Dr. Kathleen (Kathy) Hoag is an Associate Professor in the Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostic Program. Dr. Hoag joined MSU as an Assistant Professor in 2001. She was a Lilly Teaching Fellow in 2003-2004, and her project for the Fellowship was to develop group-based case studies for use in BLD 434, Clinical Immunology. Dr. Hoag published her work from her Lilly Teaching Fellowship, and earned a Teacher-Scholar Award from MSU in 2005 as a result. The case studies are still utilized in the course to augment lectures and provide deeper student understanding of the workings of the immune system. In addition to BLD 434, Dr. Hoag teaches BLD 450 (Medical Parasitology content of Eukaryotic Pathogens), and a portion of BLD 498. Dr. Hoag is married and has a 5 year old son, and enjoys teaching water aerobics in her spare time. About Brad Marks: Dr.
Bradley Marks is a Professor in the Department of Biosystems and
Agricultural Engineering, with a joint appointment in Food Science and
Human Nutrition. Dr. Marks has 18 years of university teaching
experience – having taught 11 distinct courses at two universities
during that period (including development of 5 new courses at the 100-,
300-, 400-, and 800-level). Dr. Marks has received teaching awards at
the department/college level, the university level (MSU
Teacher-Scholar), and the national level (professional society). He
also has published and presented on various aspects of engineering
education, including utilization of web-based tools for motivating
student preparatory reading and design of unique,
discipline-specific engineering courses. As undergraduate program
coordinator in Biosystems Engineering, Dr. Marks also has principal
responsibility for managing the continuous curriculum improvement
process, including on-going outcomes assessment and preparation of
multiple successful accreditation reports.
Aaron M. McCright is Associate Professor of Sociology in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Sociology, and the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University. His sociological research investigates how interrelationships among scientific developments, political processes, and social dynamics influence society's capacity for recognizing and dealing with environmental degradation and technological risks. His recent work analyzes the political dynamics and public understanding of climate science and policy in the United States and the roles of public opinion for social movements. His SoTL work focuses on the effectiveness of inquiry-based learning projects for affecting students' scientific and statistical knowledge, skills, and attitudes. He has published one book, has authored several chapters in edited volumes, and has written a few commissioned reports. His work also has been published in such scholarly journals as Global Environmental Change; Climatic Change; Public Opinion Quarterly; Social Problems; Social Science Quarterly; Theory, Culture, and Society; The Sociological Quarterly; Population and Environment; and Environmental Politics. He was named a 2007 Kavli Frontiers Fellow in the National Academy of Sciences, he served as a 2008-2009 Lilly Teaching Fellow at MSU, and he received the 2009 Teacher-Scholar Award and the 2009 Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Award at MSU. About Mark Voit:
Dr. Mark Voit is a Professor of astrophysics in the Physics
and Astronomy Department who has been at MSU since 2003. He often teaches ISP 205, an introductory
astronomy course taken by 1500 MSU students annually to satisfy their physical
science requirement, and he was the main curriculum developer for the ISP 205L
astronomy lab course, taken by 1000 MSU students per year. Dr. Voit is co-author of the Cosmic Perspective textbook series, the most
widely-used collegiate textbooks for introductory astronomy, and a contributor
to the Mastering Astronomy online
homework website. When not teaching ISP
courses, he teaches a graduate-level course in Radiative Astrophysics. Among his recognitions for teaching are the
Loreena Blinn Endowed Teaching Award in Integrative Studies, the CNS
Teacher-Scholar Award, and the Thomas Osgood Award in Physics and
Astronomy. Before coming to MSU, he was
Lead Outreach Scientist in the Office of Public Outreach for the Hubble Space
Telescope, where he helped develop a major traveling exhibition on the
telescope in partnership with the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition and
HubbleSite.org, the main public-outreach website for the Hubble program. |