Katherine J. Denniston Joseph J. Topping Robert L. Caret
ISBN: 0072920033 Copyright year: 2004
About the Authors
Katherine J. Denniston is currently on leave-of-absence from Towson University to serve as a Program Officer in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation. At Towson, she is the Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education, and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Denniston has a long-standing interest in reform of undergraduate and K-12 education. She was the Project Director of the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation II, an NSF-funded statewide Collaborative for the preparation of science and mathematics specialists to teach in middle school. In addition, she is the Director of the Maryland Educators’ Summer Research Program, which places pairs of preservice and inservice teachers in university and government research laboratories and facilitates their transformation of the research experience into curriculum materials for K-12 classrooms. She is also co-Director of the Maryland Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science, a summer residence program for Maryland teachers that provides training in reform- and standards-based science and mathematics teaching. Dr. Denniston was co-Principal Investigator, along with Dr. Larry Wimmers, on an NSF grant to introduce inquiry-based laboratories into the first semester biology course required of all biology majors. She is interested in reform efforts to introduce similar inquiry-based labs into all introductory science courses.
As Director of the Center, Dr. Denniston is working with Dr. Laurence Boucher Principal Investigator of the Maryland MacArthur Project, and American Association for the Advancement of Science Project 2061 to introduce reform- and standards-based science and mathematics into teaching methods courses and local schools. The results of this work will be published in a book entitled Developing a Standards-Based Approach to Teacher Education in Science and Mathematics: Lessons from Project 2061.
Before coming to Towson University in 1985, Denniston earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1975. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, and a Research Assistant Professor at the Division of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Georgetown University. At Towson, Dr. Denniston has taught a wide variety of courses from the introductory to
the graduate level. She is Coordinator of the Biology Majors Introductory Biology Course.
Dr. Denniston has published extensively on various aspects of molecular biology and virology. She has also published articles and presented workshops on science education and was co-editor of Recombinant DNA, published by Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Inc. Dr. Denniston has co-authored three chemistry textbooks, as well as ancillary Student Study Guides and Instructors’ Manuals, published by McGraw-Hill.Joseph Topping was born in Amsterdam, New York. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire. After doing postdoctoral research at the Ames Laboratory of Iowa State University, he joined the chemistry department at Towson University, where he has taught since 1970.
Professor Topping has been involved with a number of initiatives designed to improve the quality of middle and secondary school instruction, most notably the NSF-sponsored Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation. He has a number of papers and presentations in the literature, including baseline studies of contamination of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. He is actively involved with the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Eastern Analytical Symposium.
Professor Topping's hobbies include golf, fly fishing, softball, and collecting vintage baseball cards. He is an avid reader of history, particularly, the history of baseball.
Robert L. Caret was appointed the President of San Jose State University in 1995. Formerly Dr. Caret served as Provost and Executive Vice President at Towson University. In this role he served as the Chief Academic Officer of the university and was responsible for the leadership of all academic programs and divisions within the university.
Dr. Caret has been involved in higher education for more than 28 years, including administration, research, and teaching, and serving as director of numerous special project. He received his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry and Mathematics from Suffolk University in 1969 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire in 1974. In 1996 he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Suffolk University and in 1997 an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from The National Hispanic University in 1997.
Dr. Caret has numerous publications and presentations in the fields of chemistry, chemical education, and higher education. He has published chapters in two monographs on the mission and role of institutions, and has published four textbooks in the fields of organic chemistry and allied health chemistry. He also co-authored the book Myths and Realities in Higher Education Administration. He is a member and an active participant in numerous regional, national, and international professional groups and organizations.
He has also been involved in a variety of local and national leadership programs (American Council on Education, American Association of State Colleges & Universities/Kellogg) and has worked very closely with economic development agencies, state and local school boards, and other state and local governmental agencies in several states.
Some of the organizational positions held by Dr. Caret include
AASCU Presidents' Committee on Information Technologies and Learning
AASCU Commission on Urban/Metropolitan Universities
AASCU California State Representative
ACE Commission on Leadership and Institutionalized Effectiveness
In the San Jose area, Dr. Caret is or has been a member of
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Board of Directors
San Jose Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
San Jose Repertory Theatre Board of Directors
Opera San Jose Board of Directors
Advisory Council of the 2002 United Way campaign of Santa Clara Country
Rotary Club of San Jose
Arts Council of Santa Clara Country
Silicon Valley Higher Educaiton Roundtable
Tech Museum of Innovation Board of Directors (ex officio)
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group Board of Directors
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