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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Organizing Committee Members and WorkshopSpeakers
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Organizing Committee Members and WorkshopSpeakers
Pages 127-144
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; a lecture/lab course on genetics for non-science majors; "DNA Science" both for K-8 and high school teachers; phage bioinformatics for freshmen; and an upper level lab course that engages junior/senior undergraduates in research in Drosophila genomics. She served as Director for WU's HHMI Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program from 1992-2004, and has been an HHMI Professor since 2002.
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Dr. Bangera was invited to be a participant in the community that helped develop the recommendations in the AAAS report, Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education, because of her early work with the ComGen program which introduced undergraduates at community colleges to authentic research experiences.
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Her group studies scalable ways of engaging high school and undergraduate students in science research, mentoring of undergraduate researchers, and research as a mechanism for undergraduates to access to social capital within the scientific community, especially for students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the sciences. She is principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $6 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and other agencies.
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Under her leadership, the Department of Biology has become an enriched environment for undergraduate research in offering multiple research based-courses, the Genomics Education Partnership program, Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) project, and other sophomore research courses that include wet-lab or survey research experiences.
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Weaver has been a co-author on two different first-year chemistry textbooks, numerous book chapters on topics in science education and the 2015 book Transforming Institutions: Undergraduate STEM Education for the 21st Century. From 20042012, she served as Director of the NSF-funded multi-institutional CASPiE project (Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education)
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, the leading non-profit organization providing undergraduate research programs, services, and advocacy to close to 11,000 members at more than 740 member institutions. Prior to becoming Executive Officer in May 2012, she served as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships at the California State University Chancellor's office, from 2006-2012.
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Prior to her work at Barnard, Boylan was associate provost for academic planning and programs at Queens College/CUNY. As a tenured member of the biology faculty at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center, she served as Deputy Chair of Graduate Studies in Biology, chaired of the Queens College Academic Senate, and co-chaired University task forces on STEM reform and on secondary education.
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Trained as a neuroscientist and turned full-time education researcher, she teaches undergraduate biology courses while building a research program in biology education at ASU. Her main research interests focus on exploring the impact of course-based research experiences on students and faculty, identifying gender differences in undergraduate biology, and developing tools for biology departments to use to align with the goals of Vision and Change.
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Her research has been published in journals including Heritage Management, Physical Geography, Geoarchaeology, and Weatherwise. Although engaged in indigenous weaving techniques and local search and rescue activities, her current passion involves engaging first and second year college students in impactful undergraduate research experiences.
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Professor Full received Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award, was named Mentor in the Life Sciences by NAS, has briefed the US House of Representatives STEM Education Caucus on Undergraduate Research and American Innovation, and presented his ideas on discovery-based education at the Undergraduate Biology in the 21st Century Workshop, Council on Undergraduate Research Conference, NSF CCLI, Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities, Reinventing Undergraduate Education and TED Ed Meetings. Sylvester James "Jim" Gates, Jr., is an American theoretical physicist.
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He is the former editor-in-chief of the international journal Mutation Research, past President of the U.S. Environmental Mutagen Society and the International Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies, and a founding member of Project Kaleidoscope.
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James Hewlett currently serves as Professor of Biology and the Director of Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing at Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, NY. In addition to teaching, he serves as the Executive Director of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI)
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She is also co-Director of NCCU's HHMI science education grant which focuses on Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences.
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She has served as President of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Chair of the AAAS Education Section, and on the boards of the AAAS, the Educational Testing Service Graduate Record Examination, the McDonnell Foundation Cognitive Studies in Education Practice, and the National Science Foundation Education and Human Resources Directorate. Awards include the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Award for Lifelong Distinguished Contributions to Science Education, the American Educational Research Association Willystine Goodsell Award, and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents first award for Excellence in Educational Research.
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Cathy also serves as a senior scholar for SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities)
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He is an active researcher the fields of igneous and metamorphic petrology, focusing on studies of the volcanic and metamorphic rocks encountered in modern and ancient convergent plate boundaries. He also pursues a range of geoscience education investigations, examining the instructional use of research instrumentation in undergraduate courses, the impacts of undergraduate research as an effective geoscience pedagogy, and innovative applications of geoinformatics and geospatial information platforms to facilitate student training in the tools of modern research.
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Sarah joined HHMI in 2014 and prior to that held the position of Assistant Dean for Honors, Research and International Study in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin where she administered multiple college initiatives including honors programs, international science initiatives and undergraduate research. Additionally, she was Director and PI of the HHMI- and NSF-funded Freshman Research Initiative (FRI)
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144 APPENDIX D named as a National Academies Biology Education Mentor for the past 12 years. She was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012 and was recognized by the Genetics Society of America with the Elizabeth Jones Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.
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