The new dean of Utah State University’s College of Science, Dr. Michelle Baker, is a scientist with 23 years of experience as a USU faculty member. She served the last 18 months as interim dean.
He said now is a great opportunity to bring some of the university’s curriculum into the 20th century.
“We’ve started to provide authentic research experiences for students in our lab classes, especially in the introductory biology and chemistry labs,” explained Dr. Martin, “and I’d like to see that spread across the board. of the university in the future.
“I think it gives students real-world skills that they can take into the workforce and gives them a sense of what science is really about, doing science instead of just reading about facts.”
In preparation for the new academic year, I wanted to use the faculty positions the university was seeking to establish a JEDI Collaborator.
“A collaboration (is) related to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM disciplines,” he said. “So we set this up as a cluster contract and were successful in recruiting five faculty members with diverse identities to the university and I will be working with them this academic year to help the university promote diversity in science.”
The research history of Dr. Baker has focused on the physical, chemical and biological processes that affect water quality.
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