Summer Institute
Featured Activities and Reports
  • 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.
  • New website
  • The Summer Institute is pleased to unveil its new website. All of the previous information is still here, but hopefully easier to find. Please contact us with any feedback or questions.
End of featured activities

2008 Mentors, Speakers, and Facilitators

Peter A. Armbruster
Assistant Professor of Biology
Georgetown University
2006 Summer Institute participant
Janet Branchaw
Undergraduate/Faculty Enhancement Program Director
Center for Biology Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2006 Summer Institute participant
Kenneth Burtis
Professor of Genetics
Dean, College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
2005 Summer Institute participant
Amy Chang
Director of Education
American Society for Microbiology
Clarissa Dirks
Assistant Professor of Biology
The Evergreen State College
2004 Summer Institute participant
Diane Ebert-May
Professor of Plant Biology
Michigan State University
Lianna Etchberger
Assistant Professor of Biology
Uintah Basin Campus
Utah State University
2007 Summer Institute participant
Kristina M. Garza
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
2007 Summer Institute participant
Jo Handelsman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Chair and Professor of Bacteriology
Professor of Plant Pathology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Co-Chair, Summer Institute Committee
Jay B. Labov
Senior Advisor for Education and Communications
Center for Education
National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council
Tammy Long
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences Program
Division of Science and Mathematics Education
Michigan State University
2007 Summer Institute participant
Jose P. Mestre
Professor of Physics and Educational Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Miller
Co-Director
Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Diane K. O'Dowd
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of California, Irvine
2004 Summer Institute participant
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
Assistant Professor of Biology
West Virginia University
2004 Summer Institute participant
Bill Wood
Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado-Boulder
Co-Chair, Summer Institute Committee
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 February 2008.

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