Rate My Professor Thomas Mundy

Thomas Mundie served as Professor and Dean of the School of Science and Technology at Georgia Gwinnett College, making substantial contributions to Health Science and broader STEM education. He earned a PhD in biomedicine from the Medical University of South Carolina. His teaching portfolio included courses in anatomy and physiology and immunology. Appointed as the inaugural Dean of the School of Science and Technology in 2006, Mundie led the development of GGC's comprehensive STEM initiatives tailored for an access institution. These programs emphasized student success through innovative pedagogical approaches, including the integration of undergraduate research across all four years of the STEM curriculum. Under his leadership, the college implemented strategies to enhance retention, progression, and graduation rates in STEM disciplines, addressing challenges faced by underprepared students via high-impact practices such as course-embedded research experiences and faculty development mini-grants.

Mundie's research interests spanned pulmonary pathophysiology and STEM education reform, with a focus on monitoring undergraduate research outcomes and promoting cultural change in teaching practices. He authored and co-authored several influential publications, including 'Undergraduate Research for All: Addressing the Elephant in the Room' (2016, Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, with Judy Awong-Taylor, Allison D'Costa, Greta Giles); 'Raising Student Awareness of Research Opportunities at Georgia Gwinnett College' (2012, same journal); 'Promoting Cultural Change: Using Mini-Grants to Incentivize Faculty to Reform Undergraduate STEM Education' (2015 conference paper, with Judy Awong-Taylor, Clay Runck, Tirza Leader); 'A course-embedded model for integrating undergraduate research experiences throughout the 4-yr curriculum' (2014, with Clay Runck, David Pursell, et al.); and 'Sustainable Development: Educational Programs Assessment as a Component of Simulation-Based Technology' (2010). His presentations at national conferences, such as those by the Council on Undergraduate Research, further disseminated these models. Mundie's impact is evidenced by the establishment of the Dean Tom Mundie Scholarship Fund by GGC's School of Science and Technology faculty and staff upon his retirement in 2019.