Assistant Professor

Office: 1 Merritt Phone: 315-781-3629  E-mail: kerr@hws.edu Liberal Arts Courses:     History of Education     Science and Cognition     Women, Nature, and Science     First Year Seminar: Popular Science Co-Coordinator, Women and Science Interdisciplinary     Minor Teacher Education Seminars:     Teaching in the Disciplines: Elementary and Secondary          Math and Science     Analysis of Teaching in Secondary Schools

  Research Interests:
        Student teacher development
        Science learning
        Science and gender

Example of Individual Major:
    "Early Education and Gender Development"

Examples of Student Independent Studies:
    "An Exploration of Geoscience Education in New York State"
    Internship: "Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary"
    Senior Integrative Environmental Studies Experience: "An Environmental Science
        Curriculum for Secondary Schools"

Education:
    Ph.D., Cornell University, Science Education
    M.A., Cornell University, Science Education
    B.A., Geneva College, Biology

John Burns
        Social Studies, Language
Patrick Collins
        Theater
Perri Harris
        Disability Studies
Lois Judson
        Office Manager
Patricia Kerr
        Director of Teacher Certification Programs
Jim MaKinster
        Science, Mathematics and Technology
Mary Luckern
        School Placement Director
Lilian Sherman
        Ethics in Education
Cynthia Sutton
        Inclusive Schooling
Charles Temple (Chair)
        Literacy