Alix Fink

Alix D. Dowling Fink has served as a Biology faculty member at Longwood University for 21 years and currently also serves as Associate Provost for Research and Academic Initiatives. Her doctoral training was in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, and her field research has focused on birds and bats. Recently, Dr. Fink’s scholarship has shifted to science education. She has been active in the SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) project for nearly 20 years, and she has served as a PULSE (Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education) Fellow for a decade. She serves as co-PI on an NSF S-STEM project that supports students in four natural science fields, and she coordinates an NSF-funded project that supports academic departments in their efforts to implement curricular and pedagogical change.  http://solomon.longwood.edu/directory/profile/finkadlongwoodedu/