Joseph Bragin, Provost, Missouri Western State University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Panelist, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program; National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. July 2005.
Participant, Health Careers Opportunity Program Objective Review, May 2005.
Panelist, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology; National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. June 2004.
Panelist, Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Grant Program Peer Review Meeting. Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Service, Washington, DC, August 2003.
Panelist, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology; National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. June 2003.
"Biotechnology in our Daily Lives." Luncheon speech delivered to the Marshall University Emeriti, February 18, 2003, Huntington, WV.
Panelist, "Youth Leadership and Development Program," The Martin Luther King, Jr. Tenth Anniversary Symposium (Theme: Continuing the Legacy and the Struggle for Justice and Equality in the 21st Century), Fairfield West Community Gardens, Huntington, WV, 20 January 2003.
"What is Biotechnology and Why is it Important?" Presentation to the Engineers Club of Huntington, January 17, 2003.
"Biotechnology Advancing Medicine, Our Daily Lives," The Herald Dispatch, January 10, 2003.
"W.Va Needs Biotech Center to Grow," Op-Ed article, The Herald Dispatch, September 8, 2002.
Panelist, Doctoral Capacity Building Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, August 5-6, 2002.
Panelist, Health Careers Opportunity Program peer review meeting, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Silver Spring, MD, March 18-22, 2002.
West Virginia NASA EPSCoR and NASA Space Grant Governing Board, Charleston, WV, March 8-9, 2002.
Panelist, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, March 4-5, 2002.
Panelist, NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars, Arlington, VA, December 17-18, 2001.
Invited panelist, Council of Graduate Schools Conference on the Professional Master's Degree at Masters Institutions, Sponsored by the Sloan Foundation, Washington, DC, November 6, 2001.
Panelist, Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA (Interdisciplinary Panel) February 11-13, 1999; (Chemistry Panel) July 26-29, 1999.
Participant, Gordon Research Conference on "International Science Education and Visualization in Chemistry," Oxford University, UK, September 20-25, 1998.
Participant, Gordon Research Conference on "Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching," Ventura, California, January 1998.
Panelist, Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement and Course and Curriculum Development programs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., July 21-24, 1997.
Panelist, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology. National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., February 20-21, 1997.
Panelist, "Science Education for the 21st Century," The Southern California Conference on Technology, Employment, and Community, CSULA, November 22-23, 1996.
Plenary Address, "Active Learning in Math and Science: Examples of Successful Applications in the College Classroom," CSULA, November 1, 1996. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Collaboratives for Teacher Education.
Attended NSF Technical Assistance Workshops for RIMI and CREST Programs, October 8-9, 1996.
Technical Evaluator for NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), October 1996.
Panelist, Course and Curriculum Development program, National Science Foundation, July 22-24, 1996.
Panelist, Research Improvement in Minority Institutions program, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., March 25-26, 1996.
Invited participant, Quality Education for Minorities Network, National Science Foundation Academic Research Infrastructure Proposal Workshop, Washington, D.C., January 18-21, 1996.
Invited participant, "The UAG and the USA: A Partnership in Medical Education," Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, October 25-28, 1995.