Director of CIDR, Associate Dean in the Graduate School, and affiliate graduate faculty in the Communication Department

Wulff spent 27 years teaching, consulting, researching, and co-authoring/co-editing seven volumes on issues in higher education, including Aligning for Learning: Strategies for Teaching Effectiveness (2005, Anker Publications) and Paths to the Professoriate (2004, Jossey-Bass). His teaching areas have included instructional, interpersonal, and nonverbal communication, communication education, interviewing, instructional design, and teaching and learning in higher education. Wulff served in leadership roles in various national educational organizations and on editorial review boards. He was honored with UW’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 1984, and he was a 2002 recipient of the Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD Award, a lifetime achievement award from the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. He was the 2007 recipient of the David B. Thorud Leadership Award. First awarded in 2006, the award is given to one faculty member and one staff member who have demonstrated exceptional abilities to lead, serve, inspire, and collaborate with broad impact.