BIO SKETCHES OF AT-LARGE COUNCILORS

Name:  MaryAnn Baenninger                  

Title:  President

Address:  College of Saint Benedict, 37 S. College Avenue, St. Joseph, MN 56301

Degrees/Institutions:  Ph.D., Psychology, Temple University, B.A. Psychology, Temple University

Research (or other Professional) Interests:  Gender Differences in Cognition, Perceptual Development, Interfemale Aggression, Assessment and Accreditation

Activities related to Undergraduate Research:  Mentored many students in my lab for many years as a psychology professor, over twenty-five conference presentations with students, publications with students.  Served as a CUR Councilor in the Psychology Division for several years, Psychology Division Chair, Executive Committee, Outreach Committee Chair, Organizer of several Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Institutes, mentor faculty in undergraduate research.

Grant Funding:

Institutional level grant funding at College of Saint Benedict, not related to my research.  Currently serve as a consultant on two NSF grants for undergraduate research.

Teaching Interests:  When I taught my interests were in Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, Introductory Psychology.

Other relevant Professional Service:

I was Executive Associate Director of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.  During that time I became well versed in outcomes assessment and have lectured for CUR on assessment of undergraduate research.

Personal Statement:

I have been involved with CUR for almost the entirety of my professional career.  It has been the most rewarding of all of the professional organizations to which I belong because it allows faculty across boundaries to support each other and it allows administrators and faculty to get to know each other through the common interest of undergraduate research.  CUR is the single organization that supports faculty most particularly as mentors of students and as strong researchers, scholars, or creators in their own right.  In moving to the At-Large Division I would use my experience as both a faculty member and a president to help my presidential colleagues gain a better understanding of the central importance of the work of faculty who collaborate with students.