Robert Maribe Branch
Career and Information Studies (Faculty)
Professor and Department Head
129 Rivers Crossing
Phone: 706.542.1682
Email: rbranch@uga.edu
Robert Maribe Branch is Professor at The University of Georgia. Rob earned an Associate of Science degree from New York City Technical College in Brooklyn, New York; a Bachelor of Science degree from Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina; and a Masters degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Rob taught secondary school in Botswana as a Peace Corps Volunteer and later joined the University of Botswana for several years as a lecturer in the Technical Education Department. Rob returned to the United States, and completed a Doctor of Education degree from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1989, specializing in learning, design, and technology. Dr. Branch joined the faculty at Syracuse University and taught graduate courses and conducted research in the Department of Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation where he was promoted to Associate Professor and earned tenure during his seven years there. Dr. Branch is a former Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher to the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, where he assisted with founding a Masters degree program in Media Studies and conducted research on the complexities of intentional learning space. Dr. Branch recently served as an invited discussant to the 20th Annual Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University in England. He has co-edited the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook since 1997, and co-authored the two recent editions of the popular Survey of Instructional Development Models book. Dr. Branch emphasizes student-centered learning, teaches courses related to project management and instructional systems design, and consults regularly with governments, businesses and other educational institutions on strategic planning. Dr. Branch’s published research focuses on diagramming complex conceptual relationships and other complicated flow processes.