Current Faculty

Andrew, Alan T.
(Microbiology/Immunology)

Ayebo, Amadu D.
(Microbiology)

Bharathan, Narayanaswamy
(Molecular Virology)

Bharathan, Seema
(Microbiology)

Bi, Shundong
(Comparative/Human Anatomy)

Brenneman, William M.
(Zoology)

Browe, Andrew C.
(Physiology)

Butler, W. Barkley
(Cell Molecular)

Ciskowski, Gary J.
(Microbiology)

Gendron, Robert P.
(Ecology)

Hinrichsen, Robert D.
(Cell Molecular)

Irani, Vida
(Microbiology)

Jack, Martha J.
(General Biology)

Larkin, Jeffery
(Ecology)

Lord, Thomas R.
(Biology Education)

Luciano, Carl S.
(Virology)

Nealen, Paul M.
(Neurophysiology)

Newell, Sandra J.
(Plant Ecology)

Peard, Terry L.
(Biology Education)

Peterson, Russell L.
(Developmental)

Pistole, David H.
(Physiology)

Simmons, Thomas W.
(Environmental Health)

Winstead, Ray L.
(Biostatistics/Ornithology)

Interests

My academic interests have been in two major areas. First, my concern for the failing quality of contemporary education in this country has led to my serving on the advisory councils on outcomes assessment and on faculty development for the New Jersey Department of Higher Education and the committee on Standards in Teaching for the National Biology Teachers Association. I am also active in the Society for College Science Teachers where, over the years, I have served as Councilor at Large, National Membership Chairperson, Vice President and President. In addition, I have conducted several studies on effective teaching strategies at both the secondary and college levels. Much of this research has focused on the role spatial aptitude plays in science learning. This work has led to cooperative investigations with several premier cognitive theoreticians in the United States and England. A second area of interest centers on lower plants, particularly the Bryophytes and Pteridophytes. This involvement has led to several research studies and presentations at professional meetings on individuals in these groups and the publication of a book entitled, The Ferns and Fern Allies of Pennsylvania