EIGER FELLOW 2007-2008

At Mohegan Bluffs, Block Island, Rhode Island,
Kate's "favorite place on earth."

CURRENT ENDEAVOURS

Dr. Drezek McConnell is serving as the University Academic Assessment Coordinator for Virginia Tech's Office of Academic Assessment

EDUCATION

Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, 2008

Providence College, Providence, RI
M.A., American History, 2002

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
B.A. Echols Scholar/Interdisciplinary Program (History-English-Religious Studies), 1997

ADVISOR

Professor Deborah Olsen, Educational Psychology Program, School of Education

EIGER INTERNSHIP

November 2007 - December 2007
The University of Manchester and Cambridge University, UK
Conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 17 scholars engaged in interdisciplinary research at two University locations suggested in EIGER proposal; scholars included hard scientists from microbiology and geosciences; engineers; and social scientists.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Changes in student and faculty attitudinal, behavioral, and epistemic beliefs within interdisciplinary contexts.

CONTACT INFORMATION

kmdrezek@vt.edu

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