Ask an Author! Building a Bridge between Classroom and Career.
Monday, March 6 at 12pm ET
As instructors your goal is not just to help students see the beauty of your discipline, but to help prepare them for their lives in the wider world. Students benefit when they see how skills and content they are learning in the classroom might be applied in their jobs and in their lives. Join our interdisciplinary panel of Macmillan authors to learn practical tips for showcasing the connections between the classroom and students' future careers.
Speakers
Kevin Revell
Chemistry Professor and Author, Murray State University
Kevin Revell is a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Murray State University. After working for several years in the pharmaceutical industry, he completed his Ph.D. in chemistry in 2006 (University of South Florida), and joined the Murray State faculty in the same year. His research has spanned medicinal chemistry (synthesis and mode of action of antibacterial compounds), materials chemistry (synthesis and characterization of organic semiconductors), and chemical education (curriculum, technology-enhanced pedagogy, and active-learning design). He has served as the assistant dean of the Jones College of Science, Engineering, and Technology at MSU (2013-2019) and as chemistry department chair (2018-2020). Dr. Revell is the author of Introductory Chemistry, published by Macmillan Learning.
Stacey Cochran
Assistant Professor and Author, University of Arizona
Stacey Cochran is an Assistant Professor researching innovative teaching practices centered on writing and well-being at the University of Arizona, with dual appointments in English and the office of Student Success and Retention Innovation. He has also served as the Coordinator of Student Success and Wellness in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His bestselling novel Eddie & Sunny was adapted as a major motion picture in 2021 by Paradox Studios US and Iervolino Entertainment. He was a finalist for the 1998 Dell Magazines Award, a finalist for the 2004 St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and finalist for the 2011 James Hurst Prize for fiction.
Paul Gore
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, Bellarmine University
Dr. Gore currently serves as the vice president of academic affairs and provost at Bellarmine University in Kentucky. Dr. Gore earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology, with an emphasis in student career development, academic success, and transition, from Loyola University–Chicago. Dr. Gore's work focuses on noncognitive and motivational determinants of academic and career success. In particular, he is interested in how secondary and postsecondary institutions use data describing the noncognitive strengths and weaknesses of their students to promote transition, engagement, student success, and retention. He regularly consults with secondary and postsecondary institutions in the United States and abroad on developing and evaluating student academic and career success programs. Dr. Gore is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and was the recipient of a 2013–2014 American Council on Education Emerging Leadership fellowship.