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AP ES Lab and Field Activity Authors

Dean Goodwin has been involved in designing and implementing environmental curricula since the late 1980s and is currently the director of environmental education at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. He teaches a variety of environmental courses up to the AP level, utilizing an experiential, problem-based learning approach. Dean holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry (Salford University, England), and a combined Ph.D./PGCE in chemistry/science education (Leicester University, England). Dean is a Question Leader at the AP ES Reading, a member of the AP ES Development Committee, and the author of the new Teacher's Guide for AP ES.

Tori Haidinger teaches AP ES and biology at St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California. She initiated the environmental science program at the school, and has been teaching there for six years. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in biological sciences, with a research interest in the area of behavioral ecology. She is also dean of the class of 2006, and has been an AP ES Exam Reader for the past two years.

Lonnie Miller teaches AP ES and biology at El Diamante High School in Visalia, California. He has taught in Visalia for 16 years and was instrumental in initiating AP Environmental Science in the district. He holds a bachelor's degree in forestry management and a master's in educational technology. In addition to participating in the Exam Reading and this lab project, he is a workshop consultant for AP ES.

Dr. Angela C. Morrow is a research associate at the University of Northern Colorado. She holds a doctorate in the areas of botany and microbiology and is currently investigating wound response in woody plants at the ultrastructural level and better ways to pulp wood. She has been involved with AP ES since the course's beginnings. In addition to participating in the exam Reading and this lab project, Dr. Morrow is a workshop consultant for AP ES.

Lee Palmer graduated from Cornell University in 1974 with a B.S. in genetics and microbiology, and from Rutgers University in 1977 with an M.S. in genetic counseling. She has been teaching at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, Maryland, for the past 13 years, and is currently the Upper School science chairperson. Her teaching experience includes AP Environmental Science, chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, Earth science, and microbiology.

Dr. Susan Wells Rollinson is an organic chemist with interests in natural products and environmental chemistry. She holds a B.A. from Carleton College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her teaching experience includes college-level chemistry and computer courses, as well as volunteer work with highly-motivated elementary and middle school students. Since 2000, she has been director of the Field Ecology Summer Regional Governor's School and the academic-year Jackson River Governor's School, where she teaches chemistry and AP Environmental Science. Both Governors' Schools are located at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge, Virginia.

Dr. Edward Wells is an associate professor and chair of the department of environmental studies at Wilson College. Both his Ph.D. and master's degrees are from Bowling Green State University. The Ph.D. is in American culture studies with a focus in environmental history and environmental sociology, and the master's is in philosophy with a concentration in environmental philosophy. His areas of teaching and research include environmental history, environmental sociology, climate change, land planning/assessment, and ecological restoration.






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