Appendix D—Author and Editor Bio-Sketches

Karen L. Anderson
Chemistry and Biology Science Faculty Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
klanderson@matcmadison.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Microbiology for Health Occupation Students, Technical Chemistry for Veterinary Technicians; self-growth and learning theory for educators and students, and use of real-time assessment in the learning process

Vita highlights:

Developer and facilitator of faculty development workshops and seminars to provide growth opportunities for staff from across the college
Organizer and coordinator for six years in Learning to Learn camps
Recipient of Madison Area Technical College’s Distinguished Teacher Award, 2000
Shodan (1st level of black belt) in aikido, 2003

Daniel K. Apple
President and founder of Paciﬁc Crest, Lisle, IL
dan@pcrest.com

Vita highlights:

Facilitator of more than 200 Institutes since 1991, including three-day Process Education Teaching Institutes, Curriculum Design Institutes, Advanced Teaching Institutes, and Learning-to-Learn Camps
Author of faculty resources including the Process Education Teaching Institute Handbook, Curriculum Design Handbook, Program Assessment Handbook, The Learning Assessment Journal and Learning Through Problem Solving
Facilitator and coach in transformational change at more than 25 colleges during the past ten years
Collaborator on more than ten research grants in areas including technological innovations, curriculum reform, science and engineering reform, and new educational approaches to advance student success

Richard C. Armstrong
Chemistry Instructor (retired) Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI

richa@merr.com

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
photography

Vita highlights:
Instructor of chemistry at the high school (9 years), associate degree (12 years), and college levels (16 years) for a total of 37 years’ teaching experience

Author of “guided inquiry” activities for General Chemistry
Author of many concept challenge problems for College Chemistry I & II
Collaborator for planning and conducting several Learning-to-Learn camps for under-performing students
Instructor of ﬁre ﬁghter courses including hydraulics, hazardous materials, Level I and Level II certiﬁcation programs and Driver-Operator Certiﬁcation, and author of a manual: Live Fire Training Standard Operating Procedure

Suzanne Ashe
Professor of English, Coordinator of First-Year Experience Program, Director of Writing Center Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
sashe@cerritos.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Learning Communities, Composition (basic skills through advanced), Writing Centers and Labs, Critical Thinking/Argumentation, Drama, Shakespeare

Vita highlights:

Contributor to the development and implementation of learning communities, ﬁrst-year experience programs, and related faculty and staff development at local and national levels
Designer of campus-wide cross-curricular writing lab and web site, including faculty development component
Recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award at Cerritos College (2002) and Outstanding Faculty of the Year
Award recipient from Center for the Study of Diversity in Education (De Anza College, California) in 2001

Carol Atnip
Educational Consultant—Developmental Mathematics Former coordinator of Developmental Mathematics, University of Louisville carolatnip@hotmail.com

Vita highlights:

Collaborator on issues in developmental education and presenter at workshops and sessions at state and national conferences on faculty development and alternative ways to serve academically at-risk students
Secretary on the board of the National Association for Developmental Education and NADE representative on the AMATYC National Advisory Committee for the revision of the Crossroads in Mathematics: Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Before Calculus, and co-chair of the NADE national conference in 2001
Board member on the Kentucky Association for Developmental Education since 1989, holding numerous ofﬁces, including current position as archivist
Co-author of two developmental mathematics texts and collaborator for curriculum development using the Process Education philosophy and adapting active learning techniques for use in the developmental mathematics classroom

Marie Baehr
Associate Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Physics Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
marieb@elmhurst.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
General Physics, Chaos Theory, Analytic Mechanics, New Faculty Orientation, Assessment of General Education

Vita highlights:

Co-author of Foundations of Learning and Foundations of Learning Activities Book (Paciﬁc Crest, 2000) and Laboratory Manual for Liberal Arts Physics, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall, 2003)
Member of North Central Association’s Higher Learning Commission’s peer-reviewer corps, Assessment of Student Learning Think Tank, and Mentor for Assessment Workshops
Creator of several handbooks for Elmhurst College, including Adjunct Faculty Handbook (1999), Assessment Handbook (2002), General Education Handbook (2003), and Department Chair’s Handbook

