New Perspectives in Science Education

Kathryn M. Plank, PhD, is Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Education at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. She received her PhD in English literature from The Pennsylvania State University and has been an educational developer for over 25 years, working at both Penn State and Ohio State before moving to Otterbein in 2012. She has taught college classes in both English and education. In 2011, she edited the book, Team Teaching: Across the Disciplines, Across the Academy. She has also published articles and book chapters in the scholarship of educational development on topics such as change management and program assessment. She is a past President of the POD Network in Higher Education, the professional association for educational development, and is currently Vice President of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED).

Areas of expertise: Educational development, teaching and learning, diversity and inclusion, program assessment, course design.