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IU biologist selected as Carnegie Scholar
March 8, 2000
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Craig Nelson, professor of biology at Indiana University, has been named a Carnegie Scholar for the coming year.
The award, presented by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, is presented to 40 outstanding faculty nationwide from diverse fields, who are expected to work together to invent and share new conceptual models for teaching,
Carnegie Scholars serve a one-year term, during which they investigate and document work on issues in the teaching and learning of their field. While Carnegie Scholars work primarily in their own academic settings, they spend two 10-day summer sessions together at the foundation and additional time during the academic year. They also will work with Carnegie Scholars from the 1999 and 1998 groups.
Nelson, who has been at IU since 1966, has research specialties in the ecology of amphibians and the evolutionary ecology of sex and speciation. He also is an adjunct faculty member in IU's Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior and a part-time professor in IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Kansas in 1962, and master of arts and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas in 1964 and 1966.
In welcoming the announcement, Moya Andrews, acting dean of the faculties, said, "Craig is well known nationally for his work on critical thinking. He is a leader in the scholarship of teaching movement on this campus and an invaluable resource and model for faculty and students. We're glad that the Carnegie Academy agrees."
The Carnegie Scholars are sponsored by the Pew National Fellowship Program. The program is intended to support faculty who contribute to the emerging scholarship of teaching and learning. Part of the goal is to allow those who are innovators in teaching to build upon the work of others.
"Our purpose is to support work that will foster significant, long-lasting learning for all students, enhance the practice and profession of teaching, and bring to teaching the recognition and reward afforded to other forms of scholarship," said Pat Hutchings, who directs the higher education program.
Andrews said Nelson will be sharing the results of his fellowship with both the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses of IU through activities of the program on the scholarship of teaching and learning.
More information about the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is available at its Web site at http://www.ntlf.com/
(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)