Associate Professor in Science Education, College of Education, Arizona State University West, 2000 – present, Assistant Professor1994 - 2000. Conducts scholarly and service activities in science education. Teaches site-based course in elementary science and social studies methods for junior and senior students, elementary science methods course for post-degree students, and secondary biology methods course for the Department of Life Sciences.

Science Education Consultant, 6/2001 to 12/2001, Science and Mathematics Education Institute, University of San Carlos, Cebu, Philippines. Analyzed and advised Netherlands’s Government funded project. Worked with university chemistry and biology faculty to reform their science courses. Team taught science methods course for preservice chemistry and physics teachers. Supervised chemistry and physics student teachers. Conducted research on student decisions to become science teachers and children’s understandings of biodiversity.

Fulbright Lecturer, University of Akureyri, Iceland from 1/1999 to 6/1999. Taught science methods courses, supervised theses projects, and conducted workshops for Icelandic teachers, professors, and librarians.

Visiting Professor, University Studies Abroad Consortium, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, 6/1996-1/1997. Taught Tropical Ecology and Conservation Biology courses, and prepared teaching materials concerning rain and humid forests. Acting director of program when director was away.

Education Materials Developer, Glencoe/McGraw Hill, Columbus, OH, 1998 to present. Writer, editor, and researcher for middle school and high school science textbooks and auxiliary materials.

Science Education Analyst, Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education at The Ohio State University, 1992 - 1994. Wrote abstracts and assigned descriptors and identifiers for journals in science and science education, conference presentations, books, and research reports. Produced information analyses and press releases, developed descriptor and identifier vocabulary, answered questions about science education, represented ERIC at regional and national conferences, and functioned as the Assistant Coordinator of Outreach.

Assistant to the Editor, Journal of Science Teacher Education published by the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, 1993 - 1994. Facilitated communication among editor, writers, and journal recipients.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University, 1992. Supervised undergraduate and graduate student teachers of science at the middle and high school level. Evaluated teaching strengths and weaknesses and provided appropriate feedback. Assisted with instruction of a science education methods class.

Science Teacher Trainer of Peace Corps Trainees, Naivasha, Kenya, September to December 1990. Examined past training materials, interviewed volunteers in the field, and determined needed skills of Peace Corps Volunteer Science Teachers. Developed a curriculum for an intensive training cycle designed to help the trainees' develop needed skills. Instructed and advised trainees in teaching methods and on working and living in Kenya.

Teacher and Science Research Coordinator, Herbert Lehman High School, Bronx, NY, 1986 - 1990. Developed and implemented lesson plans and assessments for biology, physics, science research, and general science. Recruited talented students for Science Research Program. Advised students on science research projects and encouraged them to enter their work in national essay competitions, science fairs, and the Westinghouse Talent Search. Supervised student writers in the publication of school's award-winning science magazine. (NY Times article)

Educational Consultant, Facts-on-File's Science Experiments on File: Experiments, Demonstrations and Projects for School and Home© 1989. Field tested science experiments and activities, wrote motivational introductions, edited and rewrote procedures, and revamped laboratories to make them succinct and interesting to middle and high school students.

Agricultural Worker, Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Hanegev, Israel, 1986. Lived in Kibbutz and worked with community on cotton, watermelon, and almond tree farming.

Science Teacher and Peace Corps Volunteer, Cardinal Otunga High School, Kisii, Kenya, 1983 - 1986. Taught physics and biology, which included an experimental biology course using a discovery learning approach modeled after the Nuffield Project in England. Prepared students for national science exams that included practical assessment components. Initiated and supervised planting of avocado and papaya orchards to improve student nutrition. Coached basketball and track and field. Organized and conducted provincial sports tournaments.

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