Dr. Colleen M. Belk is a professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD), where she has taught Biology for over 26 years. She is a member of the UMD Academy of Distinguished Teachers and the UMD Honors faculty. Among several other awards, Professor Belk has been the recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching as well as the Advisor of the Year award. Her latest writing, along with her co-author Virginia Borden-Maier, is the 6th Edition of their non-majors best-selling biology textbook Biology: Science for Life.