Contributors Theresa Castor [castor@uwp.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Washington, and received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of California - Davis. Prior to moving to Wisconsin, she taught at Wake Forest University and the College of William and Mary. In 2003-2004, she was a Wisconsin Teaching Fellow. Her research primarily focuses on the social construction of knowledge in a variety of institutional contexts, including organizations and the classroom. Deborah Cunningham [dlcfcb@mizzou.edu] received her doctorate in biological anthropology from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 2005, and she currently holds a post-doctorate position at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her research focuses on the evolution of early African hominids, species boundaries in the fossil record, patterns of human variation and dispersal at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary, teaching methods, and evolution and “creation science” issues. Geoff Currie [gcurrie@csu.edu.au] is the Course Coordinator for the Nuclear Medicine program at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Teaching commitments include; nuclear medicine science, radiopharmacy, research methods and physics/instrumentation. Geoff also coordinates a number of post graduate modules including; clinical judgement and decision making, and clinical teaching techniques. He has a Masters degree in Medical Radiation Science, a Masters degree in health management and a graduate certificate in university teaching and learning. Geoff is currently completing his PhD investigating post processing techniques for improving diagnostic efficacy and localisation accuracy of gastrointestinal bleeding and is also in the process of completing a Master degree in business administration. Amy Kiger [kiger@cmsu1.cmsu.edu] is the Health Promotion Coordinator at the University Health Center at Central Missouri State University. Kat Lui [ luik@uwstout.edu] is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. In 2000, she earned a doctorate from Fielding Graduate University in human and organizational systems. Her research interests include the human impact of mergers and acquisitions, employee and organizational development. She has taught at Assumption College and Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to her work in academia, Kat worked for 17 years as a regional director of a counseling and assessment center providing career services to disenfranchised individuals. Joseph Mills [millsjr@ncarts.edu] is a faculty member at the North Carolina School of the Arts. In addition to being the coordinator for NCSA’s Critical Perspectives program – a year-long writing and critical thinking sequence -- he teaches a variety of Humanities courses ranging from “The Art of the Con” to “Astaire and Rogers.” He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. His research interests include the American West and American humor and satire. Most recently he and his wife co-wrote a guidebook to North Carolina wineries. Allison Norwood [norwood@cmsu1.cmsu.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Central Missouri State University. Kathy Parkison [ kparkiso@iuk.edu ] teaches economics for both business majors and education majors in the School of Business at Indiana University Kokomo where she is also involved in SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) and directs the Center for Economic Education. As a result of her work with colleague Dr. Margo Sorgman, the Center has been actively involved in outreach, professional association presentations, and assessment research. Kathy has received many teaching awards and will be spending fall 2005 in Tbilisi, Georgia where she will be doing economic education research. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Purdue University in 1994. Edwina Pio [edwina.pio@aut.ac.nz] is a senior faculty member of Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, where she teaches graduate and post graduate business students. She travels extensively to America, Asia, Australia and Europe on research, teaching and consultancy assignments. Her research on diversity, migrant Indian women and Eastern spiritual capital has been published in international journals. Yoga, meditation and writing poetry nourish her life. Janice Putnam (Winters) [putnam@cmsu1.cmsu.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Central Missouri State University, where she teaches wellness, health promotion, and the use of technology. Her clinical experience includes cardiopulmonary and telehealth nursing and she is a doctoral candidate studying tobacco addiction and telehealth at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Bruce Saulnier [ bruce.saulnier@quinnipiac.edu ] is Professor of Information Systems Management at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, where he uses the subject areas of systems analysis and design and e-commerce to teach students. Bruce has received many awards for outstanding teaching and service including being honored as the 1993 Quinnipiac University Outstanding Faculty Member and the 2002 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year, elected President of and honored in 2004 as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), selected as the 2004 recipient of the Defiance College Alumni Citation for Academic Excellence, and elected to Beta Gamma Sigma (2001) and Alpha Iota Mu (2005). His current research agenda includes teaching and learning as spiritual activities and the effects of service learning on information systems education. Margo Sorgman [ msorgman@iuk.edu ] teaches social studies education, women studies, and economic education in the Division of Education at Indiana University Kokomo where she is actively involved in the Center for Economic Education and serves as Director of Student Teaching. As a result of her work with colleague Dr. Kathy Parkison, a unique partnership has been crafted between education and business to design team-taught standards based economics courses. She has earned many teaching awards and earned her Doctor of Education degree from Boston University in 1973. Kathy Starr [kstarr@email.wcu.edu] is an associate professor in the physical therapy department at Western Carolina University where she teaches gross anatomy, pathophysiology and neuroanatomy. She is actively involved in the SoTL initiative at WCU as a member of the SoTL Faculty Advisory Committee and the Faculty Learning Community for SoTL research. She earned a master’s and doctoral degree in anatomy from Albany Medical College as well as a master’s degree in biology from Western Carolina University. Kim Steiglitz [stieglitzk@umsl.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Nursing Putnam at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis. Peggy Ward-Smith [wardsmithp@umkc.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO. Daniel Wescott [wescottd@missouri.edu] is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri - Columbia. He received his doctorate in biological anthropology from the University of Tennessee, and his research and teaching interests focus on skeletal biology, human variation/adaptation, forensic anthropological methods, and bioarchaeology. |