Education and Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty

Our small teacher-to-student ratio helps support the close-knit atmosphere that amplifies faculty and student productivity.  Meet our Department faculty below.

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 Lazslo Baksay

Laszlo Baksay
Department Head
Professor (e-mail me)

Dr.rer.nat./Ph.D. Technical University Aachen

Staatsexamen, Phys.Ed. Technical University Aachen  

Named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2008. Election to Fellowship in the society is limited to no more than 0.5% of the members and denotes peer recognition of outstanding contributions to physics.

Kastro Hamed, Professor  khamed@fit.edu

Ph.D.  Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Courses:  Research Practicum;  Student Teaching; Learning Mathematics and Science; Research Seminar.

Research:  Innovations in physics and math education; Content-centric education of teachers.

Joe Laub, Master Teacher jlaub@fit.edu

M.Ed., Florida Institute of Technology, Science Education

Courses: Clinical/Field Exp.; Foundations & Mgt of Inst.; Meth/Mgmt M/HS Teaching; Special Topics in Education; Student Teaching

Research Areas:  Marine Biology; Science Education

Kenyon Lindeman

Ken Lindeman, Professor

(e-mail me)

 

Ph.D., University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences

Research Areas:  Sustainable coastal management;  Climate adaptation;  Reef fisheries; Institutional sustainability

Courses:  Introduction to Sustainability; Applied Sustainability;  Coastal Systems Planning;  Sustainable Tourism 

Marcinkowsky

Thomas J. Marcinkowski
Assoc. Professor, (e-mail me)

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 

Research Areas: Environmental education; curriculum and instruction; research and evaluation design.

Courses: Measurement and Evaluation; Assessment and Evaluation; Methods in Ecology and Environmental Science Content; Methods for Environmental Problems and Issue Investigation