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The vision of BASICS is to fundamentally transform the way institutions of higher education support transdisciplinary curriculum development. To this end, the goals of BASICS are three-fold:
- Faculty Perspectives: Build strategic capacity for institutional transformation by changing the attitudes and perspectives of individual and groups of faculty toward transdisciplinary teaching, learning, and collaborative curriculum development centered on the exceptionally complex problems of sustainability;
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development process »Curriculum Development: Produce and disseminate novel transdisciplinary curriculum modules focused on sustainability problems that can be used in a wide variety of STEM and business courses; and - Student Learning: Develop the required knowledge, skills, and perspectives among future leaders and all students to address the intractable problems of sustainability.
Publications and Presentations »
Principal Investigators
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David Szymanski, Lead-PI
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Bentley University
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Ellen Iverson, Co-PI
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Carleton College
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Melissa Lenczewski, Co-PI
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Northern Illinois University
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Christine Mooney, Co-PI
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Northern Illinois University
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Rick Oches, Co-PI
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Bentley University
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John Ritter, Co-PI
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Wittenberg University
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Rachel Wilson, Co-PI
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Wittenberg University
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Laura Jackson Young, Co-PI
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Bentley University
Assessment and Web Dissemination
Past Collaborators
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Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts
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Bentley University
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Caitlin Kepple
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Oregon State University
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Adam Eide
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Oregon State University
Participating Faculty
Cohort 1
Bentley University
- Ryan Bouldin, (Chemistry)
- Jon Ericson (Information Design and Corporate Communications)
- Laura Jackson Young (Economics)
- Zoë F. Wagner (Natural and Applied Sciences)
Northern Illinois University
- Theodore Hogan (Technology)
- Anna Klis (Economics)
- Bart Sharp (Entrepreneurship)
- Wesley Swingley (Microbiology)
Wittenberg University
- Lindsay Meermans (Business)
- Nona Moskowitz (Sociology)
Cohort 2
Bentley University
- Zana Cranmer (Natural and Applied Sciences)
- Tracy Noga (Accountancy)
- Laurel Steinfield (Marketing)
- Betsy Stoner (Natural and Applied Sciences)
Northern Illinois University
- Bethany Cockburn (Management)
- Furkan Gur (Entrepreneurship)
- Emily McKee (Anthropology)
- Tomoyuki Shibata (Public Health, Health Studies)
Wittenberg University
- Timothy Bode (Business)
- Amber Burgett (Biology)
- Ross Jackson (Business)
- Sunny Jeong (Business)
- Stephanie A. Little (Psychology)
- Richard Phillips (Biology)
Cohort 3
Bentley University
- Nicole (Nikki) Breanne Hill (Natural and Applied Sciences)
- Cody Hyman (Accountancy)
- Shelle Santana (Marketing)
- Curtis (Curt) Smith (Sociology)
Northern Illinois University
- Megan Brown (Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment)
Wittenberg University
- Suanne M. Barthol (Business & Economics)
- Sheryl L. Cunningham (Communications)
Cohort 4
Bentley University
- Noah Giansiracusa (Mathematics)
- Melissa Hey (Natural and Applied Sciences)
- Ankita Srivastava (Information & Process Management)
- Effie Stavrulaki (Management)
Northern Illinois University
- Joel Gimbel (Statistics and Actuarial Science)
- Rebecca Houze (Art and Design)
- Kevin Martin (Engineering Technology, ESE Faculty associate)
- Nicholas Pohlman (Mechanical Engineering)
Wittenberg University
- Danny Marous (Chemistry)
- Stacy E. Porter (Religion)
- Travis W. Proctor (Environmental Science)
- Marlo A. Starr (English)