CURRICULUM
VITAE
BONNIE S. WOOD,
Ph.D.
August 2007
Professor of Biology
Science and Mathematics Department
(207) 768-9446
Email: wood@polaris.umpi.maine.edu
Fax: (207) 768-9553
EDUCATION:
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1976 - 1978 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Behavioral Biology |
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1975 |
Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior Dissertation
title: Recovery of Function Following
Unilateral Lesions in the Cat Visual System |
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1968 |
BA, Biological Sciences
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
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2007 |
Trustee Professor Project: “Assessment of
Significant Learning at the |
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2005 - present |
Site Coordinator, Transitions: A
Partnership for College Success, funded by the Nellie Mae Education
Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation |
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Sabbatical Project: "Incorporation of Inquiry-Based Learning into a Combined Lecture/Laboratory General Biology Course" |
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2003 |
Collaborative
Research: With doctoral candidate at continued
and expanded my research on the all-female College Algebra I class at |
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Trustee Professor Project: “Incorporation Of Active Learning Methods Into ‘Lecture’ Courses” |
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Principal Investigator, Title II Eisenhower Professional Development Act Grant. “Incorporation of Active Learning Methods into General Biology and Science Courses” |
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1998 |
Visiting
Research Scholar, |
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1991 - 1997 |
Research
on the effects of participation in an all-female Algebra I class at a
coeducational public high school in northern |
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1992 -
1993 |
Co-investigator in project on the effects of cross-country ski race training on high school aged students. |
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1989 |
Planner and director of project on determining glycemic index of foods for fifteen high school students in Aroostook Regional Gifted and Talented Program. |
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1976 -
1978 |
Postdoctoral
research on the effects of early social experience upon visual behavior,
arousal and social competency in rhesus monkeys. Behavioral Biology Unit, |
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1968 -
1974 |
Predoctoral
research, neuroanatomical studies of visual behavior in the cat. Department of Anatomy, |
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1968 |
Research
assistant in sleep laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
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1999 - present |
Professor of Biology, |
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1995 - 1999 |
Associate Professor of Biology, |
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1989 - 1995 |
Assistant Professor of Biology, |
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1980 - 1989 |
Director, Educational Services Department, The |
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1979 |
Instructor of Biology, |
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1978 - 1979 |
Instructor of Biology, |
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1976 |
Instructor of Biology, |
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1975 |
Public Health Educator, |
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1974 |
Instructor, |
PUBLICATIONS
Wood, Bonnie S. (Submitted for publication)
Environmental Action In A Non-Majors Science Class.
Wood, Bonnie S. (In press) Learning Science
While Constructing Learning Groups. The Journal of College Science Teaching.
Wood, Bonnie S.
(2007, August). Learning Biology While Constructing Cooperative Learning
Groups: An effective
method to organize learning groups and teach some biology on the first day of
class The American Biology Teacher 69 (6): 331.
Wood, Bonnie S. (2005). Lecture-free teaching in seven steps. The American Biology Teacher. 67(6): 331-338.
Wood, B. (2004). Service learning in a human nutrition course. Great Ideas! In Teaching Nutrition. A Benjamin Cummings Publication for Nutrition Instructors, 1: 2.
Wood, B. S.
(2004). Lecture-free teaching in college science courses. In M. Druger, E.D.
Siebert & L.W. Crow (Eds.),Teaching Tips. Innovations in Undergraduate
Science Instruction (pp. 39-40).
Wood, B. S.
(2004). Service learning in a college science course. In M. Druger, E.D.
Siebert & L.W. Crow (Eds.), Teaching Tips. Innovations in Undergraduate
Science Instruction (pp. 41-42).
Wood, Bonnie. (2003). Improving wellness on campus: Service learning in a human nutrition class. Journal of College Science Teaching, XXXIII (2): 27-31.
Hoese, W.J., J. Gibber, and B. Wood. (2002). Gender: In the
genes or in the jeans? A case study on sexual differentiation.
Wood, B.S. (1997).
All-female mathematics classes: An opportunity for classroom teachers and
researchers to collaborate.
Wood, B.S., and
Wood, B.S., W.A. Mason, and M.D. Kenney (1979). Contrasts in visual responsiveness and emotional arousal between rhesus monkeys raised with living and those raised with inanimate substitute mothers. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 93(2), 368-377.
Wood, B.S. (1975). Monocular relearning of a dark-light discrimination after unilateral cortical and collicular lesions. Brain Research, 83, 156-162.
Wood, B.S. (1973). Monocular relearning of a dark-light discrimination after large unilateral cortical lesions. Brain Research, 53, 428-434.
INVITED CONTRIBUTION TO BOOK
Wood, B.S. (1998). Nancy Kopell. In C. Morrow & T. Perl
(Eds.), Notable Women in Mathematics. An
Biographical Dictionary (pp. 98-102).
