Contributors Helane Adams Androne [adamshd@muohio.edu] is Assistant Professor of English at the Middletown campus of Miami University in Ohio, where she teaches Composition, African American literature, Women's Studies, and Latino/a Literatures. She received her Masters in Teaching and Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on literatures of the African diaspora and ritual pedagogy. Marianne Ferguson [fergusmc@BuffaloState.edu] received her Doctorate in the Philosophy of Religion at MacMasters University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1980. She has coordinated the Religious Studies section of the Philosophy Department at Buffalo State College for 15 years where she taught Religious Studies for 27 years. She has authored two books, Women and Religion and Christian Thought, an Introduction, along with numerous articles. Marianne is on the founding committee of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Buffalo State College. Len Gusthart [len.gusthart@usask.ca] is a professor of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He received his doctoral degree from Bowling Green Sate University. He has received many teaching awards including The University of Saskatchewan Master Teacher Award and the Canadian 3M Teaching Fellowship Award. He teaches graduate courses in University Teaching and undergraduate courses in Pedagogy of Motor Skill Acquisition. He publishes in journals related to sport pedagogy and higher education journals such as the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. Laura Hankins [lhankins@montreat.edu] is the Asheville Regional Director for the School of Professional and Adult Studies at Montreat College in North Carolina, USA. She is also an adjunct instructor in the Teacher Education Department. Glenda Hensley [ghensley@email.wcu.edu] is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She holds a BFA in Costume Design from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and a Master of Arts in Drama Education from Prescott College in Arizona. Glenda serves as costumer and instructor, and is Coordinator of the new Theatre in Education (TIE) program. She facilitates TIE workshops for students and educators and designs program curriculum. A founding member of Early Stages Productions, a Colorado Theatre for Young People, Glenda continues to focus her research on how the arts enhance, authenticate, and integrate learning across the curriculum, and promote social and environmental literacy through engaged service. Lu Ann Lafrenz [lalafren@ryerson.ca] is an Associate Professor in the School of Fashion at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She earned her graduate degrees from The Ohio State University, a doctorate in Training and Development and a Masters in Textiles and Clothing. Her undergraduate degree was from Iowa State University in Textiles and Clothing design. She has received numerous teaching awards throughout her 20 years of teaching at The Ohio State University, Northern Illinois University and Ryerson University. She was also a training coordinator in manufacturing and a team building and leadership development consultant in industry. She currently holds a half-time position as the Learning and Teaching Faculty Associate for the Faculty of Communication and Design at Ryerson. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically reflective practice, self-directed learning and collaborative learning. Charlotte Mbali [mbali@ukzn.ac.za] has been working in faculty development in a public University in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa since 1993. An English woman married to a South African, her career spans educational work in Botswana in the 1970s, and a mix of ESL/TEFL and University contracts in England in the 1980s while she was doing her Ph.D. at London University. In South Africa she has been involved in developing formal qualifications in Higher Education teaching/learning at Masters and diploma level. She works at the Centre for Higher Education Studies at University of KawZulu-Natal and while on sabbatical in 2005 spent a week at Western Carolina Univeristy as an international visiting scholar to the Coulter Centre for Faculty Development. Harry Meeuwsen [meeuwsen@utep.edu] is the chair of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at El Paso since August 2000 where he also teaches undergraduate and graduate students and conducts research on effective teaching strategies, particularly the effects of Team-based Learning. He earned his PhD from Louisiana State University with an emphasis in human motor skill learning and control. Since 1987 he has taught and conducted research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas Woman’s University where he received the Mary Mason Lyon Junior Faculty Award prior to taking the position at UTEP. He is also involved in curriculum design and revision for preservice physical education teachers and coordinates interdisciplinary research activities of the Human Performance Research Cooperative. Bernie Murray [b2murray@ryerson.ca]is an Assistant Professor in the School of Fashion at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She earned her graduate degree from Brock University, a Masters in Education. Her undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Education, was also from Brock University. She has been teaching for over 13 years at George Brown College, Sheridan College, Seneca College, and Ryerson University. She worked in the Canadian apparel industry for over 20 years in design, manufacturing, and consulting for apparel companies. Bernie’s research interests include creativity, reflective practice, and functional apparel design. Craig E. Nelson [nelson1@indiana.edu] is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington. He regularly taught evolutionary biology, freshman seminars and a graduate course on "Alternative Approaches to Teaching College Biology." He helped start both the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program at IU and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and was the first president of the society. Several of his articles apply SOTL to the improvement of learning and teaching, especially to the development of critical thinking, dealing with diversity, and understanding evolution. He consults widely on these and related topics. His awards include Carnegie Scholar, several for distinguished teaching, the President's Medal for Excellence (IU) and Outstanding Research and Doctoral University Professor of The Year 2000 (Carnegie/CASE). Susan Pass [spass@clemson.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Social Studies Education at Clemson University in South Carolina. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Houston, her Masters' degree from Western Illinois University and her Bachelor's Degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Prior to obtaining her doctorate, she taught high school and middle school for seventeen years in both Illinois and Texas. Her research primarily focuses on "best practices." This includes a combination of qualitative and quantitative case studies on student perceptions of teacher dynamics, teaching ethics, and teaching to diversity. She is a fellow and consultant for the College Board. Rockie Pederson [rpederson@utep.edu ] is an Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at El Paso. She received her doctoral degree from Texas Woman’s University and her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Henderson State University. She teaches methods classes and directs student teachers. Her research interests include ethical behaviors of preservice teachers, impact of mentor training on clinical faculty effectiveness, and experiential learning. Connie M. Schroeder [connies@uwm.edu] is the Assistant Director of the Center for Instructional and Professional Development (CIPD) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Connie is involved with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning program at UWM involving five Center Scholars annually and co-edits the annual campus monograph of the scholars’ SoTL work. Connie's research interests center on organizational change in teaching and learning in higher education, particularly within the context of academic departments. Her doctoral research at UW Madison identified the factors that enable or impede faculty involvement in change surrounding teaching and learning in academic departments. She is currently researching faculty development’s role in broader campus initiatives and change through a grant from the Professional and Organizational Development Network. Angela Sneider [acsneider@yahoo.com] majored in English and Botany and graduated from Miami University in 2005. She was an Undergraduate Teaching Associate in Jeff Sommers's Introduction to Historical Fiction course. She has presented her research at the National Council of Teachers of English conference. Jeff Sommers [sommerjd@muohio.edu] is Professor of English and Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Middletown campus of Miami University in Ohio. He is also the incoming editor of Teaching English in the Two-Year College. In 2003 - 2004, he was named a Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Scholar. His research focuses on responding and grading student writing. Wendy Willingham was a student teacher at the time this work was done. She is now both a high school teacher and a coach in South Carolina. Wendy’s interests include researching the best ways to improve secondary social studies instruction and bringing ethics into the classroom. |