Meet the Director of InSciTE

Wiline Pangle, Ph.D., is the director of the InSciTE program in the College of Science and Engineering at Central Michigan University. Before this appointment, Wiline was a faculty member in the Department of Biology at CMU where she taught a variety of classes, including introductory biology courses, upper-level courses in evolution and behavior, and graduate-level professional development and writing courses.

She has received prestigious grants and fellowships, such as the American Association of University Women International Fellowship, for her doctoral work carried out in Kenya on spotted hyena behavior. Wiline recently received several awards for her work as the InSciTE director, including the 2026 Staff Excellence Award and the MI-ACE Women's Award.

Her current research is centered on three themes:

1. Interdisciplinary pedagogy, specifically teaching biology using performing arts; she has worked extensively with K-12 educators around the Great Lakes area and had led inquiry-based teacher workshops on Beaver Island at CMU's biological Station. She is the co-author of two books, one that explores the intersection of science and writing, the other interdisciplinary teaching approaches. Wiline discusses the importance of art and science in this CMU 2024 produced video.
2. Improving STEM education for underrepresented and marginalized students; she has received extensive training and is working across the College of Science and Engineering to improve STEM education for all. Her work in this area has been recognized by the CMU’s 2023 Innovation in Diversity, Equity Inclusion and Justice award. 

Wiline Pangle discusses the launch of the InSciTE program in 2023 in this podcast.