Sheela Vemu Editor

Sheela Vemu is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Illinois University where she teaches courses in human biology. She also serves the university as a Course Transformation Project fellow working to create a culture of self-directed active learning in the non-major classroom.

Lisa Freeman earned her doctoral degree in pharmacology at Ohio State University. Subsequently, she was a post-doctoral fellow and research scientist at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and a professor of veterinary pharmacology at Kansas State University. She is currently executive vice president and provost at Northern Illinois University.