associate faculty and spoke at this occasion in 2007.