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Meet the Team
The NEXUS project is comprised of faculty teams at each of the four participating institutions who are actively engaged in developing new undergraduate science curricula on their campuses. But NEXUS is more than a collection of four separate teams; the design of this project ensures that participants can learn from each other and benefit by sharing classroom resources, assessment strategies, and ideas about how to implement competency-based curricula.
This kind of collaborative effort demands an organizational structure that can support information sharing and ongoing communication among members. To achieve this, NEXUS is coordinated through two bodies, the Executive Steering Committee and the global assessment committee.
Executive Steering Committee
Project activities will be coordinated by an Executive Steering Committee comprised of representatives from each of the participating institutions. The committee meets monthly to discuss business and to receive project updates from participating institutions. The committee chair is a rotating appointment determined by the members.
William LaCourse, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Interim Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jean A. Chmielewski
Alice Watson Kramer Distinguished Professor—Organic Chemistry/Chemical Biology
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
Michael Gaines, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Assistant Provost, Undergraduate Research and Community Outreach
University of Miami
Christine A. Hrycyna
Associate Professor—Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
Katerina Thompson, Ph.D.
Director, Undergraduate Research and Internship Programs
University of Maryland, College Park
Ex Officio member
Kathy Lee Sutphin, M.B.A.
Special Assistant to the Provost and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Global Assessment Committee
The Global Assessment Committee monitors the program evaluation framework and assessment strategies. It oversees assessment activities on the four campuses and coordinates activities with project evaluation consultant David Hanauer. The committee is comprised of faculty representatives from each institution who contribute assessment expertise to the project’s overall goals.
Barry Issenberg, M.D., Ph.D
Director, Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Edward (Joe) Redish, Ph.D.
Department of Physics
University of Maryland, College Park
Kathleen Dowell, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
President, evalSolutions
(UMBC Liaison)
Trevor Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry Education
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
David Hanauer, Ph.D. (Assessment Consultant)
English Department
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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