Sandy Bargainnier
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
ssb5@psu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Curriculum Design, Program Planning, and Health Education Concepts, rubric development, curriculum alignment, designing professional development activities to improve classroom assessment and student learning

Vita highlights:

Presenter at American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, the American School Health Association (AAHPERD) on the use of Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs), Rubric Design, Classroom Assessment, and Group Process
Facilitator of faculty development workshops at Penn State University on the use of Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs), classroom assessment, ANGEL web-based course management system, and effective group work
Consultant with K-12 school districts on standards-based curriculum and standards-based assessment
NCATE/NASPE accreditation program report writer and reviewer for physical education programs in higher education

Temba C. Bassoppo-Moyo
Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology and Design, College of Education Illinois State University, Normal, IL
tcbasso@ilstu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Instructional Systems Design and Technology, Instructional Media and Technology, Designing Computer-Based Instructional Software, and Project Management, online instruction, eLearning, multi-media interactive delivery systems, electronic performance support systems, and evaluation of distance learning environments

Vita highlights:

Fulbright scholar
Trained telecommunications engineer
Recipient of inclusion in Who’s Who in Instructional Technology
Member of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) as well as several international organizations that represent distance education and eLearning

Steven W. Beyerlein
Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, ID sbeyer@uidaho.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Sophomore Design, Senior Design, and Combustion Engine Systems, testing of catalytic engine systems, conducting action research in the college classrooms, teaching and documenting open-ended problem solving, and designing professional development activities

Vita highlights:

Member of the Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium that produced and ﬁeld tested a three component Design Team Readiness Assessment
Collaborator with a broad range of Faculty Guidebook authors who created the design for the project during a 20012002 sabbatical year
Co-PI of the NSF Enriched Learning Environment grant with primary responsibility for the formation and ongoing development of a community of research-based classroom practitioners at the University of Idaho

Paula E. Bobrowski
Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute, Visiting Professor of Healthcare Administration Auburn University, Auburn, AL Professor of Marketing, State University of New York at Oswego
bobrope@auburn.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Healthcare Marketing, Finance and Management, International Business, Advertising and Promotion, Executive MBA, Leadership and Pedagogy of Teaching

Vita highlights:

2005 Fritz Roethlisberger Memorial Award for Best Journal of Management Article
PI of a Department of Education Title VIB—International Business Grant 2002-2005
Recipient of the 2003 Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching and the President’s Award for Teaching Excellence
Fulbright Research Fellow, Japan 1996-1997
Co-author of the textbook Gateway to Business (3rd edition)

Kathleen Burke
Assistant Professor of Economics State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY
burkek@cortland.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Econometrics, Statistics, and Mathematical Economics, issues in public education in New York State, household decision making and its inﬂuence on health care and education in developing countries, and salary analysis in higher education

Vita highlights:

Recipient of the 2004 Excellence in Teaching award for the Incorporation of Technology in Teaching

William Collins III
Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Director of Freshman Learning Communities Program; Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
william.collins@sunysb.edu

Vita highlights:

Experienced user of computer hardware and software in research and teaching
Developer of instructional laboratory courses in physiology, computer modeling, and introductory biology
Recipient of a SUNY Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching and Course Development and the President’s and Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Active participant in faculty development and the use of real-time assessment to grow student performance in laboratory and research process

Dan Cordon
Doctoral Candidate in Mechanical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
cord4530@uidaho.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Combustion Engine Systems, Senior Laboratory

Vita highlights:

Designer and maintainer of an engine research facility that is used both by graduate and undergraduate students for studies on alternative fuels, innovative engine control hardware, performance measurement, and emissions measurement/reduction
Team member on the NSF Enriched Learning Environment Project, specializing in web-based documentation for communities of practice
Mentor for undergraduate engineering students in the capstone design course
Recipient of a 2004 University Transportation Centers Student of the Year award

Pamela L. Cox
Assistant Professor of Management State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY
pcox@oswego.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Organizational Behavior, Cultural Environments of International Business, International Business, Human Resource Stafﬁng, developing effective teamwork models, improving ﬁrst-year college retention, and integrating writing, critical thinking, and globalization across the university curriculum

