Type of professor
President's Professor
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Bio summary
Democratic societies require that the public make sound decisions on scientifically infused issues such as climate change and renewable energy. To do so, it is imperative to understand that science is not an encyclopedic collection of facts. Rather, science is the process by which we explore important question […] This status quo of disciplinary, “lecture-lab” courses does not meet the needs of society […] The online revolution in higher education has the potential to constructively disrupt this status quo […] Online education has vast untapped potential to enhance excellence as well as access