UNCW Faculty Member Receives National Recognition as a Microbiology Scholar
10/5/2006 9:36:28 AM
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By Joy Camille Davis, UNCW Marketing and Communications Intern
WILMINGTON, N.C. - A University of North Carolina Wilmington instructor has been recognized as a 2006-07 Scholar-in-Residence by the American Society for Microbiology. Rodney Hagley is one of only 15 undergraduate educators nationally chosen as Scholars-In-Residence by the organization.
Hagley, a biology faculty member, will spend the next year partnering in research with the Carnegie Foundation Scholars and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the world's largest society of individuals involved in microbiological sciences. He teaches introductory biology courses as well as Microbiology of Human Disease, a class primarily utilized by UNCW nursing students.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a community of scholars who are conducting valuable research," he says.
He is conducting experiments using a modified version of a team-based teaching style employed at numerous medical institutions. Hagley, who is experimenting with the teaching style in his UNCW nursing courses, says, "Professors know about these methodologies, but nine out of 10 undergraduate classrooms in the United States do not utilize them."
Hagley hopes to change this through his participation in the Scholar-in-Residence program. According to him, the "validation of controlled research is what convinces people to change," and why he is enthusiastic about this opportunity.
"In my classroom, I am implementing these methodologies to develop students' critical thinking skills through case studies and hands-on activities rather than relying on standard lectures," he says.
Since 1899, ASM membership has escalated to 42,000 scholars and students who desire to advance the discipline of microbiological sciences. The organization's Scholar-in-Residence program aims to validate findings on innovative science classroom teaching methods, which it refers to as the advancement of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Microbiology (SOLT). The program began with the SOLT Summer Workshop July 26-29 in Washington, D.C., where scholars exchanged knowledge and further developed research proposals. In May 2007, the year-long residence will conclude with the ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators in Toronto, Canada, where Hagley and other scholars will present their research findings.
To reach Rodney Hagley: hagleyr@uncw.edu or 910.962.7338
Media Contact: Kim Proukou, UNCW Marketing and Communications, proukouk@uncw.edu, 910.962.4109
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