Vita highlights:

Developer and instructor of a critical thinking course for ﬁrst-year business students that has signiﬁcantly improved ﬁrst-year retention rates and ﬁrst-year grade point averages
Co-author of Gateway to Business (4th edition)
Author of articles on curriculum design and assessment in Journal of Management Education, Business Communications Quarterly, Decision Sciences Institute Journal of Innovative Education, and Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management

Chris Davis
Director of Assessment Baker College, Flint, MI
chris.davis@baker.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Assessment and evaluation, planning, institutional change

Vita highlights:

Mentor of faculty and administrators of the Baker College campuses on the use of assessment to enhance teaching and learning
Founding Director of the Baker College Center for Teaching Excellence
Former Dean of CIS and Technical Programs at Baker College of Muskegon

Denny Davis
Professor of Bioengineering Washington State University, Pullman, WA
davis@wsu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Multidisciplinary Capstone Engineering Design, and Freshman Design, teaching, learning and assessing engineering design, teaching professional skills and attributes, student retention in engineering

Vita highlights:

Project leader for the NSF Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium that produced and ﬁeld-tested instructional and assessment resources for design education. <www.tidee.cea.wsu.edu>
Founding member of Washington State University’s President’s Teaching Academy, focused on improving teaching and learning on campus
Collaborator with NSF Enriched Learning Environment grant at the University of Idaho that focused on the development of a community of research-based classroom practitioners

Wendy Duncan-Hewitt
Assistant Dean for Education Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn, AL
duncawe@auburn.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Synthetic educational research, facilitation of educational quality improvement, and problem-based learning facilitation, cognitive/moral development, leadership in learning communities, professionalization

Vita highlights:

Producer of a framework that links a social model of cognitive/moral development to optimal teaching methods which faculty can use to facilitate growth and empowerment
Developer of a modiﬁed problem-based learning format that can be used in large classes with one facilitator

Wade Ellis, Jr.
Chair of Mathematics Department West Valley College, Saratoga, CA
wade_ellis@westvalley.edu

Vita highlights:

Instructor in higher education for thirty years and recipient of teaching honors including the AMATYC Mathematics Excellence Ward, the Hayward Award for Excellence in Education from the California Academic Senate, and the Distinguished Service Award from the California Mathematics Council, Community College
Author of several books concerning mathematics and computer science
Past president of the California Mathematics Council, Community College, and member of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, and the National Research Council Committee on Science Education

Judy Ecker
Freelance Consultant on Board Development DeForest, WI
judithe@scls.lib.wi.us

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
adult literacy, research interests on impact of community libraries on community learning

Vita highlights:

Oxford University presenter on future of public libraries
Presentations at American Association of Community College Trustees and Northern Ireland College Trustees on board effectiveness
League for Innovation presentation on how boards can affect learning in a college
Strategic plan designer and implementer for multiple institutions

Rose Ann Findlen
Freelance Consultant Madison, WI

rfindlen@tds.net

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Research interest in Higher Education Leadership

Vita highlights:

Associate Professor of English, Northwest Missouri State University
Administrator in Higher Education, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Arts and Sciences-Dean
Student Development-Vice-President
Executive-Acting President/Provost

James Hadley
Director of Education Hamilton College, Council Bluffs, IA
jhadley@hamiltonia.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
history of humanistic and transpersonal psychology, personality and the aging process, and exploring human potential

Vita highlights:

Certiﬁed Leadership Effectiveness Training (LET) facilitator for Gordon Training International, based upon the teaching of Thomas Gordon, protégé of Carl Rodgers and client-centered therapy
Active developer and participant in faculty development workshops and seminars to provide growth opportunities for adjunct faculty members on campus
Scheduled Presenter for the Kaplan Higher Education Corporation national education conference on improving instructor facilitation methods and strategies

David Hanson
Professor of Chemistry Stony Brook University SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
David.Hanson@StonyBrook.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, kayaking, gardening, investing, understanding atoms and molecules, creating innovative curriculum materials and teaching strategies, assessing student learning

