1. MAURA C. FLANNERY is Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY 11439; e-mail: flannerm@stjohns.edu. She earned a B.S. in biology from Marymount Manhattan College; an M.S., also in biology, from Boston College; and a Ph.D. in science education from New York University. Her major interests are in communicating science to the nons