Adjunct Award Winners: Fulbright Winner Off to Ireland
by Erin Zagursky An adjunct professor in William & Mary’s School of Education will travel to Ireland to conduct research and teach for a year, thanks to a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant. Shannon Chance will work in the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) during the 2012-13 academic year, researching innovative ways to teach engineering and architecture and co-teaching architecture courses. In her research, Chance (pictured left, in glasses) will interview engineering students and professors in order to assess the benefits of hands-on, problem-based learning. She will also study how DIT transformed its electrical engineering program. Chance first visited DIT in 2003. […]