Dr. Jeb Schenck Biography

Dr. Schenck is a full time high-school educator, college instructor of biology, statistics and graduate school instructor on the brain and learning. He also conducts workshops for schools nationwide, as well as to colleges, hospitals and the military.

Dr. Jeb Schenck interest in the brain began with three very separate, personal events. First was his wife's tumor-like mass in the brain, which left her disabled, and much like a stroke patient. From this, both his wife and he learned that a person can still learn and grow, even though brain injured. The second event was his climbing experience high on Mt. Everest, where he learned the significance of oxygen in even simple routine decisions, and finally when he produced a film on the wild flowers of Yellowstone, where he discovered that brain uses mathematical patterns. But the most significant lesson he is still learning, is living and working with the challenges of disabilities. In addition to his inspirational wife Gail, two of his three adult children have health and mental disabilities including diabetes and ADD/ bipolar disorder. It is through his family's daily challenges that he has learned that much can be achieved.

As an educator, Dr. Schenck's teaching skills have been widely recognized at the national level, having been honored with, the National Science Teacher of the Year, a Genetech Access Excess Fellow, Presidential Awardee for Science Education, Einstein Distinguished Educator Finalist, and Tandy Scholar Teacher. He took his doctorate at the University of Wyoming in 1999, and his dissertation was selected as the Outstanding Dissertation for Social Sciences.

Dr. Schenck's role is unique in education as a practicing classroom teacher and researcher on memory, where he is positioned to see which theories actually work. He has written a book, Learning, Teaching, and The Brain, available only at Amazon, that address the practical application of to many teaching problems. He has another forthcoming book, Teaching the Brain, Best Ideas and Best Practices, due out this summer. Dr. Schenck is currently researching what influences long-term memory and how to make that learning to stick better. As an adult with ADD, Dr. Schenck has recently expanded his research to include strategies to help ADD & ADHD learners to be more successful by using neurofeedback.

These experiences have lead him to become a frequent presenter at the international Learning and Brain Conference held at Cambridge Ma, by the MIT campus, where, in the conference wrap-up, he translates the latest neuroscience brain discoveries into practical applications for MDs, professors and educators.

In his spare time, Dr. Schenck is an avid photographer of fine-art Black and White images, with over 100 published photographs. To get away from the stress of teaching, he climbs mountains, and leads expeditions, which he observed, is much easier than teaching, having only to stay warm, fed, and alive.