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Spotlight on the InTeGrate Faculty Mentoring Network: “InTeGrate-ing” geoscience concepts in biology

Entry #322: 22 Aug 2016; 4:22 pm; 0 comments

InTeGrate is an NSF-funded program that “supports the teaching of geoscience in the context of societal issues, both within geoscience courses and across the undergraduate curriculum.” To help biology faculty use these materials, InTeGrate partnered with QUBES to run a faculty mentoring network. In this network, a diverse group of faculty adapted and implemented the InTeGrate modules in their biology and environmental science classes. The network supported faculty as they worked to 1) use the materials in their unique instructional settings and 2) make the connections to biology-related themes in their curriculum.

For a full summary of the network activities, and a link to instructor stories describing the implementation process, check out this page on the SERC website.

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Alison N Hale

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2012 for my work on the disruption of native plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms during allelopathic plant invasion. After completing a research postdoc in 2014, I joined the QUBES team in 2015. As a QUBES postdoc, I facilitated several faculty mentoring networks, mentored a team of undergraduates, taught a variety of classes at the University of Pittsburgh, and played a role in planning assessment work to evaluate the outcomes of QUBES faculty development work. In 2017, I accepted a position as Project Manager of Science and Research at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, where I assisted with the day-to-day management of projects and grants across 10 museum departments.

After an extended maternity leave, my passion for education brought me back to QUBES where I am currently filling in for the Director of Community Engagement, Elia Crisucci (on maternity leave).

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