Erica Kosal is a passionate and effective advocate for her students, for improving learning, and for biology, itself.  This passion has been translated into a string of noteworthy accomplishments including the development of two SENCER courses and the publication of case studies that assist students in deepening their learning by applying what they know to situations that simulate real-world situations.  Erica is interested in learning more in a formal way about what motivates learning and how implementing SENCER ideals may enhance that learning.

As a SENCER Leadership Fellow, Erica plans to pursue this inquiry into the student motivation, to disseminate SENCER ideals on campus (with special attention to forming collaborations with teacher educators), and to expand her collaborations with colleagues at other institutions.  She expects that these collaborations will lead to the development of new intercollegiate, transdisciplinary courses, like the one she helped develop with colleagues at Meredith College and USC-Sumter.

Erica was elected to the inaugural class of Leadership Fellows in July 2008.