Past Seminars

Supporting the Development of Genomics Literacy Through Genetics Education Could Reduce Racial Prejudice

Brian Donovan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
BSCS Science Learning

Friday, January 31, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fred Kavli Auditorium Tata Hall 3201 (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Donovan will follow)

Toward more inclusive active learning classrooms: How groups of students are differentially impacted by active learning

Katelyn Cooper, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Central Florida

Friday, February 14, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fred Kavli Auditorium Tata Hall 3201 (a roundtable discussion with Dr. Cooper will follow)

Canceled

Erika G. Offerdahl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Director for Undergraduate Education
Washington State University

Friday, April 3, 2020

TBA
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Canceled

Vicente Talanquer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Arizona

Friday, May 15, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium; a roundtable discussion with Dr. Talanquer will follow)

Everybody Learns: Introducing BioClock Studio

Susan Golden, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Circadian Biology
HHMI Professor
Chancellor's Associates Chair (III) in Molecular Biology
Distinguished Professor
UC San Diego

Monday, October 29, 2018

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Bringing Authentic Science to the Classroom: Teaching Modeling, Data Interpretation, and Experimental Design

Molly Bolger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The University of Arizona

Monday, December 10, 2018

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Multiple Factors and Biases Influencing Students’ Course Evaluation

Philip Stark, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
UC Berkeley

Friday, February 4, 2019

1:00 PM -2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

The Value of Ignorance in Science Education

Stuart Firestein, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Columbia University

Friday, April 19, 2019

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Return on Investment and the Economics of Scaling Student Success

John Matsui, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Biological Sciences
Director, Biology Scholars Program
UC Berkeley

Friday, May 24, 2019

10:00 AM -11:00 AM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Landscape of Research on Teacher Knowledge and Practices for Argumentation

Ying-Chih Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Science Education
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Arizona State University

Friday, October 13, 2017

11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

The Quantified Student: Using Smartpens and Data Mining to Understand Student Learning and Achievement

Thomas Stahovich, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
UC Riverside

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Engaging Undergraduates in Science Classrooms: Data Driven Strategies

Sarah Eddy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Florida International University

Friday, January 26, 2018

11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Mixing Silos: Perspectives on the Integration of Art and Science

Susan K. McConnell, Ph.D.
HHMI Professor
Susan B. Ford Professor of Biology
Stanford University

Thursday, April 5, 2018

2:00 PM -3:00 PM (roundtable discussion to follow)
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

Teaching Students to Think Like Scientists

Carl Wieman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize Laureate, Physics (2001)
Professor of Physics and Graduate School of Education
Stanford University

Friday, May 11, 2018

11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Liebow Auditorium (Biomedical Sciences Building)
Presentation Slides Additional Material

The Challenges of Teaching and Learning about Evolution: Implications for Policy and Practice

Gale M. Sinatra, Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Psychology
University of Southern California

Friday, May 25, 2018

11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building 1205 (Auditorium)

A familiar(ity) problem: Assessing the impact of prerequisites and content familiarity on student learning

Brian Sato, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
School of Biological Sciences
UC Irvine

October 10, 2016

Integrating interdisciplinary science in the classroom: From chemistry to biodiversity

Boldomero M. Olivera, Ph.D.
HHMI Professor
Distinguished Professor of Biology
The University of Utah

November 3, 2016

2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

A community-centered approach to STEM education

Carrie Diaz Eaton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Environmental Literacy Program
Unity College

December 5, 2016

Improving student learning through understanding reasoning and problem solving practices

Jenny Knight, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of Colorado - Boulder

January 13, 2017

10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

What’s the Point? Arrows often confuse biology learners

Dina L. Newman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology

January 17, 2017

10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

Supporting student success through computer-based instruction and assessment

Joel K. Abraham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton

February 24, 2017

2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

The social (and cultural) nature of ‘intrinsic motivation’: Implications for student interest development and broadening participation in math and science

Dustin Thoman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Psychology, Diego State University

April 21, 2017

10:00 AM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

Undergraduate research experiences: What difference is the mentor?

Erin Dolan
Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin

November 20, 2015

Integrating teaching and research in undergraduate biology lab courses

Sara Brownell
Assistant Professor
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University

December 11, 2015

2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

Role of in-house education research in supporting instructional innovation

Diane O'Dowd
HHMI Professor
Developmental and Cell Biology
UC Irvine

February 26, 2016

Disruptive innovations for broadening participation in bioscience

Jessi Smith
Professor
Montana State University

June 8, 2016

2:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building

Curriculum reform in chemistry education for the 21st-century biologists: The HHMI NEXUS initiative

David Sanders
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

November 20, 2014

Science education and storytelling

Sean Carroll
Vice President for Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

January 16, 2015

3:00 PM
Liebow Auditorium, Biomedical Sciences Building, BSB 2100

Youtube Video

Impact of stereotype threat on classroom diversity and student performance

Jenessa Shapiro
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles

April 6, 2015

Texting in class?!

Randy Hampton
Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego

May 12, 2015

12:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building, NSB 1025

Youtube Video

Evidence-based teaching and the achievement gap: Is lecturing racist?

Scott Freeman
Department of Biology, University of Washington

June 16, 2015

3:00 PM
Auditorium, Natural Science Building, NSB 1025

Youtube Video

Vive la difference!

David Asai
Senior Director, Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Construction and Deconstruction: Research as Integral Part of Early Undergraduate Education

Utpal Banerjee
UCLA

Monday, March 3, 2014

Why the University of California Needs to Lead a Redefinition of "Science Education”

Bruce Alberts
UCSF

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

An Inexplicable Disease - Prion disease as a ‘choose-your-own-experiment’ case to introduce students to scientific inquiry

Justin Hines
Lafayette College

Monday, April 28, 2014

An Allergy to Lecturing - Problem based learning in the lecture hall 

Raffi Aroian and Cindy Gustafson-Brown
UCSD

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

10:00 AM
Natural Science Building 1205

Teaching Materials

Paper Guidelines - Example 1 (PDF)
Paper Guidelines - Example 2 (PDF)
Paper background for Students (Word)
Tips for Paper Analysis - Example 1 (Word)
Tips for Paper Analysis - Example 2 (PDF)
Practice Exam Questions - Example 1 (Word)
Practice Exam Questions - Example 2 (Word)