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About the Authors
Alton Biggs
Alton was a biology educator in Texas public schools for more than 30 years. He has a
BS and an MS in biology from Texas A & M University—Commerce. Mr. Biggs was the
founding president of the Texas Association of Biology Teachers in 1983 and president
of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) in 1992. He received the NABT
Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Texas in 1982 and 1995.
Whitney Crispen Hagins
Whitney retired from a 33 year teaching career. She has a BA and an MA in biological
sciences from Mount Holyoke College and an MAT from Duke University. In 1999,
she was a Massachusetts NABT Outstanding Biology Teacher Award recipient. In 2005,
she was awarded the Siemens Foundation AP Award for Math and Science Teachers
for Massachusetts. She currently works as a Bio Teach Mentor and Program
Coordinator at MassBio.
William G. Holliday
William retired as a science education professor at the University of Maryland (College
Park), and before 1986, was a professor at the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada).
He served as president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching
and later as an elected board member to the National Science Teachers Association.
He has an MS in biological sciences and a PhD in science education. Dr. Holliday’s
multifaceted teaching experience totals more than 40 years.
Chris L. Kapicka
Chris is a retired faculty member from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa,
Idaho. She has a BS in biology from Boise State University, an MS in bacteriology and
public health from Washington State University, and a PhD in cell and molecular
physiology and pharmacology from the University of Nevada Medical School. In 1986,
she received the Presidential Award for Science Teaching, and in 1988, she was
awarded NABT’s Outstanding Biology Teacher Award.
Linda Lundgren
Linda has more than 25 years of experience teaching science at the middle school, high
school, and college levels, including ten years at Bear Creek High School in Lakewood,
Colorado. For eight years, she was a research associate in the Department of Science
and Technology at the University of Colorado at Denver. Ms. Lundgren has a BA in
journalism and zoology from the University of Massachusetts and an MS in zoology
from The Ohio State University. In 1991, she was named Colorado Science Teacher of
the Year.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS