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

Who Are Scholars?

Life Sciences Partners (June 2013)

Community Building

• Wiki and Directory• Cohort – bspresearch15 (22);

bsptransitions15 (9)• Alums – scholaralumni (250)• ASM Education Community –

microedu (800+)• BSP Ambassadors

You are the Best Resource!

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

2015 Transitions Residency Facilitators

Marcy Peteroy-Kelly Pace University

05-06 RRResearch Editor, JMBE

Jodie Krontiris-LitowitzYoungstown State University

09-10 RRAssociate Editor, Advances in

Physiology Education

Elisa StoneUniversity of California, Berkeley

Editor, CBE-Life Sciences Education