Dr. Gabriela Weaver

Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Golden, CO – Codon Learning has appointed Dr. Gabriela Weaver to its Advisory Board. Dr. Weaver is Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has served as Vice Provost for Faculty Development, and director of the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development (TEFD) at the University of Massachusetts. Prior to that, she was a Professor of Chemistry and Science Education and the Director of the Discovery Learning Research Center at Purdue University.

Dr. Weaver is a leader in efforts to improve teaching in STEM higher education through professional development for faculty. In addition to her faculty development efforts, from 2004-2012, she directed the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE), a project dedicated to involving undergraduate students in research experiences. In 2012, she was elected as a AAAS Fellow for her contributions to transforming science education at the undergraduate level. She has been a co-author on two chemistry textbooks, the 2015 book Transforming Institutions: Undergraduate STEM Education for the 21st Century, the 2020 book Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research at Scale, as well as numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, and reports of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).

On her appointment to the board, Dr. Weaver said “Encouraging and supporting faculty as they learn about and implement evidence-based teaching practices is time-intensive, challenging work. The system that Codon has envisioned and is building will provide faculty the support they need to carry out this work in a scalable and sustainable manner. It has the potential to be a game-changer in transforming STEM education far and wide.”