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177 Contributors Robert Brooker is Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is a life sciences education mentor in the National Academies/HHMI Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Biology Education. Mike Burke is Professor of Mathematics at the College of San Mateo. His work as a Carnegie Scholar focused on integrative learning, the idea that mathematics, in particular , should not be taught as a completely separate discipline, in isolation from all other disciplines; rather, mathematics offers a powerful way to understand the world and to address many of the problems that arise in other disciplines. Brett Couch is Instructor in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia. Tricia A. Ferrett is Professor of Chemistry at Carleton College and founder and former director of the Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative. Matthew A. Fisher is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Saint Vincent College. Involved with the SENCER Project for over a decade and developer of two SENCER model courses, he is also a Senior Fellow with the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (www.ncsce.net). Fisher also directed Saint Vincent’s faculty development program for seven years. Richard A. Gale is Director of the Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University (Calgary, AB, Canada). He was a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Director of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Higher Education Program. David R. Geelan is Senior Lecturer in Science Education at Griffith University, Australia , and author of “Weaving Narrative Nets to Capture Classrooms” and “Undead Theories.” Bettie Higgs is Codirector of Ionad Bairre in the Teaching and Learning Centre at University College Cork, Ireland. Pat Hutchings is a consulting scholar with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where she was previously Vice President and a Senior Scholar working with the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL). 178 | Contributors Gregory Kremer is the Robe Leadership Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University, and founding director of the “Designing to Make a Difference” student project experience. Xian Liu is Professor of English and has been teaching integrated learning community courses for over ten years at Holyoke Community College, MA. Kate Maiolatesi is Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Energy at Holyoke Community College, Chair of the Sustainability Studies Program, and Principal Investigator for two National Science Foundation Clean Energy grants. David Matthes is Teaching Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota , Twin Cities. Jack Mino, Professor of Psychology and what might be called“Interdisciplinary Human Studies,” cofounded the Learning Communities Program at Holyoke Community College, MA, and is the current coordinator of the program. Whitney M. Schlegel is Associate Professor of Biology and founding director of the Human Biology Program at Indiana University. Joanne L. Stewart is Professor of Chemistry at Hope College. Deena Wassenberg is Teaching Assistant Professor in the Biology Program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She was a life sciences education fellow of the National Academies/HHMI Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Biology Education. Susan Wick is Professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Minnesota , Twin Cities. She is a life sciences education mentor of the National Academies/ HHMI Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Biology Education. Robin Wright is Associate Dean in the College of Biological Sciences and Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is an educational mentor and member of the advisory board of the National Academies /HHMI Summer Institutes for Undergraduate Biology Education. ...

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