Image: Two fellows from the 2015 Governor Teaching Fellow program, Karla-Sue Marriott and Anne Katz, are continuing to collaborate through a project to reinforce close-reading skills among science majors. Marriott, interim chair of the Chemistry and Forensic Science Department at Savannah State University, is the PI for a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health. Katz, associate professor of Curriculum, Foundations & Reading at Georgia Southern University, is working with her on a grant component, Achieving Diversity through Integrative Scientific Research Experience (ADISRE). Katz describes ADISRE as “[seeking] to spark a desire in students to become self-directed learners as well as open-minded, caring, and ethical biomedical scientists.” The students are exposed to variety of texts and given practice unpacking the information and making new connections. Read more in English Leadership Quarterly Type of News/Audience: Governors Teaching Fellows
