BERG Welcomes Dr. Kelly Cowan

The Biology Education Research Group (BERG) within the Department of Chemistry & Life Science welcomed Dr. Kelly Cowan. Dr. Cowan is a former Dean and Professor Emerita of Microbiology at Miami University. She has published several book chapters, three microbiology textbooks, and two dozen research articles stemming from her work on bacterial adhesion mechanisms, generating two patents. Dr. Cowan is an avid pedagogical researcher with articles in the Journal of College Science Teaching, the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and The Teaching Professor. She is the recipient of a Celebration of Teaching Award. Dr. Cowan met with the Center for Molecular Science Team and toured the Bartlett Hall Science Center prior to presenting a Faculty Seminar. Her talk, "Closing the Gap between Under-Resourced and Fully Resourced Students in Your Classroom", described some of her work focusing on education in under-resourced areas. During her visit, Dr. Cowan and the BERG team discussed incorporating her insights into student voice, grammar and vocabulary, as it relates to cadet learning in the core curriculum. The Department welcomes her experience and looks forward to continued collaboration in educational research.