Douglas P. Zook

Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Science Education; Co-chair of sedGreen
BS, BLS, Boston University; MA, PhD, Clark University

Dr. Zook directs the MAT program in science education, conducts key methods courses, stressing inquiry-based, motivational methodologies and teaches key courses with the College of Arts & Sciences’ Biology Department. He is particularly committed to helping teachers-to-be become more knowledgeable and committed to having their future students more conscious of the Earth’s limited resources and how human beings can be more compatible with the planet. This emphasis extends into campus life in that Dr. Zook is a founder and co-chair of an active and accomplished collection of students, faculty, and staff known as sedGreen. He is also President of the International Symbiosis Society, which fosters communication and collaboration among researchers and educators in symbiotic earth systems, such as coral reefs. His main content specialties are global ecology and symbiosis.