Meet the Instructors and Trainers

Environmental Science of the San Juan River Basin (July 14-20)
	Dr Michael Ort, Department of Environmental Science, NAU . Michael has significant previous experience on the San Juan.
	Joëlle Clark is an archaeologist and science educator at the Anthropology Department and the Center for Science Teaching and Learning at NAU in Flagstaff. She has designed and taught science curricula and professional development programs for preservice, inservice, and informal educators, and the general public. She is a former river guide on the San Juan River.

Flora, Fauna and Formations of the Mesa Verde/Bandelier Region (June 26 - July 2)
	David M. Best is a professor of geology at NAU. He received his Ph. D. in geology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught physical geology, statistics and geophysics at NAU since 1978 and has written a lab manual for geologic disasters. When not teaching about Arizona geology, he is currently co-authoring a text on natural hazards.
	Sylvester Allred received his Ph. D. in Biology from NAU in 1989, and joined the Biological Sciences faculty in the same year. His research involves the ecology and reproductive biology of the Abert squirrel, a resident of local ponderosa pine forests. His interests include writing, photography, backpacking, and road trips around the United States with his wife, Donna.

Introductory Astronomy (July 7-11)
	Dr. Kathy Eastwood is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at NAU. She directs both the NAU Research Experiences for Undergraduates site and the National Undergraduate Research Observatory. Her research interests include observational studies of the evolution of massive stars. Kathy was recently awarded a Fulbright to teach astronomy students in Chile.
	Dr. Nadine Barlow is an associate professor of Physics and Astronomy at NAU. Nadine is NAU's resident 'Martian', and is a recognized expert on martian impact craters. She actively involves both undergraduate and graduate students in research projects through her NASA grants, NASA Space Grant, and the Research Experiences for Undergraduates programs.

*A Natural Approach to Chemistry* (July 21-25)
	Dr. Tom Hsu is nationally known as an innovator in science equipment and curriculum and leader in teacher training. Dr. Hsu has trained more than 15,000 teachers of all levels, leading workshops since 1991. He is the author of five published middle and high school science programs in physics and physical science. He holds a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics from MIT and a BS with honors in physics, magna-cum laude from SUNY - Stony Brook.

Physical Science in the Bluegrass (July 8-11)
	Dr Joseph Straley and Sally Shafer (Department of Physics/Astronomy, University of Kentucky) have worked with hundreds of teachers in Kentucky, in states that border Kentucky, and even in a few that don’t. With support over the years from the Fund to Improve Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), they have worked to improve the science content knowledge of middle and high school teachers. Authors of the LAB-AIDS Applied Science Concepts Modules, they believe in learning science by doing science and have a knack for explaining complex topics in a way that the rest of us can understand.

Science in the Windy City (July 14-17)
	Dr. David Slavsky is the Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola. An astrophysicist by background, he has been recognized for teaching excellence, for his research contribution and for his service to the college and the Chicago community. He has had numerous NSF grants, designed science packages for solo trans-Pacific balloon flights, and advised TV personality Jerry Springer about extraterrestrial life. His students say he can explain complex topics in a way that is easy to understand.

	Dr. Anne Grauer is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Loyola. Her research interests include health and disease in medieval England and the use of skeletal analysis to explore the lives of women. She is the co-author of Sex and Gender in Paleo-anthropological Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1999), has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and is a member of the FBI Evidence Response Team.