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In 2007, Cathy was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Chemistry in Context, a project of the American Chemical Society that teaches chemistry in the context of real-world issues. As a member of the author team, she has been the lead author for the chapters on air quality, acid rain, ozone depletion, nuclear energy, and sustainability. In addition, Cathy has received numerous teaching awards, including the University of Wisconsin System-wide Underkofler Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004. She is a fellow of the Association for Women in Science (2003), AAAS (2004), and in the inaugural class of fellows at the American Chemical Society (2009). Cathy did her undergraduate studies at Cornell University (1968-72), graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She was awarded a Danforth Fellowship for graduate study and earned her doctorate in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976. At SSI 2010, Cathy will co-present a plenary on “The Changing Climate of Climate Change” and a workshop on “Writing in SENCER Courses.” She will also present a concurrent session on “A SENCER National Model: Uranium and American Indians—How One SENCER Course Can Lead to Another” and co-facilitate a work session on “What is Civic Engagement” Amanda Moodie is the program assistant for NCSCE and the Center’s newest initiative, GLISTEN. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida in Spanish. She interned with SENCER during last year’s Institute and now works in the national office full time on the SENCER and GLISTEN initiatives. Amanda is responsible for assisting the leadership of the GLISTEN and SENCER projects, coordinating events for NCSCE and SENCER, and providing administrative support for NCSCE and GLISTEN. At SSI 2010, Amanda will coordinate on-site staff. Karen Kashmanian Oates currently serves as the deputy for the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. Prior to joining NSF, she served as the founding provost for Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and was the co-principal investigator with David Burns on the SENCER grant. Karen has recently been named the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and will be joining WPI immediately after SSI 2010. Karen received her bachelor's in biology from Rochester Institute of Technology and her doctorate in biochemistry from George Washington University. After completing her doctorate, she spent several years at the National Institutes for Health/National Cancer Institute as a visiting research fellow, working on the proliferate active effects and characterization of thymic hormones. She has published numerous research papers and received numerous grants and awards. In 1985, she joined the faculty of George Mason University, and in 1995 she became associate dean for the College of Integrative Studies (New Century College) at George Mason University. In 1997, Karen became a senior science fellow at AAC&U, where she worked towards integrating the sciences into a variety of AAC&U projects. Nationally, Karen conducts faculty development workshops on a variety of topics including assessment strategies, leading change, integrating service learning in the curriculum, community- and discoverybased research, using research on how people learn to develop programs as well pedagogies associated with learning communities. With David Burns, she was honored in 2008 with the Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education from the American Society for Cell Biology. At SSI 2010, Karen will co-present the concurrent sessions “Designing Courses Based on Evidence of How People Learn” and “Field Report: International SENCER Initiatives.” She will also be a panelist for a work session on “Advanced Issues in Pedagogy and Assessment,” present a session on “Developing the Faculty We Need” and co-present a workshop on “Leading Change: Implementing SENCER Throughout the Department and Campus.” Karen will also address SSI participants during Institute closing remarks. 64
Glenn Odenbrett is a nationally recognized leader in the area of integrating community service with undergraduate coursework, and regularly serves as either a coordinator or campus team facilitator for conferences and training institutes in this area. In 1998, he organized and hosted a national institute on service learning in the science, engineering, and mathematics disciplines, and has presented workshops on this topic at previous SENCER Summer Institutes. During his 11-year tenure as director of the Office of Student Community Service at Case Western Reserve University, he coordinated faculty development initiatives that promoted service-learning and community-based research across the undergraduate curriculum. In March of 2009, as a SENCER Leadership Fellow, he coordinated a SENCER-based Great Lakes Stewardship Conference that attracted faculty, students, and community partners from seven states and Quebec. Until joining the staff of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, Glenn coordinated CLEAN (Collaborative Learning Environmental Action Network, a project of the Western Reserve Resource Conservation and Development Council), an inter-institutional Northeast Ohio affiliate of SENCER focused on integrating civic engagement and the STEM disciplines at the undergraduate level, and served on the Leadership Council of the SENCER Center for Innovation-Midwest. In August of 2009, Glenn became the NCSCE project director of GLISTEN, the Great Lakes Innovative Stewardship Through Education Network, a service-learning program that is promoting the integration of Great Lakes stewardship and restoration activities with undergraduate STEM curricula in seven states. At SSI 2010, Glenn will co-present a session on “Promoting SENCER-Based Approaches to Great Lakes Restoration” and co-present a workshop on “Writing in SENCER Courses.” He will be a panelist on work sessions on “Planning Next Steps and Accessing Resources,” “Advanced Civic Engagement,” and “What is Civic Engagement” He will also lead the GLISTEN Pre-Institute discussions. Katalin Othmer is an assistant professor of mathematics at Marymount Manhattan College, NY. She received her PhD in control and dynamical systems, and her master’s of science in physics at the California Institute of Technology. As an undergraduate at the University of Sydney, Australia, she majored in mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Her area of research is the mathematical modeling of phase transitions in physical and chemical processes. Currently, she is developing metrics for assessing the quality of the geometry of ordered systems, in particular self-assembled systems, and refining a new optimization method for the generation of self-assembly potentials. Katalin regularly teaches a quantitative reasoning course that fulfills the math requirement that is a part of Marymount Manhattan's liberal arts education. She has incorporated community-based learning components into this class, as well as into a first-year physics course for science majors. These course components help students to develop their ability to communicate mathematical and scientific ideas effectively and apply concepts learnt in the classroom, while at the same time benefitting members of the local community and engaging students. Her students have tutored mathematics and run a math club called “The Game of Life” at an after-school program for middle-school students that focused on applications of mathematics in real-life situations such as personal budgeting, vacations, and building your dream home. Other students have designed and implemented science workshops and demonstrations for elementary-school students. At SSI 2010, Katalin will co-present a session on “How to Improve Student Quantitative Reasoning Skills in Natural Sciences.” Don Pair is an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Dayton. He is responsible for development and coordination of existing and new college- and university-wide curricular and co-curricular initiatives. He is a professor of geology and received his bachelor's degree in geology from St. Lawrence University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Waterloo and Syracuse University, respectively. His research in glacial geology combines mapping with undergraduate student mentoring in a number of field settings. 65
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