VIII . Personnel

CIRTL is a strong collaboration of STEM faculty and education researchers. All co-PIs and team leaders are briefly described below; however, they represent only a subset of those involved in CIRTL.

Steve Ackerman, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW ; Director of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies; Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and Aerospace Outreach Awards from the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.

Ann E. Austin, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, MSU; nationally known for work in faculty professional development, improvement of teaching and learning in higher education, and organizational change in higher education; co-PI of Spencer- and Pew-funded “The Development of Graduate Students as Teaching Scholars.” Past President, Assoc. for the Study of Higher Education.

Roger G. Baldwin, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, MSU; known nationally for research on professional development strategies, the academic career development process, and faculty collaboration; expertise in teaching and learning issues, curriculum development and reform.

Aaron M. Brower, Professor of Social Work & Integrated Liberal Studies, UW; Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching; nationally known for developing and evaluating residential learning communities; currently Director of the Bradley Learning Community.

Judith N. Burstyn, Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology, UW; Co-Director Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Residential Learning Community, former chair, Department of Chemistry Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, restructured undergraduate chemistry curriculum at UW, internationally recognized researcher in bioinorganic chemistry.

Alberto F. Cabrera, Professor of Educational Administration, UW; nationally renowned for work on equity issues pertaining to minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged students in higher education; his research on access to and persistence in college has been adapted by the Pathways to College Network as a framework to guide funding and intervention strategies.

Eileen Callahan, Associate Director of the Graduate Student Professional Development Office, UW; co-PI on the GK-12 award “K-Through-Infinity Systemic Professional Development”.

Chris Carlson-Dakes, Associate Director, Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment, UW ; adjunct faculty in College of Engineering; executive committee of the UW Teaching Academy; focuses on creating cross-disciplinary communities in higher education.

Carol Colbeck, Associate Professor of Higher Education, PSU, and Senior Research Associate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education; conducts research on faculty integration of teaching, research, and service, and relationships between organizational climate, faculty teaching, and student learning; co-directed evaluation of the NSF-funded ECSEL coalition.

Clifton F. Conrad, Professor of Educational Administration, UW; nationally recognized scholar of higher education teaching and learning in undergraduate and graduate education across the liberal arts and sciences; Past President, Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Sandra Shaw Courter, Director, Engineering Learning Center, Adjunct Professor, Engineering Professional Development, UW; Executive Committee of Educational Research and Methods, Division for the American Society for Engineering Education; research interests in curriculum innovation and graduate student development.

Sharon Dunwoody, Professor and Director of School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Associate Dean for Social Sciences, Graduate School, UW; international reputation for studies of public understanding of science via the mass media; teaches science writing to a variety of audiences, including scientists; policy experience with science advisory bodies of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Sciences.

James Fairweather, Professor of Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education, MSU; nationally known for his work in faculty roles and rewards, industry-university partnerships, reforming undergraduate engineering education, and higher education policy; extensive experience in evaluation and project management; co-directed evaluation of the ECSEL coalition and is co-PI of a GE Fund project to study reform in undergraduate engineering service courses.

Walter Goodman, Professor of Entomology, UW; research areas include genetic regulation of insect development and insect immunity; instructional interests include development of new methods of enhancing inquiry-based science.

Robert D. Mathieu, Professor of Astronomy, UW; internationally recognized researcher in stellar astrophysics; Presidential Young Investigator,

Guggenheim Fellow; Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching; experience in managing large programs includes Associate Director of the NISE, Director of the CL-1 Institutes, President of Board of Directors for WIYN Observatory, Inc.

Susan Millar, Director of the Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation, and Dissemination (LEAD) Center, UW; evaluation work focuses on faculty and student learning and organizational change processes associated with efforts to improve learning in the STEM disciplines; currently serves as chair of the NSF Education and Human Resources Advisory Board.

Terrence Millar, Professor of Mathematics, Associate Dean for Physical Sciences, Graduate School, Interim Director of the Graduate Student Professional Development Office, UW; PI on the GK-12 awards “K-Through-Infinity Professional Development Partnership” and “K-Through-Infinity Systemic Professional Development”; former co-director of NISE.

John Moore, W. T. Lippincott Professor of Chemistry, UW; Director of the Institute for Chemical Education, Editor of the Journal of Chemical Education, former co-PI of the New Traditions project, one of five NSF-funded systemic initiatives in chemistry; awarded every major award in chemical education and the UW-System Underkofler Award for Teaching Excellence.

Gregory A. Moses, Professor of Engineering Physics, UW; internationally recognized in inertial fusion; reformer of higher education using information technology; co-lead of NSF PACI Education and Outreach Program Leadership Team, and on Executive Committee of NSF/NPACI partnership.

Andrew Porter, Anderson Bascom Professor of Educational Psychology, and Director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, UW; leader in work on student achievement assessment; member of the National Academy of Education and Immediate Past President of the American Educational Research Association; has directed a number of large education R&D centers, including the NISE.

James Stewart, Professor of Science Education, UW; an active research program on student learning and reasoning in the sciences; Associate Director of the National Center for Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science and a founding member of the UW-Madison’s Center for Biology Education and the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium.

Norman L. Webb, Senior Research Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, UW; nationally known for work on evaluation and assessment; co-PI of GK-12 program evaluation, Study of Systemic Reform in Milwaukee Public Schools, and Study of the Impact of the State Systemic Initiatives; evaluator of the vertical integration projects.