“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps”, proposal submitted
for hands-on workshop at national meeting of National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA), March 2008,
“Erasing Lecture-Laboratory Boundaries: An Inquiry-Based Course Design”, to be
presented at national meeting of Society for College Science Teachers (SCST),
March 2008,
“Lecture-Free Teaching in Seven Steps”, 75-minute hands-on
workshop, to be presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers
(NABT) Professional Development Conference, November 2007,
“Strategies for Affecting Student Achievement”, presentation
at “cluster meeting” for five
“Building High School-University Partnerships”, presentation
with two others at “cluster meeting” for five
“Lecture-Free Teaching In Seven Steps” (90-Minute Presentation) and “Lecture-Free Teaching In College Science Instruction” (3-Hour Workshop) invitation by the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. February 2005.
"Lecture
Free Teaching in Science Courses" workshop presentation at Central
Aroostook Council on Education (CACE) Inservice Program for local teachers,
"Best Practices that Support Student Learning." Limestone,
"Lecture Free Teaching in College Science
Courses." (30-minute talk and 2 hour workshop). Invited speaker, Summer
2002 National Conference, Integrating Science and Mathematics Education
Research into Teaching, a joint conference of
"Strategies
for Enhancing Participation by Under-represented Groups in Science and
Mathematics" invited panelist at Summer 2002 National Conference
Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching, a joint
conference of
"How to Teach a College Science 'Lecture' Course
Without Giving a Lecture." Society for College Science Teachers at
National Convention of National Science Teachers Association,
"Active Learning Demonstrations: Faculty Playing the Role of Students," 90-minute workshop at Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching---New England, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2000.
"Gender: In the Genes or in the Jeans?" (With Judith Gibber, Ph.D. and William Hoese, Ph.D.) at Case Studies in Science Workshop, a five-day workshop at the State University of New York at Buffalo, May 2000.
"Using
Active Learning Methods to Promote Discussion of Diversity Issues in the
Classroom," at two-day Faculty Workshop: Diversity and the Curriculum,
“Single-Sex Interventions: How do they Affect Girls’ Participation in Math and Science? “ One-hour presentation at the Wellesley Centers for Women Luncheon Seminar Series, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, April 1998.
“Girls Only? One School’s Experience.” One-hour
presentation at workshop entitled “Girls on the Edge. Equity and Fairness in Education” at the
“Gender
Equity in Math and Science Education.”
Two-hour presentation to K-12 teachers participating in the Aurora
Academy, University of Maine at Presque Isle, June 1997.
One hour
presentation on my research to teachers at Kieve Science Camp for Girls
Reunion, Nobleboro, Maine, May 1997.
“All-Female Algebra I Classes: A Need for Well-Designed Research.” One-hour presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1995.
Panelist for
"Programs that Promote Leadership for Girls" at Maine State
Department of Education 1994 Women in Leadership Conference entitled Women
Leaders Were Once Children,
"Effects of
Participation in an All-female Math Class at a
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
ONLY)
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2007
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Organizer and coordinator of Classroom
Assessment Techniques Discussion Group for |
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2005 - present |
Site Coordinator, Transitions: A
Partnership for College Success, funded by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
(partnership between |
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2005 |
Chairperson,
Director of Health and |
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2000 -
2002 |
Coordinator,
Science and Mathematics Department, |
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2000 -
2004 |
Campus Coordinator, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Visiting Fellows Program |
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2000 -
2002 |
Organizer
and coordinator of Active Learning Discussion Group for |
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1999 |
Chairperson, Dean of Arts and Sciences Search Committee |
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1997 |
Chairperson,
Science Department Promotion Committee for applications for promotion to Full
Professor of Dr. Robert Pinette and Dr. Kevin McCartney, |
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1994-1997 |
Chair,
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research |
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1996 |
Chair,
Search Committee for Dean of |
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Member, National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Member, Society of College Science Teachers (SCST)
Member, National Association for Biology Teachers (NABT)
Associate Member,
Center for Research on Women,
Member, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
REFERENCES
Dr. Donald Zillman
President
(207)768-9525
Dr. Nancy Hensel
(former President, University of Maine at Presque Isle)
Executive Officer, Council on Undergraduate Research
734 15th Street N.W., Suite 550
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202)783-4810
David Putnam
Chair, Science and Mathematics Department
University of Maine at Presque Isle
181 Main Street
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
Dr. JoAnne Putnam
Professor of Teacher Education
181 Main Street
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
(207)768-9437
Michael McCormack
Director, Transitions: Partnership for College Success
University of Maine at Presque Isle
181 Main Street
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
(207) 768-9746
Dr. Linda Graves
Professor of Medical Laboratory Technology
181 Main Street
University of Maine at Presque Isle
Presque Isle, Maine 04769
(207) 768-9451