faculty/staff news
Faculty and Staff Spotlights John Tedesco, Ph.d. & deborah schulman, ph.d.
Dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics John Tedesco, Ph.D. and Professor of Biology Deborah Schulman, Ph.D. rolled out a new research program in Austin Hall of Science in Fall 2021. Thanks to a collaboration with the Small World Initiative (SWI), their students in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics have a chance to contribute to the crowdsourcing of antibiotic discovery, providing them with valuable real-world experience in data collection and reporting. Dr. Tedesco and Dr. Schulman are now SWI Principal Investigators, after completing a training course in the science and pedagogy of the program.
Darrick Brake, Adjunct Proessor of Sociology Darrick Brake has been named co-chairperson of the Profession, Freedom and Responsibility Committee of the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA). This committee examines the professional rights of sociologists and other social scientists. Brake will serve alongside NCSA president Fayyaz Hussain and Donna Holland from Purdue University to oversee the committee. Brake has been a member of the NCSA since 2002 and looks forward to listening to concerns from other faculty across the Midwest and Canada about topics that concern every academic.
Jeanna Purses, Director of the Lincoln Library Jeanna Purses, co-organized the Academic Library Association of Ohio’s (ALAO) latest workshop titled “Actionable Design Justice for the Academic Library.” The workshop focuses on making digital learning objects inclusive of marginalized voices within various institutions.
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