2009 Summer Instructional Development Professorships

Amanda Boyd, Assistant Professor, Languages
“Facilitating Active Learning in First-Year German-Language Instruction”

 Eric Burin, Associate Professor, History
“Engaging Diversity:  African-American History to 1877”

Tami Carmichael, Associate Professor, Humanities & Integrated Studies
“Reconstructing Integrated Studies Courses: Creating Relevancy through Current Events and New Media”

Kyle Conway, Assistant Professor, English (Communication Program)
“An Inquiry-Based Approach to Understanding Media and Media History”

Brett Goodwin, Associate Professor, Biology
“Developing Case Studies for a New Course:  Modeling in Biology”

Jin-Kyu Jung, Assistant Professor, Geography
“Urban Expedition:  Exploring the City of Grand Forks through the Participatory and Active-Learning Process”

Andrew Knight, Assistant Professor, Music
“Development of an Online Introductory-Level Class in Music Therapy”

Steven Light, Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Administration
“Bringing Research into the Classroom:  A New Course on Indian Gaming Law and Policy”

Sarah Mosher, Assistant Professor, Languages
“Business French in a Cultural Context as a Model of Engaged, Problem-Based Learning”

Sarah Robinson, Clinical Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
“Capturing Video of Children with Language Disorders to Facilitate Instruction in Assessment and Intervention”

Joseph J. Vacek, Assistant Professor, Aviation
“Avoiding Academic Bulimia:  Developing an Interactive Process-Based Approach to Teaching Law”

2008 Summer Instructional Development Professorships

Jodi Bergland Holen, Assistant Professor, Teaching & Learning
“Introduction to Education 250”

Mark L. Johnson, Assistant Professor, Aviation
“New Course Development of Airline Bidding Simulation Models, Representation of Prototypical Collective Bargaining Agreements and Formation of Scenario Modules”

Katherine Mehl, Assistant Professor, Biology
“Developing Active Learning in the Classroom through Problem Based Learning”

Krista Lynn Minnotte, Assistant Professor, Sociology
“Discovering How Gender Shapes Social Life:  Active Learning Using Mixed-Methods Research”

Monika Pawlowska, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
“Creating Opportunities for Students to Practice Language Transcription and Analysis Skills Using the SALT Software”

Rebecca Simmons, Assistant Professor, Biology
“Development of a Companion Laboratory for Evolutionary Biology”

Timothy Young, Associate Professor, Physics
“Developing a modular course for physics 402 computers in physics”

2007 Summer Instructional Development Professorships

Gayle Baldwin, Associate Professor, Philosophy & Religion
“Assessing Student Learning in Constructive Religious Ethics”

Eric Burin, Associate Professor, History
“Revamping the American History Survey: Diversification, Distillation, and Visualization”

Tatyana Dumova, Assistant Professor, Communication
“Focus on Intercultural Communication Competence: Redesigning an Upper-Division Course in International/Intercultural Communication”

James Faircloth, Professor, Marketing
“Course Development for Brand and Product Management”

Janice Goodwin, Associate Professor, Nutrition & Dietetics
“Incorporating New Student Directed Learning in a Large Lecture Course: NUTR 240”

Yvette Koepke, Assistant Professor, English
“Developing an Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Humanities”

Grace Onchwari, Assistant Professor, Teaching & Learning
“Developing a Service Learning Project for T&L 314"

Tom Stokke, Instructor, Computer Science
“Developing a New Course for the Retention and Recruitment of Computer Science Students”

Paul Sum, Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Administration
“New Course Development: Chinese Politics”

Bridget Thompson, Clinical Associate Professor, Family & Community Nursing
“Development of Interactive Learning Methods for Student Learning"