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Danielle Kraus is the associate director for the NCSCE and the Center’s signature program, SENCER. She received her bachelor’s degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and completed a nonprofit management executive certificate program at Georgetown University. She manages the day-to-day operations of the national office and coordinates SENCER and the Center’s national events, including the annual Summer Institute and Washington Symposium. She researches new program opportunities, works on strategic planning, and contributes to grant preparation and management. At SSI 2010, Danielle will coordinate the on-site staff. She will also lead a work session on “Planning Next Steps and Accessing Resources” and lead the “Leadership Fellows Discussion Session.” Keith Krumpe is dean of natural sciences and professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Keith received a bachelor’s in chemistry from Allegheny College (1985) and a doctorate in organic chemistry at Emory University (1991). After completing his postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, he joined the faculty at UNC Asheville in 1992 where he served as chair of chemistry (2003-2009) before becoming dean. As a supervisor of undergraduate research, Keith's focus has been on the synthesis of biologically active molecules and the development of new synthetic methodologies. His involvement in undergraduate research has also included serving on the editorial staff of the Proceedings for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) for 15 years and serving as the onsite editor for the proceedings at each annual NCUR. Since becoming involved with SENCER, Keith has expanded his scholarly focus to include teaching and learning; specifically, he is actively involved in developing SENCERized general and organic chemistry courses for STEM majors, and in using SENCER to improve premedical education. Keith's work with SENCER has also included serving as a Summer Institute faculty member, as a senior associate, as a Leadership Fellow, and as a co-director of the SENCER Center of Innovation – South. At SSI 2010, Keith will be a panelist on the work session “Planning Next Steps and Accessing Resources.” He will also co-present the concurrent sessions “New Application: A Discussion on SENCER and Pre-Medical Education Featuring the SENCER Model Course Undergraduate Biochemistry through Public Health Issues” and “Major Curricular Revisions to Promote Interdisciplinary STEM and Non-STEM Linkages.” Jay B. Labov serves as a senior advisor for education and communications for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Research Council (NRC). He also served for three years as Deputy Director for the NRC’s Center for Education and was the study director and responsible staff officer for the NRC reports, Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grades K-8: Building a Village in California (2009); State Science and Technology Policy Advice: Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges: Summary of a National Convocation (2008), Enhancing Professional Development for Teachers: Potential Uses of Information Technology (2007), Linking Mandatory Professional Development with High Quality Teaching and Learning: Report from a Workshop (2005); Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (2003); Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools (2002); Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium (2000); Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (1999); Serving the Needs of Pre-College Science and Mathematics Education: Impact of a Digital National Library on Teacher Education and Practice (1999); and Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education (1998). He also directed a committee of the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine that authored Science, Evolution, and Creationism (2008). 58
He has served as director of the Center for Education’s Standing Committees on Undergraduate Science Education and Science Education K-12, and the National Academies’ Teacher Advisory Council. Jay was the coprincipal investigator for a multiyear grant from the National Science Foundation to the Center for Education to offer workshops to grantees of the NSF’s Math/Science Partnership Initiative to enable them to better understand and implement the recommendations in NRC reports on education. He continues to oversee efforts at the NAS to confront challenges to teaching of evolution in the nation’s public schools and oversees a recently expanded effort of the National Academies to work more closely with disciplinary and professional societies on education issues. Prior to assuming his position at the NRC in August 1997, Jay was a member of the faculty in the department of biology at Colby College in Maine, where he served two terms as chair of the division of natural sciences, associate chair of the department of biology, and as a member of numerous college committees and panels. He taught courses in Introductory Biology, Mammalian Anatomy and Physiology, Animal Behavior, and Neurobiology. His research and publications in the life sciences have dealt with physiological and behavioral aspects of reproduction in mammals. He was responsible for developing and overseeing a partnership program for Colby scientists and teachers in four local school districts. Jay also has worked with many national organizations and professional societies to improve science education for both pre-college and undergraduate students. He received a bachelor’s of science in biology from the University of Miami and a master’s of science in zoology and PhD in biological sciences from the University of Rhode Island. He was elected as a Fellow in Education of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005 and as member-at-large for the Education Section of AAAS for 2009-2013. He also was named a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow in 2008. At SSI 2010, Jay will lead a work session on “Advanced Issues in Pedagogy and Assessment” and a session on “Teaching and Communicating Controversial Issues in Science.” He will also co-present a plenary session on “The Changing Climate of Climate Change.” Amy Joy Lanou, PhD, is assistant professor of health and wellness for the University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA). She currently teaches Nutrition, Women’s Health, Food Politics and Nutrition Policy, and Understanding Chronic Disease at UNCA. Her current research interests include nutrition for the prevention of chronic disease, how self-efficacy impacts health behaviors, and nutrition and bone health. Amy is the co-author of Building Bone Vitality (McGraw-Hill; June 2009) and Healthy Eating for Life for Children (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Feb. 2002). She publishes regularly on the relationship between dairy products and health concerns. Her most recent paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition delineates the reasons why dairy products should not be recommended in vegetarian diets. Another paper in Pediatrics titled "Calcium, dairy and bone health in children and young adults: a reevaluation of the evidence," shows that currently available evidence does not support the notion that dairy product consumption promotes bone health in young people. She formerly served as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) nutrition director overseeing nutrition education and outreach programs and advocating for healthier diets. She has worked with T. Colin Campbell, PhD, at Cornell University as a nutrition writer and was managing editor of his newsletter and online journal, New Century Nutrition. Amy received her bachelor’s of science in nutrition science from the University of California at Davis and her PhD in human nutrition from Cornell University. Her research was focused on body weight regulation and the control of food intake. At SSI 2010, Amy will co-present a session on “Food for Thought: Integrating Learning Across STEM and Non-STEM Disciplines Using Cross-Class Projects.” Matthew Laposata is an associate professor of environmental science at Kennesaw State University in suburban Atlanta and a Leadership Fellow for SENCER. He received his bachelor's degree in biology education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, his master’s in biology from Bowling Green State University, and his doctorate in ecology from the Pennsylvania State University. At Kennesaw State, Matt coordinates the general education science sequence Science, Society, and the Environment which serves 59
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