Summer Institute
Featured Activities and Reports
  • 2009 Institute
  • The 2009 Summer Institute will be held June 21-27, 2009, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI. Additional information will be made available in early 2009.
  • Participant map
  • Summer Institute teams have come from institutions coast to coast: from Florida to Alaska, from Hawaii to New England. See a new participant map to learn which institutions have sent teams to the Summer Institute.
End of featured activities

2007 Mentors, Speakers, and Facilitators

Kenneth Burtis
Professor of Genetics
Dean, College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
2005 Summer Institute participant
Richard Cardullo
Professor and Chair of Biology
University of California, Riverside
2006 Summer Institute participant
Clarissa Dirks
Assistant Professor of Biology
The Evergreen State College
2004 Summer Institute participant
Diane Ebert-May
Professor of Plant Biology
Michigan State University
Evelyn Frazier
Instructor of Biological Sciences
Florida Atlantic University
2006 Summer Institute participant
Jo Handelsman
Co-Chair, Summer Institute Committee
HHMI Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jay Labov
Senior Advisor for Education and Communications
Center for Education
National Research Council
The National Academies
Mark Lyford
Director, General Biology Program
University of Wyoming
2005 Summer Institute participant
Sarah Miller
Co-Director, Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Christine Pfund
Co-Director, Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching
Associate Director, Delta Program: Integrating Research, Teaching, and Learning
University of Wisconsin-Madison
James Stith
Vice President
Physics Resource Center
American Institute of Physics
Lillian Tong
Undergraduate Education Coordinator
Director of Faculty/Staff Programs
Center for Biology Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mary Pat Wenderoth
Senior Lecturer of Biology
University of Washington
2006 Summer Institute participant
Michelle Withers
Instructor of Biological Sciences
Lousiana State University
2004 Summer Institute participant
William Wood
Co-Chair, Summer Institute Committee
Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado-Boulder
Robin Wright
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota


Note: All affiliations as of June 2007.

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