LAURIE A. FATHE Associate Provost for Educational Improvement George Mason University

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1 LAURIE A. FATHE Associate Provost for Educational Improvement George Mason University 241 Johnson Center George Mason University Fairfax, VA (703) Expertise Education: Science Education, National Science Policy, Faculty Enhancement, Laser Design and Kinetics M.S. & Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering/Quantum Electronics) University of Southern California M.S. (Solid State Physics) University of Illinois B.S. (Physics) Miami University Administrative Experience: Associate Provost for Educational Improvement and Innovation Founding Director, Center for Teaching Excellence and Program for Innovative Education; Faculty member in Higher Education Program, George Mason University present The position encompasses 5 major areas: 1) Support and education of GMU faculty in teaching, assessment, student learning, and educational scholarship. Special efforts working with new faculty, adjunct faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. 2) As part of Provost s senior staff, focus on policies relating to instruction, faculty evaluation, program assessment, and promoting and rewarding faculty educational excellence; assisting institution s research into educational effectiveness. 3) Organization and oversight of the university- funded undergraduate research program. 4) Planning and implementation of the Program for Innovative Education 5) Overseeing the University s Preparing Future Faculty program and partnerships Specific achievements include: Developing The Program for Innovation in Education, a new unit devoted to improving General Education. Its faculty members spend ½ time in their departments, focusing on Gen Ed courses and curriculum development, and ½ time with the Teaching Center, working on institution-wide issues. Chairing the faculty/administrative team that redesigned the university course evaluation form to base it on behavioral anchors. Led 4-year effort to research, design, and pilot the form and evaluate its effectiveness. Organizing a New Faculty Mentoring Program, to connect faculty in a support network. Organizing the first Colonial Academic Alliance Undergraduate Research Conference in Feb This 150 student conference now occurs annually on one of the CAA campuses. Administering University Teaching Awards, and supporting faculty for state and national awards. Chairing committees on Academic Integrity, Fostering Inter-unit Relations, and Adult Education. Grant writing for educational programs and undergraduate research. Participating as Provost rep. on institutional committees on General Education, Improving the Experience for High-Potential Students, Examining Grade Inflation, and Assessment of Student Competencies. Fathe - 1

2 Advisory board member for the Higher Ed. Program, Individualized Studies, and University Scholars. Fathe - 2

3 Principal Investigator/Director, Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher Excellence (LACTE), ; Project Manager, Overall management of a 5-year $5.5 million NSF-funded program to improve the mathematics and science education of pre-service teachers, involving 10 institutions in greater Los Angeles. For more information see Assured that project ran effectively and met its articulated goals. Managed of the $1.1 million yearly budget, through 5 different institutions. Supervised one administrative employee and 14 part-time faculty. Oversaw project-related curriculum development 36 courses and modules in math and the sciences. Maintained relations with school districts, university administration, elected officials, the media, and NSF. Wrote press releases and other PR material. Organized the1996 annual NSF Teacher Collaboratives meeting in Washington D.C. for 100+ participants. Fundraising for supporting project activities post-nsf funding Department Chair, Physics Dept., Occidental College; Los Angeles, CA Led department of 6 full time faculty, 1 adjunct, and 2 staff. Managed departmental budget. Oversaw removal of research-grade reactor and construction of new lab space. Designed course schedules for the department, in conjunction with math and other science depts. Led searches for two new faculty members. Oversaw change from terms to semesters, including leading redesign of all physics courses to fit new schedule. Served as institutional interface with local congressional office. Congressional Science Fellow, sponsored by The American Physical Society Served in the Office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and in the House Space Subcommittee. Provided research and advising in areas of science, technology, defense, environment, and equity Wrote speeches and testimony Interfaced with government and private organizations Coordinated the California delegation task force on R&D and the Future of Federal Labs. Staffed the Congresswoman on 3 separate science subcommittees Teaching and Research Experience Faculty member, Physics and Higher Education program, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2001-present Teaching Introductory General Education Physics. Teaching in Higher Education program, Curriculum and Program Design and Assessment, Supervising Doctoral Students in Higher Education program, Judy Horton, New Faculty Development at Community Colleges, What Works, Kate Simpson, Assessing the Effectiveness of a web-based tool for training and supporting new English Faculty, 2006; In progress: Henry Coffman, The Impact of Changes in Immigration Rules after 9/11 on DC Area Community Colleges ; Mark Beatie, Use of a Computer Microworld to Teach Computer Networking Problem Solving Skills. Betty Perkinson, How Spaces affect Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Advisory board for the Bachelor in Individualized Studies program Advisory Board of the University Scholars program, which serves ~100 highest achieving students Research in Teaching, Learning, and Effective Faculty Development. Fathe - 3

