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Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 249-258
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He is the author of more than 150 research articles, book chapters, book reviews, and special reports in areas of scientific research and higher education, and he is a frequent speaker on issues involving the integration of scientific research and higher education. He serves on the Biosphere2 Governing Board and the boards of the Science Friday Foundation, and American Association of Colleges and Universities Project Leap Initiative.
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She is also the director of the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement and associate director of the Mentor Training Core of the National Research Mentoring Network. She is chairperson of the Leadership Committee for NSF's Biology Research Experiences for Undergraduates and directs an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates on integrated biological sciences.
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She has been a member of or has chaired several committees in national organizations inluding the American Educational Research Association, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and the American College Personnel Association. Her areas of research include the impact of college on students, especially students of color or low-income students; students' degree aspirations; students' transition to college; and the effects of undergraduate research on students' major choices and graduate school attendance.
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, a consortium of more than 100 college and university faculty. GEP undergraduates participate in gene sequence improvement and annotation projects, with the goal of publishing the results in primary research journals; more than 900 undergraduates are co-authors on GEP papers.
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His cross-disciplinary research include studies of neurodegenerative disorders including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, as well as food chain disorders, health transition studies, obesity and bionutrition, malaria, Lyme and other tickborne diseases, and prion diseases, especially chronic wasting disease. He has field research projects in Micronesia, Vanuatu, Ukraine, China, Siberia, and upstate New York.
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James Hewlett is a professor of biology at Finger Lakes Community College, where he also serves as director of Biotechnology/Biomanufacturing. He is the New York Hub Director of the Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative and serves on the editorial board of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, the editorial board of CBE–Life Sciences Education, the advisory board for Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Bioscience Education and Technology, and the steering committee for the University of Georgia's Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE)
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He is a Kellogg National Fellow, Fellow in Education of AAAS, Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, 2013 recipient of the Friend of Darwin award from the National Center for Science Education, and current chair of the AAAS Education Section. In 2014 he was named a Lifetime Honorary Member by the National Association of Biology Teachers and received a National Academies Staff Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Her community outreach includes discussions of the Great California ShakeOut and other earthquake-related topics with grade school, college, local business, and community group audiences. She was a National Association of Geoscience Teachers Distinguished Speaker, Geosciences Counselor for the Council on Undergraduate Research, and 2003 recipient of GSA's Biggs Award for Excellence in Earth Science teaching.
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She conducts research and evaluation studies on underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM disciplines, the professional socialization of graduate students, and pedagogical reform initiatives in STEM education. Her research interests include the social and cultural factors that enhance or hinder educational reform, scientific career paths and career decision making, and the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the sciences.
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She has taught educational foundations and policy courses for preservice teachers, directed a service-learning program at a community college in California, and served as a counselor in an urban e lementary school. She has run programs at the K-12 and community college levels to provide case management and social services for low-income and first generation students.
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