One of six senior faculty members from national colleges and universities to lead the workshop, Tewksbury will be bringing her own insight and experience to the table in order to give young professors new grading and advising tools, ways to integrate research into their teaching, and strategies for effective instruction.
The 1997 Carnegie Foundation New York State Professor of the Year, Tewksbury holds the Stephen Harper Kirner Chair of Science at Hamilton College. She has earned the respect of fellow geologists and faculty members alike for her strong leadership and quest for excellence in her field. She has served as president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the professional organization that is sponsoring the workshop, and is currently looking at the structural evolution of the middle and deep crust of northern New York State. Tewksbury is concerned with bringing innovative and non-lecture-based teaching techniques into her classroom, and will be sharing her progress at the upcoming workshop. She has taught field courses in Iceland, developed course work in Tanzania, and is able to speak about the influence of geology on human events.
The workshop, which will kick off Tuesday, June 22 at Montana State University and finish with a dinner Saturday evening, is funded by the National Science Foundation and will be free for those geologists selected to attend. The workshop will be limited to 25 participants, according to planners, and a wide range of experiences and educational environments will be represented.
