Kristin K. Wobbe

Project-Based Learning

Interim Dean, Global School

AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Integrative and Global Studies

EDUCATION

BA St Olaf College 1983

PhD Harvard University 1991

Expert Bio

As director of WPI’s Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), Dr. Kris Wobbe has worked with peers across higher education, nationally and internationally, to facilitate the advancement of project-based learning, tailored for their students, their curriculum, and their institutions. She draws upon over 25 years of extensive PBL experience including leading a first-year, interdisciplinary, project-based program and integration of projects into coursework as a professor of biochemistry.

Podcast Episodes

E48: Project-Based Learning | Kris Wobbe | The Global School & Center for Project-Based Learning

The WPI Podcast |

October 14, 2026

| Guest: Kristin Wobbe

This episode explores how project-based learning inspires students, prepares them for careers, and helps make learning stick.

Media Coverage

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The Academic Minute

Maximizing Learning through High-Impact Practices

The Academic Minute podcast explores the results of a WPI alumni survey. It finds that WPI’s project-based curriculum provides strong preparation for students’ lives and careers. Kris Wobbe, director of WPI’s Center for Project-Based Learning, discusses how stacking high-impact practices over time can uniquely benefit students.

Inside Higher ED

Academic Minute: Project-Based Learning in Year One

In an audio segment on Inside Higher Ed’s Academic Minute, Kristin Wobbe, Co-Director of the Center for Project-Based Learning, explains that project-based learning provides benefits from the beginning.

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