Mission Statement
Our mission is to improve student competency and confidence through redesign of foundational courses by using research findings on sound student-centered teaching and learning.
Faculty Spotlight
George Hollich
PSY 12000
Dr. Hollich teaches Psychology using a hybrid team-taught course which aims to combine high-quality online content with in-class group learning. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
William (Bart) Collins
COM 31800
Dr. Collins teaches COM 318: Principles of Persuasion, which is a large lecture course with approximately 350 students per semester. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Tim Delworth
MATH 15400
Dr. Delworth will be teaching a re-designed pilot section of MATH:154 Algebra and Trigonometry this coming fall with an anticipated enrollment of 60 students. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Brian Dilkes
AGRY 32000
Dr. Dilkes and Dr. Weil teach Genetics to 160 students. This course features advanced lessons that engage students in higher-order analytical thinking skills. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
John Graveel
AGRY 25500
Dr. Graveel and Dr. Van Scoyoc teach Soil Science to 160 students in three innovative, student-centered learning environments each week. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Chuck Krousgrill
ME 27400
Dr. Krousgrill will be teaching a re-designed pilot section of ME 27400: Basic Mechanics II this coming spring with an anticipated enrollment of 30 - 50 students. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Jay McCann
POL 10100
James A. McCann is a professor in the Department of Political Science. Originally from Chicago, he did his graduate studies at the University of Colorado and then worked for two years at Harvard University as a research assistant and teaching fellow before coming to Purdue. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Nancy Pelaez
BIOL 13100
Dr. Pelaez will be teaching a re-designed pilot section of BIOL 131 (Biology II: Development, Structure, and Function of Organisms) this coming spring with an anticipated enrollment of 30 - 50 students. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Marcy Towns
CHEM 11500
Dr. Marcy Towns is a professor of chemistry in the Department of Chemistry. She earned her masters and doctorate in the same department working on projects pertaining to student learning in chemistry and gas phase organometallic chemistry. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
George Van Scoyoc
AGRY 25500
Dr. Graveel and Dr. Van Scoyoc teach Soil Science to 160 students in three innovative, student-centered learning environments each week. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Clifford Weil
AGRY 32000
Dr. Dilkes and Dr. Weil teach Genetics to 160 students. This course features advanced lessons that engage students in higher-order analytical thinking skills. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Cordelia Brown
ECE 270 - Introduction to Digital Systems Design
Dr. Brown has a joint appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering Education. She teaches Digital Systems Design to approximately 200 students each year. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Richard Buckius
Vice President for Research
Dr. Buckius is Vice President for Research, Professor of Mechanical Engineering charged with assisting faculty and staff in their research efforts. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Mary Burbrink
SOC 100 - Introductory Sociology
Dr. Burbrink will be teaching a re-designed online section of SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology with 200 students. This course gives students the foundation needed to be successful in subsequent sociology classes. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Karen Chang
NUR 223 - Foundations of Research and EBP
Dr. Chang is passionate in using information technologies (IT) to improve the quality of nursing education and patient care. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Rosalee (Rosie) Clawson
POL 413 - The Human Basis of Politics
Dr. Clawson is Professor of Political Science in the College of Liberal Arts and serves as a faculty consultant for the Center for Instructional Excellence. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Bill Crum
CS 159 - Programming Applications for Engineers
Bill Crum is a continuing lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. He leads both CS 158 (C Programming) and CS 159 (Programming Applications for Engineers) with a total annual enrollment of over 1400 students. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Patti Darbishire
PHARM
Dr. Darbishire is the Director for Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences and Clinical Associate Professor. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Ms. Brenda Downing
GS 290 - Study Skills Seminar
Brenda's IMPACT course is an elective open to first and second year students from colleges across the Purdue campus. The course is designed for students to master and integrate learning strategies and self-regulation methods to optimize academic success. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Deborah Fleetham
HIST 104 - Introduction to the Modern World
An online course that traces the development of the West from the era of Renaissance to the present. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Mark French
MET 213 - Dynamics
Dr. French has worked as an Educational Technologist at Purdue since 2004. He was initially a member of the Consulting and Training group of the Instructional Development Center (IDC) in ITaP. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Ellen Gundlach
STAT 113 - Statistics and Society
Ellen Gundlach will be teaching traditional large-lecture sections, online sections, and a new pilot section of a “flipped” (hybrid) STAT 113: Statistics in Society course in the Fall 2012 semester. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Andrew Hirsch
PHYS 172 - Modern Mechanics
Dr. Hirsch spearheaded the revision to the introductory mechanics course while he served as department head of physics, 1997-2007. He is now engaged in teaching and improving this course which is taken by approximately 2400 Science and Engineering students each year. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Rebecca Lindell
