Associate Professor
Adjunct Faculty Math & Science Ed. and Entomology
Basic Information
Personal Website:
Office:
Miller Plant Sciences, Room 4510
Research
Research Areas:
Research Interests:
My main research interests focus on how to promote active learning and critical thinking in large introductory biology classes, and on the evolution of light signals in North American fireflies.
Grants:
- University System of Georgia, Board of Regents STEM Grant (2010-2011). PI. Do self-reported religious conflict and attitude affect student learning of evolution?
- UGA Faculty Research Grant (2011- 2012). PI. Firefly research.
- NSF FIRE (2011-2012). Senior personnel. Designing Transformative Assessments for Interdisciplinary Learning in Science.
- NSF TUES (2011-2013). PI. Animated Case Studies In Science (ACSIS): Transforming Student Learning of Biology.
- HHMI (2012-2015). Regional coordinator. Dissemination of Scientific Teaching through Summer Institutes: UGA Southeastern Regional Summer Institute.
- UGA Faculty Research Grant (2009-2010). PI. Testing learning supports for critical thinking in large lecture classes.
- University System of Georgia, Board of Regents STEM Grant (2008-2009). PI. Overcoming student resistance to critical thinking: testing the effect of exam format.
Selected Publications
Selected Publications:
Education
Education:
Ph.D. Animal Physiology, Eberhardt Karls Universitat Tubingen 1993
