Implications of Learning Research for Teaching Science to Non-Science Majors part of Backgrounders
Implications of Learning Research for Teaching Science to Non-Science Majors Eugenia Etkina - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Jose P. Mestre - University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary In this paper ...

Hunger, Science, and Public Policy part of Backgrounders
Raymond F. Hopkins - Swarthmore College (About the author) Summary This essay examines what it means to be hungry in a time of relative abundance of food. The authors define what they mean by "hunger", ...

Mathematical and Statistical Reasoning in Compelling Contexts part of Backgrounders
Quantitative Approaches for building and Interrogating Personal, Disciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Worldviews David L. Ferguson - Stony Brook University (About the author) Publication Date Summary This paper ...

HIV/AIDS: The Once and Future Epidemic part of Backgrounders
Richard P. Keeling, MD -Keeling & Associates, Inc. About the Author July 2003 Summary Students, as future leaders, health care workers, money managers, decision- makers, traders, determiners of foreign policy, ...

Reinventing Myself as a Professor part of Backgrounders
Reinventing Myself as a Professor: The Catalytic Role of SENCER Terry R. McGuire - Rutgers University (About the author) July 2005 Summary I agreed to write this SENCER Backgrounder to describe the types of things ...

HIV/AIDS and Education in Africa part of Backgrounders
HIV/AIDS and Education in Africa Debra Meyer - Rand Afrikaans University AWSE (about the author) July 2003 Summary After more than two decades of AIDS, the pandemic in Africa is still spiraling out of control. ...

Nanotechnology part of Backgrounders
Nanotechnology Kristen Kulinowski - Rice University (About the author) Summary Nanotechnology has tremendous potential to improve human health and the environment; however, it could also have unintended impacts. ...

About the Author: Troy Duster part of Backgrounders
Troy Duster, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, New York University 295 Lafayette St., Rm. 4143 New York, NY 10012 (212) 998-8882 troy.duster@nyu.edu Troy Duster is currently a professor of sociology at New York ...

About the Author: Richard P. Keeling part of Backgrounders
Richard P. Keeling, M.D. Chairman, Richard P. Keeling & Associates 433 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 (212) 229-4750 rich@rkeeling.com Richard P. Keeling, MD, is Chief Executive Officer for Keeling & ...

Some Social Implications of the Molecular Biological Revolution (The Human Genome Project) part of Backgrounders
Some Social Implications of the Molecular Biological Revolution (The Human Genome Project) Troy Duster - New York University (About the author) Topics of Interest to the SENCER Community A Deep Discussion of the ...