DR. JACQUELINE MCLAUGHLIN

Director, CHANCE

The Pennsylvania State University
Lehigh Valley
8380 Mohr Lane
Fogelsville, PA 18051

Phone: (610) 285-5109
E-mail: jshea@psu.edu
Website: www.lv.psu.edu/jxm57/
Curriculum Vitae

Jacqueline S. McLaughlin is Assistant Professor of Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley. A dedicated and passionate member of the science education community, McLaughlin has spent much of her career helping to improve the quality of science education for educators and students at both the high school and collegiate levels.

McLaughlin is Founding Director of the CHANCE Program, a partnership between The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to enhance high school science education throughout the state of Pennsylvania. She is also Editor of the CHANCE Web-based "research modules."

McLaughlin has had articles published in The Journal of Cell Science, The American Biology Teacher, The Journal of Science Teaching, The Journal of College Science Teaching, International Educator, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, and Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, to name a few. Her inquiry-based resources for teaching and learning science are posted on Web sites hosted by Penn State University, Society of Developmental Biology (SDB), and Pearson Education, Inc. She has earned numerous awards for her teaching excellence and presently serves as Chair of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Four-Year College/University Section, on the SDB's Professional Development and Curriculum Committee Review Panel, and on the International Education Advisory Council for the PDE.

McLaughlin has led numerous Penn State field courses throughout Pennsylvania, Alaska, Australia, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Peru, Panama, Tanzania, and Costa Rica using her proven "Classrooms without Walls - Experiential Field Course Model." These courses aim to broaden Penn State biology students' awareness of conservation biology; are part of her continued quest to promote the benefits of study abroad; and fulfill her special interest in understanding the global water supply.

Presently, McLaughlin continues to train Pennsylvania high school teachers and students in-the-field (in Costa Rica through CHANCE), and is hard at work developing new "research-modules" that focus on global environmental issues - like global climate change, river pollution, watershed management, and wetland restoration. She is also working diligently to foster global citizenship through environmental and economic education in China.

Awards

1998 Teaching Excellence Award, Penn State Lehigh Valley

2000 Student Appreciation and Recognition Award, Penn State Lehigh Valley

2001 Alumni Award: Outstanding Teacher, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College

2001 Outstanding Teacher for a Four-Year College or University in the Nation,
National Association of Biology Teachers

2002 Teaching and Learning Consortium Hall of Fame,
Penn State University, University Park Campus

2003 George W. Atherton Award for Teaching Excellence,
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus

2005 Bringing the World to Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania Council of International Education

2007 Outstanding Research and/or Creative Accomplishment Award,
Penn State Lehigh Valley