Seeking peer reviewers for case studies developed as part of the STIRS initiative (Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills)

[Announcement from Comm-engagedscholarship]

Dear Community-Engaged Scholarship Colleague,

I am looking for peer reviewers for the case studies developed as part of the STIRS initiative  (Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills)  (http://www.aacu.org/stirs), a project designed to develop faculty capacity, curricular resources, and assessment tools in order to help students develop and demonstrate proficiency in evidence-based thinking and reasoning. We are piloting student case studies and facilitator guides to be offered as evidence-based thinking modules appropriate for a wide variety of general education courses. The peer-reviewed case materials will be published on our website.

We are looking for two reviewers per case who would volunteer their expertise using our rubric to review a student case and facilitator guide.  At least one reviewer should be experienced using case studies in undergraduate teaching, and at least one reviewer should have content expertise. The process will be double-blind, and I will provide you with case materials and guidelines for review.

The case content areas include the following:

*       Public health (child/adolescent health, immigrant health, epidemiology)

*       Ecology

*       Environmental science/climate science

*       Biology (human sexuality, immunology, cancer biology/epidemiology)

*       Biochemistry/molecular biology

*       Linguistics/cultural anthropology

*       Cultural anthropology/ethnography

*       Health law/policy

*       Integrative studies (w/expertise in environmental studies)

I am in the process of securing reviewers for this case study project who can commit to a three week turnaround time. We will do a rolling review, sending out case materials to reviewers as they are ready (now through late September). If you are interested in serving as a reviewer, please send me your contact information (email and phone numbers), your discipline, and your familiarity with case-based teaching at your earliest convenience.  The selection of reviewers will be dependent on the number of responses and the fit with the case studies. Thank you in advance for your consideration, and please let me know if you have questions or concerns.

Kind regards,

Esther

Esther S. Merves, PhD

Project Manager

Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills Initiative (STIRS) merves@aacu.org 202-387-3760, x 241

Cell: 202-253-4214

http://www.aacu.org/stirs/

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