Charlie Blaich, Center of Inquiry in the LIberal Arts at Wabash College

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Full name: Charlie Blaich
Job title: Director of Inquiries
Bio: Charles Blaich currently serves as the Director of Inquiries at the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1986. After a one year research post-doc, he served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Psychology at Eastern Illinois University from 1987-1991. Blaich joined Wabash College in the fall of 1991. In addition to teaching Psychology at Wabash, Blaich served as the co-chair of Cultures and Traditions for two years. Cultures and Traditions is an interdisciplinary year-long course for all sophomores at Wabash College. While at Wabash college, Blaich received the CollegeÂ¹s McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Excellence in Teaching Award and two National Science Foundation grants. He previously received teaching awards from the University of Connecticut and Eastern Illinois University. In 2002, Blaich assumed his current position at the Center of Inquiry. Blaich's recent publications include "Do Liberal Arts Colleges Really Foster Good Practices In Undergraduate Education?" in the Journal of College Student Development, and "Liberal Arts Colleges And Liberal Arts Education: New Evidence On Impacts" An Association for the Study of Higher Education- Educational Resources Information Center (ASHE-ERIC) monograph.