Dr. Tara Gray is Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Founding Director of the Teaching Academy at New Mexico State University. A recognized leader in scholarly productivity, Tara is best known for helping scholars work smarter—not harder.
With 50 publications and four books, she is prolific herself. Early in her career, Tara turned blistering criticism of her own writing into a proven system for success, captured in her book Publish & Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar.
Her ten elegantly simple steps have helped more than 10,000 scholars enhance their
writing at 140 universities across eight countries. Workshop participants consistently describe her as “spirited, entertaining, and informative.” Indeed–she’s anything but gray!
Tara’s education began at the United States Naval Academy and continued through Southwestern College in Kansas, and Oklahoma State University, where she earned a Ph.D. in economics by asking a provocative question: Do prisons pay? She then taught economics at Denison University before joining the Department of Criminal Justice at NMSU, which remains her tenure home. She has earned ten awards for teaching and service.