Biology Scholars selected for the Research Residency must attend the SoTL Institute. This four-day intensive institute helps Scholars prepare for the year-long residency. Upon being accepted to the program in March, Scholars receive several pre-institute assignments providing background information in the field to help participants focus on the goals of the Institute and to learn more about one another.
THE SoTL INSTITUTE IS...
An intensive institute to learn how to conduct research in teaching and learning
THE SoTL INSTITUTE IS NOT...
A curriculum development workshop
A workshop to learn new pedagogy
SoTL Institute Goals
Upon completing the SoTL Institute, participants will:
• Develop a hypothesis to explore student learning in biology
• Design an experiment using their classes to test the hypothesis
• Identify existing resources regularly used to assess student learning
• Understand methods of collecting and interpreting data used to measure student learning
• Understand IRB requirements for conducting research on students
• Identify appropriate venues for publishing their research
2005-2010 BIOLOGY SCHOLARS RESEARCH RESIDENCY PARTICIPANTS
Participants:
Michael Boyle, Juniata College
Mary Teresa Brandon, New Mexico State University/Dona Ana Branch Community College
Cynthia Cooper, Truman State University
Patricia Franklin, Piedmont Virginia Community College
William Huddleston, University of Calgary
Kathleen Jagger, Transylvania University
Carmen Oquendo, InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico
Marcy Peteroy-Kelly, Pace University
Laura Regassa, Georgia Southern University
Laurel Roberts, University of Pittsburgh
Michele Shuster, New Mexico State University
Stephanie Strand, College of Wooster
Loretta Taras, Kingsborough Community College of the City University of NY
Pamela Tranby, Riverland Community College
Larua Tuhela-Reuning, Ohio Wesleyan University
Dara Wegman-Geedy, Augustana College
Participants:
Susan Godfrey, University of Pittsburgh
Ruth Guyure, Western Connecticut State University
Rodney Hagley, University of North Carolina
Shazia Hakim, Jinnah University for Women
Lee Hughes, University of North Texas
Ruhul Kuddus, Utah Valley State College
Gary Kuleck, Loyola Marymount University
Jennifer Leavey, Georgia Institute of Technology
Liliana Losada, Trinity University
Edna Negron-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus
Clifford Renk, Florida Gulf Coast University
Kristy Shanahan, Oakton Community College
Joyce Shaw, Endicott College
Jason Tor, Hampshire College
Fred Volkert, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Participants:
Lawrence Aaronson, Utica College
Donald Breakwell, Brigham Young University
Janet Cooper, Rockhurst University
Khrystyne Duddleston, University of Alaska
Ann Furdock, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Mark Gallo, Niagara University
Irena Kenneley, Case Western Reserve University
Himgauri Kulkarni, MiraCosta Community College
Jennifer O’Connor, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Sharon Roberts, Auburn University
Carol Schmidhauser, Villa Julie College
Monica Trujillo, Queensborough Community College
David Westenberg, University of Missouri-Rolla
Participants:
Holly Ahern, Adirondack Community College
Teri Balser, University of Wisconsin
Daron Barnard, Worcester State College
Patricia Baynham, St. Edward’s University
Christopher Burke, Australian Maritime College
Jeff Carmichael, University of North Dakota
David Dunbar, Cabrini College
Anne-Marie Hoskinson, Minnesota State University
Carol Hurney, James Madison University
Samantha Kerry, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Lucy Kluckhohn-Jones, Santa Monica College
Maureen Knabb, West Chester University
Jenny Knight, University of Colorado
Min-Ken Liao, Furman University
Sherri Jeakins Morris, Bradley University
Jim Smith, Michigan State University
Bethany Stone, University of Missouri
Mangala Tawde, Queensborough Community College
Didem Vardar-Ulu, Wellesley College
Mary Pat Wenderoth, University of Washington
Participants:
Kathleen Archer, Trinity College
James Bader, Case Western Reserve University
Janet Branchaw, University of Wisconsin
Naowarat Cheeptham, Thompson Rivers University
Karen Curto, University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Davis, Dona Anna Community College
Lianna Etchberger, USU Uintah Basin Regional Campus
Ronald Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Trudy Gillevet, Northern Virginia Community College
Brinda Govindan, San Francisco Community College
Wendy Heck Grillo, North Carolina Central University
Caron Inouye, California State University
Lisa Johansen, University of Colorado
Jodie Krontiris-Litowitz, Youngstown State University
Mary Mawn, SUNY Empire State College
Kristina Obom, Johns Hopkins University
Iglika Pavlova, University of Chicago
Julie Reynolds, Duke University
Miriam Segura-Totten, North Georgia College and State University
Conrad Toepfer, Brescia University
Jacqueline Washington, Nyack College
Participants:
Deborah Anderson, St. Norbert College
Charlotte Borgeson, University of Nevada
Christina Colon, Kingsborough Community College
Jill Crowder, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Lisa Elfring, University of Arizona
Cori Fata-Hartley, Lyman Briggs College
John Geiser, Western Michigan University
Cindy Graham, University Of Calgary
Jacquelyn Hoffman, North Carolina State University
Kai "Billy" Hung, Eastern Illinois University
Allison Hunter, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jeffrey LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Stephen Nold, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Byrn "Boots" Quimby, University of Maryland
Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, University of Texas Pan-American
Susan Rowland, University of Queensland
Heather Seitz, Johnson County Community College
Amy Siegesmund, Pacific Lutheran University
Susan Sullivan, Louisiana State University
Alison Wallace, Minnesota State University
Kristen Walton, Missouri Western State University
Valerie Watt, University of Toronto
Kathy Zoghby, University of Richmond