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Sherryl A BrovermanSherryl A Broverman
Associate Professor of the Practice

  • Ph.D Indiana University, 1990
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    668-0228
    066 Bio Sci

    Research Interests: science literacy for non-majors; science education reform; the interaction of gender, education and global health

    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.

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

    Recent Publications   (search)

    1. Ogwang-Odhimabo, R, and S.A. Broverman, Globalizing the Microbiology Curriculum, ASM News, vol. 71 no. 10 (2005), pp. 448-449  [author's comments].
    2. Broverman, S. and G. Prestwich, Fast ion-exchange membrane purification of a microsomal protein., Biotechniques, vol. 19 no. 6 (1995), pp. 874-875 .
    3. 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 .
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