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5 Faculty member, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA Teaching in physics, environmental studies, and freshman writing. Research in science policy and laser and surface physics. Design and co-teaching of Coordinated Introduction to Calculus and Mechanics (CIMAC), a combined precalculus, calculus, and mechanics course for weakly prepared students, funded by a $103,000 NSF CCD grant Rewriting of 1 st year physics laboratories. Co-author on three NSF proposals and two FIPSE proposals. Service on faculty senate, college budget committee, subcommittee on finance, pre-med advisory board, Watson and Richter Scholarship selection committees, and new science building advisory group. Advisor for the Assoc. for Women in Science at Occidental, Alumni Assoc. Student Org. of the Year, Science faculty for OPTIMO, the Occidental Partnership to Increase Mathematics Opportunity Taught Science in NSF-funded 4-week Young Scholars summer program for local talented low income students. Adjunct Research Scientist, Center for Laser Studies, University of Southern California Investigated of new materials for IR solid state lasers. Studies of laser surface interactions. Consultant present Technical, legal, and personnel issues in physics; Science, mathematics and engineering curriculum development and educational project evaluation. Faculty enhancement workshops and seminars. Selected Associated Experience: Report Coordinator for the National Research Council proceedings Mathematics and Science Partnership Workshop on Challenging Courses and Curricula and Mathematics and Science Partnership Workshop on Focusing on the Role of Higher Education in Math/Science Partnerships Expert Panel Reviewer for the College Board Best Practices AP course in Physics External Reviewer for the National Research Council proceedings: Mathematics and Science Partnerships: Helping Understand and Implement Improvements to STEM Education Programs Based on Research and Best Practices Advisory Board for "The Effect of STEM Faculty Engagement in MSP: A Longitudinal Perspective, a 4-year NSF-funded project to evaluate the impact of major nationally funded Teacher Preparation efforts Senior Associate for SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility), an 8-year NSF project to help institutions transform their science and mathematics curricula to include civic issues Advisory Board for New Science Teachers Support Network, a 5-year NSF-funded project to improve the retention and teaching skills of new high school science teachers in Fairfax Virginia Editorial Board, Inventio, George Mason University on-line journal about teaching and learning present Editorial Board, The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations present Executive Board, American Physical Society's Forum on Physics and Society Addresses science in society, governance, education, environment, and employment. Chair in Mentor and resource faculty member for Phi Theta Kappa Preparing Tomorrow s Science and Mathematics Teachers: The Community College Response, an NSF-funded project involving 18 community colleges from across the U.S. Candidate for California State Legislature, 53 rd Assembly District AWIS (Association of Women in Science) Claremont Chapter President Organization and action on issues involving women faculty and students in science and technology. Fathe - 5

