William F. McComas, Ph.D., joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions in 2006 as the inaugural holder of the Parks Family Endowed Professorship in Science Education. This position follows more than a decade of service as a professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California where he founded PASE, the Program to Advance Science Education. He worked for many years as a middle level and secondary science teacher in suburban Philadelphia before completing the doctorate in science education from the University of Iowa.