Vita highlights:

Award-winning teacher, research scientist, and department chair
Developer of an interdisciplinary learning communities program dedicated to facilitating the transition from high school to college, nurturing student success, and providing an integrated interdisciplinary general education experience
Leader in developing curriculum materials and teaching strategies to support process-oriented guided-inquiry learning and teaching
Facilitator of regional and national workshops for high school, college, and university faculty on process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL), and a Director of the NSF-supported POGIL National Dissemination Project
Co-developer of the LUCID Learning and Assessment System (Learning and Understanding through Computer-based Interactive Discovery)

Victor Harms
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Services Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE
harms@bellevue.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Introductory Psychology, Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment, and Internship, inﬂuence of home environment and parenting on self-esteem, and problem solving of adolescents

Vita highlights:

President of a full-service outpatient mental health practice for ten years
Counseling educator at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Grace University, and Bellevue University
Active learning facilitator and creator of a positive learning environment

Carol Holmes
Director of Faculty Development Paciﬁc Crest, Lisle, IL
rcholmes@tds.net

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Retired from position of Staff/Organizational Development Coordinator for Madison Area Technical College (MATC)

Vita highlights:

Expert in strategic planning for institutions, organizations and communities
Teacher (in Occupational Therapy Assistant Program), Executive Assistant to the College President, and Coordinator of Staff/Organizational Development during a 25-year career at MATC
Chair of the Vanguard Team and liaison for the college to the project as MATC was one of twelve college in the U.S. and Canada piloting the transition to becoming a learning college
Overseer for selection of facilitators, design of curricula, and trainer of more than 100 support staff, administrators and faculty members who delivered a comprehensive repertoire of courses and workshops to meet the professional development needs of the college and individual employees

Betty Hurd
Lead Instructor, Fashion Marketing Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
bhurd@matcmadison.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
fashion, marketing, retailing, and assessment

Vita highlights:

Lecturer and Advisor in Consumer Science at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
CETL Fellow in Assessment
NISOD Teaching Excellence Award
Adobe Breeze Mentor

Sharon Jensen
Instructor, College of Nursing Seattle University, Seattle, WA
sjensen@seattleu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Advanced Pharmacology and Critical Care Senior Practicum, effectiveness of learning strategies and facilitating high-level reﬂ ection practices

Vita highlights:

Author of a ﬁrst edition of a medical surgical nursing book (in development) in collaboration with faculty from the University of Washington
Experienced instructor at the university level and continuing education in the hospital setting
User of technology, active learning strategies, and integrator of the philosophy of Process Education in teaching practices and curriculum design

Cy Leise
Professor of Psychology and Director of the M.S. in Human Services Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE
cleise@bellevue.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Introductory Psychology and Making Positive Life Choices (online), learning and self-growth theory, with a focus on how educators can facilitate these

Vita highlights:

Author of Process Learning Activities for Introduction to Psychology (4th edition)
Program co-planner for 2004 and 2005 conferences of the Association of Research-Based Practitioners in Process Education
Facilitator, and change agent for the improvement of program assessment within the Bellevue University community, including the use of active learning “growth” rubrics for both student and instructor perspectives
Integration of program and faculty development by means of the Content Manager and e-Portfolio functions of Blackboard^TM

Thomas V. Mecca
Educational Consultant. IFSR, Associates, Executive Vice President/Chief Educational Ofﬁcer (retired), Piedmont Technical College, South Carolina
tvmecca@earthlink.net

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
leadership, strategic management, socio-political forecasting, organizational change and transformation, environmental scanning and futures research

Vita highlights:

1994 Dissertation of the Year Award, The International Society for Educational Planning
Administrative experience with oversight of strategic planning, academic affairs, institutional/instructional technology, faculty development, institutional development/advancement, student services, and admissions/student records
Consultant to and trainer of the staff of numerous educational agencies, school systems, and higher education institutions
Author of articles and book chapters on strategic planning and organizational change in such publications as “Community College Review”, “World Future Society Bulletin”, “Educational Leadership”, Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Volume V, Doing Academic Planning, (SCUP), Planning Resource Development In an Uncertain Environment, (NCRD)
Presenter at national and international conferences of SCUP, AIR, AERA, UCEA and World Future Society
Instructor of undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic planning, socio-political forecasting, theory and practice of leadership