6 Advisory Board : Urban Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Project A board of the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education of the National Research Council. Reviewer for NSF grant proposals present ILI, CCD, CCLI, CETP, ATE, CELT, WISC (Women in Science Collaboration) and special projects. Centennial Speaker for the American Physical Society American Institute of Physics Congressional Fellowship Selection Committee Screening, selection, and interfacing with AIP Congressional Fellows Board of Trustees - Friends of the Angeles Chapter charitable foundation Advisory Board: Defense Reinvestment Initiative, National Academy of Science Oversight of 5-year $5 M contract from DoD to retrain displaced aerospace and defense workers to be teachers. American Physical Society's Panel on Public Affairs, Member Executive Planning Board for APS Congressional Roundtable with Rep. George Brown Planning and delivering 1-day session: "Making Students More Competitive. San Bernadino, CA, April Executive Committee - Angeles Chapter Sierra Club , Management of chapter of 55,000 members, including personnel, financial, political, and conservation activities. Selected Professional Talks and Publications: Measuring What Counts, L. Fathe, Plenary address, SENCER 2006 Summer Institute, San Jose, CA, Aug Building Structures into Classes to Enhance Student Learning, l. Fathe and L. Kjeseth, Association of American Colleges and Universities General Education Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March The Road Less Taken : New Pathways to Tenure, L. Fathe, G. Kysar, and S. Reid, and Who s the Fairest of Them All: Perceptions of Fairness in the College Classroom, D. Kravitz and L. Fathe, Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Jan How do Lasers Work?, A briefing for Senate Armed Services Committee staff, organized by the Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy of AAAS, Washington DC, Dec Speaking Truth to Power: Influencing Congress Understanding of Science and Technology, Session organizer, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, February A Future Teachers Conference A Vehicle to Retain, Inform, and Inspire New and Prospective Teachers, J. Dewar, L.Fathe, and J.Kasabian, The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations, Vol. 5, # 1, Sept Civic Engagement and Science Education, Invited speaker, American Association of Physics Teachers annual winter meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January Important Science Issues in the coming Legislative cycle, Briefing to new AAAS Congressional Science Fellows, Washington, DC, Oct and Oct Making Active Learning Courses in Science and Mathematics Successful, Session organizer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, SF, CA, Feb LACTE Curriculum Development: A Journey, Not a Destination, Keynote Address, FCEPT Conference on Teaching for Learning, California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, Nov Civics Scientists Communicating with Congress, Session organizer, American Physical Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March Fathe - 6

7 Teaching for Learning in College Science Courses, Session organizer, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Feb Structuring Student-centered Mathematics and Science Classes for Student Success, L. Fathe, M Greenhalgh, and M. McDonald, American Association of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Wash. DC, March, Preparing University Faculty to Teach Science and Mathematics While Educating Future Teachers, Session organizer, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, January 22, An Integrated Calculus and Mechanics Course for Weakly Prepared Students, L. Fathe, J. Quinn, and M. McDonald, Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. XXVII, #2, Nov Advice to Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Grant Writers, L. Fathe and E. Hoagland, The CUR Quarterly, Sept Helping to Improve K-12 Education: How Higher Education Can Contribute, Invited Testimony before the California Citizens Commission on Higher Education, Los Angeles, CA, Sept Science, Scientists, and Politics; or Mr. Tompkins becomes a Beltway Bandit, L. Fathe, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Dec. 1998; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, June CIMAC, A Coordinated Introduction to Calculus and Mechanics, L. Fathe, M. McDonald, and J. Quinn, 1997 Joint APS/AAPT Meeting, Wash. D.C., April 1997 and AMS/MAA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Jan "National Science Policy in an Era of Budgetary Distress", invited talk at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, Feb., Science for all Students, L. Fathe, Invited Opinion Piece, APS News, Vol. 5, #10, p.4, "Coordinated Introductory Mechanics and Calculus: Class Formats and Methods", L. Fathe and J. Quinn, Project Kaleidoscope Workshop on Revitalizing Introductory Physics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, June "Risk Assessment in the Environmental Community", Invited talk, annual meeting, Southern California Chapter of The Society for Risk Analysis, Los Angeles, CA, May "Women in Science: Still Climbing the Mountain", Occidental Magazine, Winter 1995 issue. "Women Influencing Washington: Making our Voices Heard", Published in: Committee on the Status of Women in Physics Gazette, Vol.14, #2; reprinted in AWIS Magazine, Fall 1994 issue and AWM Magazine, Winter 1994 issue. "Women in Science Policy - Barriers and Breakthroughs", invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA., May "Lasers for Graffiti Removal", L. Fathe, C. Liu, and E. Garmire, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, Oct "Phonon Spectra and Energy Transfer in Doubly Doped Laser Materials", C. Inman and L. Fathe, Poster presentation at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA., Feb "New laser lines of Er 3+ in Yttrium Aluminum Garnet," R. Kurtz, L. Fathe, and M. Birnbaum, Advanced Solid State Lasers, Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar. 1990, published in:osa Proceedings on Advanced SSL, Vol.6, pp Over 40 other technical, policy, and educational talks, publications, and limited distribution documents Fathe - 7

