Contact Info:

Office Location:	066 Bio Sci
Office Phone:	(919) 668-0228
Email Address:

Teaching (Fall 2009):

• BIOLOGY 92FCS.01, GLOBAL DISEASES

  Bio Sci 155, MW 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

• FOCUS 99FCS.11, SPECIAL TOPICS IN FOCUS

  SEE INSTRU, Th 06:00 PM-07:30 PM

Teaching (Spring 2010):

• BIOLOGY 46.01, AIDS/EMERGING DISEASES

  Bio Sci 111, WF 01:15 PM-02:30 PM

• SOCIOL 90S.01, SOCIETY, SELF, NATURAL WORLD

School(s):

Arts & Sciences

Department(s):

Division(s):  

Biology

Topical Interests:

Genetics
Evolution

Geographical Interests:

Research Interests:

Current projects: Creating linked curricula on HIV/AIDS with Egerton University in Kenya., Developing international research service learning in the sciences.

How inclusion of civic issues, international connections, and social engagement alters the cognitive and affective responses of non- major science students to science education. How course design impacts the demographics (gender, race, etc) of student enrollment in elective science courses. Developing international science courses. The factors that impact educational outcomes for girls in rural Kenya.

Curriculum Vitae

Postdocs Mentored

• Eve Puffer (July 15, 2008 - July 14, 2010)  

Recent Publications

1. S.A. Broverman, AIDS Research: Global Understanding & Engagement, This is a curricular model published and disseminated on the website of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (August, 2008) [html]
2. Broverman, SA, Lauterbach, C and Dellinger, E., Supported Yet Undermined: Why Girls Who Complete Secondary School in Rural Kenya Fail to Achieve, International Journal of Educational Development (Submitted, 2008)  [abs]
3. Ogwang-Odhimabo, R, and S.A. Broverman, Globalizing the Microbiology Curriculum, ASM News, vol. 71 no. 10 (2005), pp. 448-449  [author's comments]
4. Broverman, S. and G. Prestwich, Fast ion-exchange membrane purification of a microsomal protein., Biotechniques, vol. 19 no. 6 (1995), pp. 874-875
5. Broverman, S. and P. Meneely, Meiotic mutants that cause a polar decrease in recombination on the X chromosome in Caenorhabditis elegans., Genetics, vol. 136 (1994), pp. 119-127