Ronald Miller
Computer Science Instructor and Assistant to the Chair Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
ronald.miller@wmich.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
computer applications, undergraduate curriculum, business writing, sales, marketing, quality control, economics and accounting

Vita highlights:

Instructor of computer science applications courses at university, community, and technical college levels for ten years
Co-author of Information Technology Self-Assessment Learning Journal (Paciﬁc Crest, 2004), which includes learning methodologies, reading and lecture note logs, as well as self-assessment journals for student development of problem-based computer projects
Magazine reporter and computer programmer of savings, inventory, payroll, and accounting applications for a bank service bureau

Vicky Minderhout
Associate Professor of Chemistry Seattle University, Seattle, WA vicky@seattleu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Undergraduate Research, Biochemistry, and General Chemistry, biochemical signal transduction processes as they relate to atherosclerosis; analyzing effective teaching for open-ended problem solving; and designing professional development activities for high school instructors

Vita highlights:

Facilitator at national workshops for the NSF Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) project
Co-designer and facilitator for a professional development series for local physical science teachers
Presenter at several chemical education conferences on coaching problem solving skills in the classroom
Co-author of process oriented activities for biochemistry (in development)

Rick Moog
Professor of Chemistry Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
rick.moog@fandm.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry; facilitating student-centered learning, understanding solvent effects, introducing others to Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)

Vita highlights:

Recipient of Lindback Award for Teaching Excellence
Co-Author of POGIL materials for use in general chemistry and physical chemistry
Project Coordinator for the POGIL Project
Facilitator for numerous POGIL faculty development workshops

Jim Morgan
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

jim-morgan@tamu.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Solid Mechanics, Structural Analysis, and Dynamics and Vibrations

Vita highlights:

Licensed professional engineer in Texas
Facilitator of national and international workshops on active-cooperative and collaborative learning, and the use of teams in and out of the classroom
Instructor of the ﬁrst-year engineering course at Texas A&M University for the past thirteen years, serving as freshman engineering coordinator from 1993-1997
Active member of the NSF Foundation Coalition team that changed the course to an ACL team-based format (offered to all TAMU engineering students starting in the fall of 1998)

Eric Myrvaagnes
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Suffolk University, Boston, MA eric@mcs.suffolk.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Freshman Problem Solving, Freshman Interdisciplinary Course, and Operating Systems

Vita highlights:

Designer and instructor of Suffolk’s ﬁrst computer course for non-science majors, using a student-centered, Process Education approach
Principal author of Foundations of Problem Solving
Author of the book Trust in Learning: A Practical Guide to Student-Centered College Teaching

Carol Nancarrow
Professor of English Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
carol.nancarrow@sinclair.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Writing Lab, Research Paper, and English Composition, effective use of technology, professional development practices, and writing theory and practice

Vita highlights:

Instructor in a wide range of mediums and formats, such as a traditional structure, online-learning, interactive television, and within a writing lab
Facilitator of faculty development at Sinclair in process learning, distance learning, and Learning-to-Learn Camps
Presenter at the League for Innovation in the Community College on faculty development at Learning-to-Learn Camp and active learning in interactive television

Marta Blaho Nibert
Rehabilitation manager, occupational therapist, and private consultant Lima, Ohio

marta.nibert@gmail.com

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Human Development, Psychosocial Dysfunction, and Human Anatomy

Vita highlights:

Project leader for Process Education at James A. Rhodes State College which involved writing grants for initial funding, collaborating with Dr. Dan Apple in institution-wide consultation and training sessions, and serving as a faculty mentor
Founder of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at James A. Rhodes State College, receiving both initial accreditation and re-accreditation
Appointee to the Roster of Accreditation Evaluators for Occupational Therapy Education
Instructor for Cross Country Education, giving workshops monthly
Doctoral candidate in Advanced Occupational Therapy at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana

Kip Nygren
Colonel, U.S. Army, Professor and Head, Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
kip.nygren@us.army.mil