8 Awards and Honors: Senior Associate for SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility) a 5-year, $5.5 M project funded by the National Science Foundation to help faculty connect science, engineering, and mathematics courses to real world issues Fellow of the American Physical Society. For working with scientists to help them become effective in influencing policy, both locally and nationally. Elected in 2001 Weldon Heald Conservation Award, for 10 years of outstanding work on conservation issues in southern California. Given by the Sierra Club Centennial Speaker for the American Physical Society - one of 100 physicists selected to give talks around the country as part of the society s 100 anniversary celebration Nominated for president of The Association for Women in Science, a 7000 member professional society of women in science, technology, and related fields Invited participant at the White House Conference on Environmental Technology, a summit of industry, government, and environmental leaders to explore approaches to sustainable technology Congressional Science Fellow: sponsored by the American Physical Society to serve as a science advisor in the office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who represents Silicon Valley, CA Contracts and Grants: Faculty Development for Exploring Science: Using Hands-on Research to Build Science Literacy for non- Science Majors, a 2-year, $230,000 NSF CCLI grant to Philadelphia University. Awarded June Principal Investigator for the Los Angeles Collaborative for Teacher Excellence (LACTE), a five-year, teninstitution, $5.5 million dollar National Science Foundation funded project to improve the science and mathematics college preparation of future teachers in Southern California Co-PI on NSF CCLI grant "Unified Introductory Calculus and Physics, a 2-year $105,000 project to develop a combined class in Calculus and Physics designed for students with limited backgrounds Co-PI on "Lasers for Removing Graffiti", a contract from the California Department of Transportation to study the effects of lasers on surfaces. The contract, renewed for a second year, totaled $236, Professional Affiliations American Association for the Advancement of Science Association of American Colleges and Universities American Physical Society Association for Women in Science Sigma Pi Sigma Sigma Xi Fathe - 8

9 Outside Workshops Given: Exploring the Intersections of Faculty Culture and General Education, pre-conference workshop with Jerry Gaff, AAC&U Senior Scholar, AAC&U General Education Meeting, Phoenix, AZ., March Knowing What Your Students are Learning, Rider University and SENCER New Jersey faculty workshop, Rider University, Trenton, N. J., January, Active Learning Techniques in Large and Small Classes, Knowing What Your Students are Learning, Building Structures into your Classes to Enhance Student Learning, and Taking your Work to the Rest of your Institution, SENCER Conferences, Santa Clara, CA, Aug. 2004, 05, 06. Making Active Learning Work for your Course, Faculty workshop, Philadelphia U., Phil., PA, May Active Learning Techniques in Science, HHMI Science Consultant, Georgetown U., Wash. DC, March Teaching for Critical Thinking, Clark University, Worcester, MA, March Teaching for Higher-Level Thinking, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, Jan Active Learning in Large Classes and Knowing What Your Students are Learning, 2003 and 2002 SENCER Conferences, Santa Clara, CA, Aug and Aug Evaluation and Teacher Education and Grant Writing for Fun and Profit, with Dr. Lars Kjeseth at Ozarka College, Melbourne, Arkansas, Sept. 2002; and Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C., Oct Writing for Educational Journals, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Nov Cooperative Learning + Alternative Assessment: Adding up to Make a Difference, J. Dewar,, L. Fathe, M. Greenhalgh, J. Kasabian, Lilly West Conference on College Teaching, Lake Arrowhead, CA, March Designing an Active Learning Course and Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Grants: Funding for Innovative Curricular Development, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, April 1999 Disciplinary Language and Assumptions: Strategies for Minimizing the Barriers they Pose to Learning, Lilly West Conference on College and University Teaching, Lake Arrowhead, CA, March Using Student Whiteboards to Foster Active and Cooperative Learning in Introductory Physics, 1997 Regional Conference on College Teaching, Los Angeles, CA, Feb Short Course on "Lasers in Dentistry", L. Fathe, M. Abbouras and G. Levy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Nov Workshops Given at George Mason University Jump-Start your Teaching 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Critical Teaching Issues for New Faculty 2002, 2004 Constructing a Teaching Portfolio 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Advanced Teaching Portfolios 2002, 2005 Teaching for Critical Thinking 2003, 2006 Gateway Quizzes to Enhance Student Outcomes 2001 Designing an Interdisciplinary Course 2002 Writing for Educational Journals 2002 Classroom Feedback and Midcourse Assessments 2002 Knowing What your Students are Learning 2003, 2004, 2005 Active Learning in Large and Small Classes , 2006 Classroom Management Techniques and Tips 2002, part Grant Writing Series 2004 Introduction to Grant Writing 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Fathe - 9