Mary J.S. Roth, Ph.D., P.E.

I recently finished reading Atul Gawande’s book Being Mortal – it is an excellent book and I recommend it for anyone facing the potentially complicated situations that can occur as…

I spent last week as a mentor and facilitator for Project Kaleidoscope’s STEM Leadership Institute.  Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is “AAC&U’s STEM higher education reform center dedicated to empowering STEM faculty,…

Over the last few years, I find that my relationship with time — specifically, my ability to find the time to do what I need to get done — has…

This past fall was my first time teaching in over nine years and I was assigned courses I had never taught before – it felt like I was once again…

“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”  – John Dewey (Based on research reported in a working paper by Di Stefano, G., Gino, F., Pisano,…

(From a 200 words or less mentoring statement I was asked to provide for AAC&U’s 2015 PKAL Summer Leadership Institute for STEM Faculty) I value both sides of mentoring—learning from…

I like taking notes on my iPad—I have had an iPad for a couple of years now and I find that by using a stylus, I can take handwritten notes…

Technology and student access to technology has changed significantly since I was last in the classroom. I know that I have colleagues that ban the use of technology in their…

I’ve recently finished reading How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why it Happens by Benedict Carey and I was reminded of a challenge I’ve often had…

One of the challenges facing faculty and other campus members working on assessment initiatives is the confusion that can be caused by the terms assessment and evaluation. These two words…