PRESENTATIONS

Whether in person or by video, Rob's presentations are always interactive. He presents on the following topics:
  • Boost Learning, Reduce Stress: Teaching More with Mental Health in Mind
  • Foster Learning and Mental Health by Becoming Natural Mentors
  • Design Courses with Students' Mental Health in Mind
  • Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Students
  • Democratizing Participation: How to Broaden Student Engagement Beyond the Usual Suspects

VENUES

Alone or with Bonnie, in person or remotely, Rob has presented to faculty at the following universities and colleges:
  • The Teaching Professor conference twice (once as an invited speaker)
  • BYU-Idaho's annual faculty conference
  • Northern Illinois University's annual faculty conference
  • College of DuPage's annual faculty conference
  • Michigan State University
  • BYU-Pathway
  • Georgia Highlands College​
  • ​BYU-Idaho's Power to Become conference

PODCASTS, ETC.

To get a feel for both substance and style, check out these podcasts, interviews, and courses featuring Rob and often Bonnie:
Rob is a master teacher! He engages, enlightens, entertains, and provokes deeper thoughts in his audiences. Most importantly he leaves them wanting more! ”
Kelly Burgener, former Academic Vice President, BYU-Idaho
Rob Eaton is a dynamic speaker. His insights will change the way you teach!"
Lisa Nunn, author of 33 Simple Strategies for Faculty and College Belonging, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Educational Excellence at University of San Diego
One of the most energizing discussions of our faculty and staff learning community was thoughtfully facilitated by Rob Eaton. We are so grateful for the new perspectives he helped us consider as we advance our collective goal of supporting international student success at Michigan State University."
Opal Leeman Bartzis, Ed.D., Executive Director of Education Abroad, Michigan State University 
Rob's experience and research make him an expert in supporting both in-person and online students. Regardless of the modality, anyone who works with students will leave his presentations with tools to better serve, lift, and support.”
Rachel Huber, Director of Instructional Support, BYU-Idaho Online Learning
After 19 years at BYU-Idaho, Rob Eaton is currently a visiting teaching professor of religious education at BYU. Before coming to BYU, Rob spent 19 years at BYU as a professor of religious education, an associate academic vice president, and a learning and teaching fellow. Among other things, he helped create what has become BYU Pathway Worldwide—an online program now serving over 65,000 students in over 180 countries. He also oversaw efforts to improve learning and teaching among the campus-based faculty and helped develop a semester-long course for new faculty members, which he continues to team teach.
 
Rob earned a bachelor’s in international relations from BYU and a law degree from Stanford Law School, where he graduated with honors and was named the outstanding oralist in the law school’s appellate court competition.    
 
Before ditching the legal and corporate world for teaching, Rob practiced law for seven years in Seattle and worked as a vice president of a consortium of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies in the Northwest for another three years. He’s written a number of books on religious themes as well as a biography, but Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom is his first work in the scholarship of learning and teaching.
 
Having taught and spoken extensively at BYU-Idaho as an academic leader, with the publication of Improving Learning and Teaching in the College Classroom, Rob is now transitioning to speaking to educators anywhere about how they can simultaneously increase learning and decrease unnecessary stress in their students.​