biology scholars program american society for microbiology (asm) washington, dc
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Biology Scholars Programwww.biologyscholars.org
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)Washington, DC
BSP2 Goals (2011-2015)• Empower biologists to be models of
scholarly teaching and practitioners of science education research.
• Expand and support a highly interactive community of Biology Scholars committed to scientific teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
• Catalyze deep networks among life science professional societies to collectively engage in sustained undergraduate education reform.
Continuum of Professional Development
• Assessment (Measuring Student Learning Institute) – Design course goals and assessments
grounded in research on learning– Skills to create, design, plan and
implement evaluations• Research (Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning Institute)– Design research in learning biology – Skills to create, design and
implement studies to assess learning• Transitions (From Science
Education Research to Publication Institute)– Practice evidenced-based research– Skills to identify stages of &
responses for publication
Community Building
• Wiki and Directory• Cohort – bspresearch15 (22);
bsptransitions15 (9)• Alums – scholaralumni (250)• ASM Education Community –
microedu (800+)• BSP Ambassadors
2015 Research Residency Facilitators
Loretta Brancaccio-TarasKingsborough Community College, CUNY
05-06 RR
Stephanie Gardner
Purdue University12-13 RR
Nitya JacobOxford College of Emory University
11-12 AR
Cynthia MillerUniversity of
Louisville12-13 TR
Miriam Segura-Totten
University of North Georgia
09-10 RR