Marquette Professor Named Carnegie Scholar Released: May 25, 2005 Dr. Rebecca S. Nowacek, assistant professor of English at Marquette University, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Nowacek is one of 21 faculty selected from more than 300 applicants worldwide who have committed themselves to examining student learning and undergraduate teaching. During the 2005-06 academic year, Nowacek and the Carnegie Scholars will work on projects exploring integrative learning and fostering of educational approaches that move students toward deeper understanding as well as enhance abilities to connect learning across courses and fields, between academic context and life experiences, and within the civic life of a diverse society. The scholars will participate in three residences at the headquarters of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, Calif., present their work at professional conferences, attend workshops and institutes, and work with scholars from previous years. At Marquette, Nowacek will also teach the Honors Program's new integrative capstone course next spring. Nowacek has studied interdisciplinary classrooms and has a particular interest in the role of writing instruction in such classrooms. Her dissertation focused on the subject and following previous publications and presentations, she is preparing a manuscript exploring the teaching of writing in a team-taught interdisciplinary classroom from multiple perspectives. Nowacek received a bachelor's degree from Villanova University in Pennsylvania in 1993. She earned a master's degree in 1994 and her Ph.D. in 2001, both at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Nowacek was an instructor at Villanova in spring 1998 and then served two years as assistant director of the College of Letters and Science Program in Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Wisconsin. She joined Marquette in 2001. For more information, contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs at 414.288.6712. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Christopher Stolarski Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-1988 Send e-mail