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Dynamics and Controls, Senior Design, and Astrodynamics, issues associated with the development and integration of new technology for the military, classroom research on the use of technology to enhance learning, and the history of technology

Vita highlights:

Director, Interim Research, Development and Engineering Command, and special assistant to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) in 2002
Researcher on a study regarding the military potential and perils of future technologies for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army during a 2001-2002 sabbatical year
Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 2001 to 2003 and contributor to the organization of the 2004 Annual ME Education Conference

Kelli Parmley
Director of OBIA University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
kelli.parmley@unco.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Introduction to Public Speaking

Vita highlights:

Active promoter of Institutional Research as a resource for translating data into information for decision-making, consulting for gathering information through survey development, administration, and analysis, and acting as a problem-solving interface with Computer Services
President in 2004-2005 for SUNY-wide organization for the profession of Institutional Research as president-elect in 2003-04 for a SUNY-wide organization of professionals
Local arrangements chair for the 2005 regional conference for Institutional Research professionals
Key leader of campus-wide efforts to identify a plan for moving forward with assessment, identifying and offering key professional development opportunities for faculty and staff through Paciﬁc Crest, and supporting the implementation of assessment systems in academic programs, general education, and administrative departments
Leader in understanding the broader policy and ﬁnancial context of public higher education in New York State, through a combination of advanced education in public administration and higher education administration as well as professional budgeting experience at the State and System SUNY level

Duncan Quarless, Jr.
Associate Professor of Chemistry State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY
quarlessd@oldwestbury.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Freshman Chemistry and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, bio-inorganic approaches to environmental remediation, creating models for the Lewis acid catalysis and coordination chemistry of cysteinate metalloproteins; exploring structure-reactivity relationships for secondary non-covalent intra-molecular interactions in coordination complexes; and improving the integration of research-based methodology into laboratory instruction in natural science.

Vita highlights:

Program Director for a Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) grant from the NYS Education Department to develop inquiry-based guided discovery activities for both formal and informal science education at the secondary school level; and to improve learning outcomes for STEP students
Program Director for STEP and the Assistant Campus Director for the NSF sponsored SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
Member of the Teaching for Learning Center committee and co-organizer for the interconnected learning project in natural sciences at the college

Virginia Romero
Professor of Counseling Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
vromero@cerritos.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
career guidance, athletic-academic counseling, aerobics instruction

Vita highlights:

Collaborator in learning communities program for ten years, emphasizing team-teaching career guidance taught in conjunction with basic writing/composition; active participant in related faculty and staff development at local and national levels
Recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award at Cerritos College for outstanding service in counseling, especially in a program serving 500 athletes and Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award from Center for the Study of Diversity in Education (De Anza College, California) in 2001
Counselor of the Year in 2001, decided by 3C4A faculty association for college athletic academic advisors

Mark Schlesinger
Associate Vice President for Academic Technology; on Leave as Associate Professor of Communication Studies; University of Massachusetts Boston
mark.schlesinger@umb.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Analyzing Media, Media Effects, Information Technology and Human Communication, teaching and learning (especially problem solving, communication issues in information technology, mass media)

Vita highlights:

Pioneer of distance learning at UMass Boston, developing teleconferencing courses in the mid 1990’s and online courses thereafter
Co-editor of Learning Through Problem Solving
Director of Communication Studies at UMass Boston, 1996 to 2005
Academic Advisor, Center on Media and Society, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Peter Smith
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
psmith@saintmarys.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
old house renovation, caring for grandkids, promulgating war tax resistance, traveling, improving facilitation in the classroom

Vita highlights:

Instructor for ten years, following Process Education philosophy in all courses
Participant and mentor at many Process Education events
Presenter at several ASCUE conferences, papers on teaching Computer Science using Process Education principles

Linda Spoelman
Associate Professor of English Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
lspoelma@grcc.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
developmental writing, Caribbean women writers, access of marginalized people to higher education worldwide, and integration of Process Education principles into the delivery of developmental education

Vita highlights:

