William Rose

William Rose is a Professor in the Department of Geological Engineering Sciences at Michigan Technological University, with 38 years of university teaching experience. He focuses on graduate education, atmospheric sciences, and metacognitive approaches to learning.

• Department: Geological Engineering Sciences
• Teaching Experience: 38 years
• Key Pedagogical Interests: Metacognition, Scientific Uncertainty Communication, Critical Thinking Development

His research explores geoscience education strategies, emphasizing synthesis and evaluation in graduate learning. He advocates for using real-time data analysis in teaching, particularly through hurricane trajectory modeling to illustrate scientific uncertainty. This aligns with his work integrating climate change implications into meteorology instruction.

William has contributed to educational modules on hurricanes, critical reading of geoscience literature, and tree-ring research applications. He actively participates in workshops addressing institutional change in STEM education and has developed the Making Academic Change Happen Workshop framework.

• Email: raman@mtu.edu
• Key Collaborations: CLEAN Teleconference, ASCN Network, Rose-Hulman LEAD program