Tutoring and Academic Engagement Center

Rowland Miller was a denizen of the East coast—getting his B.A. at Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Florida—until he joined the faculty of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and then stayed there for 40 years. Along the way, he was named a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and the Association for Psychological Science, and he won the Edwin Newman Award for Excellence in Research from Psi Chi and the American Psychological Association. He also won the Teaching Award of the International Association for Relationship Research and was recognized by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation as one of the most outstanding college teachers in Texas. Possessing good sense, he retired from SHSU as Distinguished Regents Professor of Psychology and moved up to Eugene as soon as he could, and he’s delighted that the AAMC considers Psychological and Social Foundations of Behavior to be essential elements of sound preparation for medical training.

Amy Nuetzman enjoys opportunities to help equip and empower students to reach their goals—and MCAT preparation provides just such an opportunity. She began working at the University of Oregon in 2000, after studying sociology and completing a master of arts in English at New Mexico Highlands University. In her first UO role, as a learning specialist at the Tutoring and Academic Engagement Center, she helped students hone strategies for effective learning, memory, time management, and writing. Now an instructor in the Lundquist College of Business, Amy focuses on professional development and social change in management, leadership, and communication courses.

Richard got tricked into studying physics by the mysterious allure of quantum mechanics – the physics behind how the universe works at the tiniest scales. He followed that interest to a PhD at the University of Oregon, where he studied (not surprisingly) the motion of individual particles and their quantum behavior. At UO, he also discovered an interest in physics education, particularly the intersection of physics with other science fields. Richard has taught about the relationships between quantum mechanics and biology at UO in Eugene and at its global education center in London. He has taught introductory physics for biology majors, engineers, physical therapy students, and anyone else interested in physics (or required to learn about it) at colleges in the Pacific Northwest and in New England.