Coordinator of Developmental Education and English as a Second Language
Facilitator of faculty development for adjunct faculty teaching ESL and developmental reading, writing, and mathematics courses
President (2005) of Michigan Developmental Educators Consortium (MDEC)

Tris Utschig
Educational Consultant, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
utris.utschig@cetl.gatech.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
freshman engineering and physics, student peer and self-assessment, technology in the classroom, faculty peer coaching

Vita highlights:

Created, directed, and delivered a pre-engineering program including a two-year Associate of Science degree at Lewis-Clark State College
Frontiers in Education New Faculty Fellow in 2001
Active presenter and reviewer for the Educational Research and Methods Division of the American Society for Engineering Education
Local leader, developer and participant in faculty development workshops and seminars to provide growth opportunities for faculty

Carol Van Der Karr
Director, Advisement and Transition SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
carolv@cortland.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Collaborative learning, organizational theory, student persistence, and public higher education systems, ﬁrst year transition, and cognitive development in college students. Administrative activities include involvement in ﬁrst year transition programs such as ﬁrst year seminar and learning communities, faculty advising development, and assessment.

Vita highlights:

Syracuse University Doctoral Prize for Outstanding Research, 2001
National Academic Advisor Association Certiﬁcate of Merit for Outstanding Administration, 2003
National presentations at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, National Conference on the First Year of College and the National Academic Advisor Association conference.
Graduate program instructor for Organizational Theory, Introduction to Higher Education, and College Teaching.

Jack Wasserman
Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
wasserma@utk.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Applied Biomechanics, determination of spinal response to vehicle vibration, development of aquatic exercise program that actively promotes a decrease in osteoporosis, orthopedic biomechanics

Vita highlights:

Collaborator in web-based engineering education for the College of Engineering
Co-PI of several University of Tennessee grants on interactive technology related to realistic problem solving for upper division students

Yolanda L. Watson
Managing Partner and Principal Consultant Strategic Consulting Solutions, Decatur, GA; Visiting Faculty in Anthropology and Sociology Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
yolandalw@acninc.net

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Sociology of Education, Evaluation and Assessment in Postsecondary Education, and any sociology courses or women’s studies courses approached from an interdisciplinary perspective—especially those which encompass economics or education course content

Vita highlights:

Consultant for strategic planning, assessment, evaluation, and grant writing to institutions of higher education and the organizations that support them
Web-based instructor for engineering education for the College of Engineering
International presenter and speaker on various topics related to education, fundraising, grant writing, and funding for postsecondary education
Evaluation Consultant to the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for the Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education (CASEE)
Peer Reviewer for several federally-funded discretionary grant programs for over six years
Author of Daring to Educate: The Legacy of the Early Spelman College Presidents (2005)

Kenneth A. Wesson
Educational Consultant—Neuroscience San Jose, CA
kenawesson@aol.com

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Neuroscience of Learning, Early Brain Development, Emotional Intelligence, and Neuropsychology of Prejudice

Vita highlights:

International presenter and keynote speaker on the topics of Neuroscience of Learning, Early Brain Development, Emotional Intelligence and the Neuropsychology of Prejudice to audiences ranging from pre-school and early childhood specialists to college-level administrators, faculty members, and counseling organizations
Researcher and science writer for Science IQ , contributing articles on brain research
Educational Consultant for Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
Collaborator on the development and marketing of several of the nation’s leading mathematics, science and reading programs, including coordinating the efforts of one of the nation’s major publishers with America’s largest school systems and the National Science Foundation (in mathematics and science)

Barbara C. Williams
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
barbwill@uidaho.edu

Favorite courses, activities and scholarly interests:
Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Engineering for Living Systems, Water and Wastewater Operations, Fluid Mechanics of Porous Media

Vita highlights:

Research interests include colloid (nanoparticle) transport in groundwater, interdisciplinary drinking water protection research with social scientists, creation of nanodevices for faster cheaper water analysis, improving techniques for graduate student advising, and using process education in engineering education.
Winner of a college-wide award for Outstanding Academic Advisor
Utilize process education techniques for disciplinary and interdisciplinary program design
Professional Engineer (PE); advisor to government and industry on waste management and groundwater cleanup