June 24, 2008

Associate Professors Jerusha and Brian Detweiler-Bedell receive exploratory grant

This June, Jerusha and Brian received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program for their work titled “Using Laddered Teams to Promote a Research Supportive Curriculum.”

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell and Brian Detweiler-Bedel, associate professors of psychology:

This June, Jerusha and Brian received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program for their work titled “Using Laddered Teams to Promote a Research Supportive Curriculum.” Their project, a training-model to organize collaborative research among faculty and students into three-student teams, not only works to enhance these faculty-student relations, but also engages undergraduates in innovative research.