Annie Goldsmith-Wells, WWNFF Faculty

Annie Goldsmith-Wells is the Assistant Program Director of Alabama Science In Motion at Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama. Her job requires that she train teachers to perform high-tech laboratory activities, deliver the labs and team-teach when necessary. She was a high school Biology teacher for 25 years prior to this position. She has participated in biomedical research through the Biomedical Research Program at Alabama State University. Goldsmith-Wells was a participant in the 1997 Woodrow Wilson ES Institute and has led two TORCH Workshops.

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Kathy Jouvenat has been involved with WWNFF since the 1999 CORE ESI in Costa Rica. She shared those unique experiences with other teachers through a TORCH Institute. She has also been involved with BSCS and NASA in curriculum development for activities on the International Space Station, has worked with the Colorado Association of Science Teachers as a regional director, and has many years of involvement with Science Olympiad. Kathy teaches science at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has a B.A. from Augustana College and an M.A. from Colorado College.

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Marilyn McComber, WWNF Faculty

Marilyn McComber has been involved in science education for twenty eight years. Her experiences include K-college teaching in Kansas, Belize, and Texas. She has been successful in grant and curriculum writing. Marilyn participated in the Woodrow Wilson Environmental Science Institute at Princeton in 1999. Since then she has conducted an online Environmental Institute prototype and TORCH for the foundation. Currently Marilyn teaches earth science and Applied Biology and Chemistry at Emporia High School. She is a Brandwein Fellow, has a BSE from Emporia State, master's from the University of Houston and Bilingual Endorsement from Kansas State University.

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Lisa Novemsky, WWNFF Faculty

Lisa Novemsky's Web Site http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.
edu/schooled/novemsky.html

Lisa Novemsky, Ed. D., who served as a faculty facilitator for the WWNFF CORE program in Costa Rica in 1999, is assistant professor of science education and early childhood education at Brooklyn College School of Education. Her involvement in professional development spans a period of twenty five years. As an academic and educational consultant she has led many workshops and published numerous papers. Novemsky earned a B.A. in Biology, M.A. in Psychology, and Ed.D. in Science Education from Rutgers University and an M.A. in Human Development from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is committed to a model of professional development in which all aspects of human nature, culture, and the great outdoors are considered in deepening our understanding of learning and teaching.

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John Sacco, WWNFF Faculty

John Sacco has been teaching science and computer science for over 23 years. In his spare time, he is a computer consultant for local businesses and teaches graduate classes in computer use and technology integration for teachers through Winthrop University. He attended the WWLPT Biology CORE program in 1995 and returned in 1997 and 1998 as Educational Technology Director for the Environmental Science Program at Princeton and Rutgers.

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George Stickel, WWNFF Faculty

George Stickel served as facilitator/faculty member for the Environmental Science Institute, Summer 2000, and participated in the Woodrow Wilson ESI at Rutgers, Summer 1998. Selected teacher of the year by his school, for 2000-2001. Active in environmental education, writing and field-testing curriculum through a technology project called Education for a Sustainable Future, under the auspices of the Concord Consortium ( http://www.concord.org ) and National Science Foundation. He co-authored and field tested the GLOBE GPS Investigation protocols and learning activities for the Summer 1996 edition of The GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide. Trained GLOBE (see http://www.globe.gov ) teachers and students on protocols, established a GLOBE site, and field tested GLOBE atmospheric haze protocols for student data collection. He has received numerous grants for infusing technology into the classroom, studying marine chemistry, spectroscopy, biomechanics, and other topics. Technical writer for Georgia Institute of Technology's Air Quality Labs, and worked with teachers through Georgia Tech's Center for Integrating Science, Math, and Computers (CEISMC). Author of numerous publications in learning theory and philosophy, plus other fields. Baccalaureate degree in chemistry from Sterling College, Sterling KS; master's in higher education administration, and Ph.D. in philosophy of education, both from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Father of three daughters, two at Davidson College, NC, one is a frosh in high school. Husband of a pre-school teacher and coordinator of an after school program.

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Ed Wells, WWNFF Faculty

Ed Wells is the Director of the Environmental Studies Department at Wilson College. He earned both his PhD and MA from Bowling State University. The focus of his doctoral studies was in environmental history while he concentrated his master's program in environmental philosophy. He earned his BA in Geography with a focus in environmental planning from Slippery Rock University. His research and teaching interest include the history of environmentalism, ecology restoration, and environmental impact assessment and planning.

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