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Brian received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Indiana University. After postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he was a faculty member at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C. for five years before coming to Linfield College in 2001. He’s taught many different chemistry courses, including General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and the Art and Science of Brewing. His research interests are centered on developing nanoparticle based sensors and drug delivery mechanisms, and testing them using lasers. He enjoys playing volleyball, cycling, hanging out with his two Golden Retrievers (Kingsley and Tonks), and brewing beer.

Dalia has been teaching English in Chicago, IL, for the last twelve years after concluding that a career in Human Resources Management could not offer either intrinsic satisfaction or intellectual challenges. In 2008, while pursuing her teacher certification, she began teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and college readiness skills at a local community college. Upon completing the teacher certification with endorsements in English and ESL, she transitioned into teaching English language and literature at a public high school, focusing primarily on AP Literature. She first joined the POGIL community in 2012, and she now writes and utilizes her own POGIL activities in order to teach poetry, reading and literary analysis of poetry, as well as grammar. Dalia holds a M.A. in Medieval English Literature (Michigan State University) and a B.A. in English Literature and Judaic Studies (University of Michigan).

Why do we send our children to college? Why do our memories of college stay with us? Why do we value working at a university, and not just in the classroom, but in all the myriad ways that support the University's mission? What is so important?

Mark McDaniel is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Director of the Center for Integrative Research in Cognition, Learning, and Education (CIRCLE). He received his Ph.D. from University of Colorado in 1980. His research is in the general area of human learning and memory, with an emphasis on prospective memory, encoding and retrieval processes in episodic memory and applications to educational contexts. His research has been sponsored by the Institute of Educational Sciences, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and NASA. McDaniel has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. He has written numerous scholarly articles and is a co-author with Peter Brown and Henry Roediger of the recent book: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Harvard University Press, 2014).

Welcome to a special episode of the POGIL Podcast! We at the POGIL National Office are excited for 2021, when we will present a virtual National Conference to Advance POGIL Practice meeting (or NCAPP) with the theme of "Transforming Education & Educators.” POGIL Practitioner Dr. Wayne Pearson interviewed next year’s panelists and through their discussion, you will learn about the origins of NCAPP and what to expect next year. Panelists include: Dr. An Le of Florida Southern University Dr. Chris Mayfield – James Madison University Dr. Kristin Plessel – University of Wisconsin Whitewater Dr. Gail Webster – Guilford College Please Mark your calendars for June 28-30th and we will see you next year!

Dr. Kristin Plessel is a Nebraska native that has been transplanted in Wisconsin. She earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the UW Colleges’ Rock County campus and chemistry department in 2010, and currently serves as Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. As a graduate student, Kristin was introduced to POGIL, which she immediately applied once she acquired a classroom of her own. For her use of POGIL in the classroom, she was recognized with the Arthur M. Kaplan Fellows Award, the Gil Sedor Excellence in Teaching Award for UW Rock County and the University of Wisconsin System’s 2016 Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award. Kristin was also the recipient of the POGIL PEAch Award in 2018.

I am on a career vision quest. Since I was old enough to work, I’ve had several different jobs. If you ask my dad, I was old enough to work at the age of 8 (is hauling wood and clearing out the chicken coop considered child labor?) But, let’s start with my first job out of college as a quality engineer at a shingle manufacturing plant. And yes, it was about as glamorous as it sounds.

Bruno grew up in Connecticut, and received an A.B. in chemistry from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cornell University, and did a post-doc at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. At UNC he was a fellow in the SPIRE fellowship program, which combines research support and community service with an emphasis on minority careers in academic science. He was first introduced to POGIL as an assistant professor of chemistry at Guilford College. He is currently an Instructor of chemistry at the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, a public residential high school for talented students, where he uses POGIL to teach chemistry and biochemistry, and has introduced the practice to many of his colleagues who now incorporate the pedagogy into their own classrooms. Bruno was named the recipient of the 2018 POGIL Early Achievement Award (PEACH) in 2018.

Dr. Sheila Qureshi joined Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q) as a senior lecturer in 2007 and was promoted to associate professor of chemistry in 2018. She obtained her B.Sc. degree in chemistry and biology from the University of London, Goldsmiths College. Dr. Qureshi received her PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of Wales' Institute of Science and Technology (now University of Cardiff), UK, where her PhD thesis focused on synthesis of C-glycosides. She did her postdoctoral research at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, and then moved on to work in the chemical industry where her work involved pharmaceutical production support and development. Qualified in education as well as research, she was involved in the initial development of the pilot Foundation Program at WCM-Q where she supported both students and faculty. In 2009 and 2010, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award in the Foundation Program. She is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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