PHYS 172 - Modern Mechanics
Dr. Lindell is a visiting Scholar at Purdue University’s Physics Department who has joined Dr. Andrew Hirsch in his course redesign in IMPACT. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Loretta (Sue) Loesch-Fries
BTNY 301 - Introductory Plant Pathology
Introductory plant pathology (BTNY 301) is a 3-hr lecture and laboratory course taught each semester, primarily as a service course for a number of agricultural majors. Three professors rotate in teaching the course (RD Martyn, S. Loesch-Fries and C. Woloshuk). Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Ray Martyn
BTNY 301 - Introductory Plant Pathology
Introductory plant pathology (BTNY 301) is a 3-hr lecture and laboratory course taught each semester, primarily as a service course for a number of agricultural majors. Three professors rotate in teaching the course (RD Martyn, S. Loesch-Fries and C. Woloshuk). Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Gary McFall
CS 235 - Introduction to Organizational Computing
Gary teaches CS235 - Introduction to Organizational Computing in the College of Sciences. This course is mainly sophomores with about 420 students in Spring and 600 in Fall semesters. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. David Meyer
ECE 270 - Introduction to Digital System Design
ECE 362 - Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing
Dr. Meyer is a Murphy Award-winning professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has developed the Digital Systems Design Course and Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing courses. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Craig Miller
CGT 163 - Graphical Communication and Spatial Visualization
Dr. Miller will be teaching a re-designed pilot section of CGT 163; Graphical Communication and Spatial Visualization Fall Semester 2012 with an anticipated enrollment of 40 students. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Eric Nauman
ME 270 - Basic Mechanics I
Dr. Nauman is an associate professor of mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and basic medical sciences at Purdue University and has served as an EPICS instructor for five years. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Tim Newby
EDCI 270 - Introduction to Educational Technology and Computing
Dr. Nauman is an associate professor of mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and basic medical sciences at Purdue University and has served as an EPICS instructor for five years. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Larry Nies
CE 355 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Nies will be teaching a redesigned CE 355 Engineering Environmental Sustainability. This course enrolls 100 students each fall and spring semester and will meet in the Hicks B848 Learning Studio. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Dimitrios Peroulis
ECE 201 - Linear Circuit Analysis I
Dr. Peroulis is a Murphy Award-winning professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently redesigning Introductory Linear Circuit Analysis and is interested in increasing the interrogative knowledge and confidence of students enrolled in his courses. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Ann Rundell
BME 390 - Professional Development and Design in Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Rundell is an Associate Professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University. She received her BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Vicki Simpson
NUR 108 - Introduction to Nursing
Dr. Simpson is redesigning NUR 108: Introduction to Nursing one-credit hour course for fall semester 2012. Vicki is in the Nursing School. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Sherry Slaven
PHRM 820 - Professional Program Laboratories
Dr. Slaven serves as the Director of Professional Program Laboratories for the College of Pharmacy. Prior to this position, she worked as a practicing pharmacist in a local community pharmacy. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Janet Thorlton
NUR 223 - Foundations of Research and EBP
Dr. Thorlton is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University School of Nursing. Her research is focused on safe and efficacious use of performance enhancing substances in adolescents. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Charles Woloshuk
BTNY 301 - Introductory Plant Pathology
Introductory plant pathology (BTNY 301) is a 3-hr lecture and laboratory course taught each semester, primarily as a service course for a number of agricultural majors. Three professors rotate in teaching the course (RD Martyn, S. Loesch-Fries and C. Woloshuk). Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Edward L. Bartlett
BIOL 230 - Biology of the Living Cell
Dr. Edward Bartlett is and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Biological Sciences. His research ranges across a wide variety of topics, including In-vivo auditory systems electrophysiology, Interactions between cerebral cortex and thalamus, Neuroanatomy, and others. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Kelly H. Blanchard
ECON 210 - Principles of Economics
Dr. Kelly Blanchard has been teaching Economics at Purdue University for the last 14 years. She will be teaching a redesigned version of ECON 210, the Principles of Economics. Read More >>
Faculty Spotlight
Dr. Patrick E. Connolly
TECH 120 - Technology and the Individual
A professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Dr. Connolly will be teaching a redesigned version of TECH 120, Technology and the Individual. This course will actively engage students as critical thinkers about technology and its impacts by integrating design thinking as a pedagogical tool.
Faculty Spotlight
Dawn Laux
TECH 120 - Technology and the Individual
Clinical Assistant Professor Dawn Laux will be working on redesigning and implementing TECH 120. Professor Laux is responsible for teaching database fundamentals and introductory technology course in the Department of Computer and Information Technology.
