This web site serves as an introduction to the Brownfield Action simulation, its use, and its pedagogy in environmental science curriculums. Both have been produced by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) in collaboration with the simulation's creator, Dr. Peter Bower, Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science at Barnard College.

For information about getting access to the simulation and the Registered Instructors section of this web site, view the Teaching & Training section.

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Columbia University Faculty Partner

Peter Bower, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard College.

Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning

Project Manager: Alice Cox

Technical Lead: Jonah Bossewitch

Lead Developer: Eric Mattes

Developers: Schuyler Duveen and Zarina Mustapha

Interface Designer: Zarina Mustapha

Video Production Lead: Stephanie Ogden

Video Production: Michael R. Deleon

Screencast Production and Development: Brian O'Hagan

Grants Officer: Elizabeth Manning

Associate Producer: Ryan Kelsey

Executive Producers: Frank Moretti and Maurice Matiz

Senior Personnel

Peter Bower, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard College.

Frank Moretti, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, Columbia University/Professor of Communications, Teachers College, Columbia University.

Ryan Kelsey, Ed.D.
Associate Director of Education and Research of Columbia University’s Center for New Media Teaching and Learning.

A. Maurice Matiz
Director of Technology of Columbia University’s Center for New Media Teaching and Learning.

Collaborators

Joseph Liddicoat, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College, and Instructor at the New York University School of Continuing Education.

Douglas M. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology in the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics, Connecticut College.

Arthur Kney, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College.

Saugata Datta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology in the Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College and State University.

Consultants

Cornelia Brunner, Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc.