{"id":18,"date":"2014-06-24T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2014-06-24T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T14:30:57","slug":"professional-vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/professional-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Charlene D\u2019Avanzo<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Professor of Ecology and Director, Center for Teaching &amp; Learning<br \/>\nHampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cdavanzo@hampshire.edu\">cdavanzo@hampshire.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>1975 Ph.D. (Biology) Boston University Marine Program,<br \/>\nMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA<\/p>\n<p>1969 B.A. Skidmore College<\/p>\n<h2>Selected\u00a0Education\u00a0Publications<\/h2>\n<p>Hartley LM, J Momsen, P Maskiewics, and C D\u2019Avanzo. 2012. Energy and matter: Differences in discourse in physical and biological sciences can be confusing for introductory biology students.\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>\u00a062: 488-496.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/BioSci_Fac_Dec_paper.pdf\">D\u2019Avanzo C, Anderson CW, Hartley L, Pelaez P. 2012. A faculty development model for transforming introductory biology and ecology courses.\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>. 62: 416-427. (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/Science_letter.pdf\">D\u2019Avanzo, C. 2011. High marks for transformative teachers.\u00a0<em>Science<\/em>331: 1011 (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/Principles_paper.pdf\">Knapp AK and C. D\u2019Avanzo. 2011. Teaching with principles: towards more effective pedagogy in ecology.\u00a0<em>Ecosphere<\/em>\u00a01:15 (electronic journal) doi: 10.1890\/ES10-00013.1 (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/Hartley_et_al.pdf\">Hartley LM, Wilke BJ, Schramm SW, D\u2019Avanzo C, Anderson CW. 2011.College students\u2019 understanding of the carbon cycle: contrasting principle-based and informal reasoning.\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>\u00a061, 65-75.\u00a0\u00a0(<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Avanzo, C. 2009. Supporting faculty through a new teaching and learning center.<em>\u00a0Peer Review<\/em>\u00a011: 22-25<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/NEON_Science_article.pdf\">Lowman, M, C. D\u2019Avanzo and C. Brewer. 2009. NEON \u2013 A National Ecological Network for Research and Education.\u00a0<em>Science<\/em>. 32: 1172-1173 (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/Biology_Concept_Inventories.pdf\">D\u2019Avanzo. C. 2008. Biology concept inventories: overview, status, and next steps.\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>\u00a058: 1079-1085 (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Avanzo, C. and D. Morris. 2008. Investigating your own teaching: faculty as research practitioners. A<em>cademe<\/em>\u00a094: 40-44<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Avanzo, C. 2008. Why is Ecology Hard to Learn?\u00a0\u00a0<em>Ecological Society of America Bulletin<\/em>\u00a089 (4): 462-464<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Avanzo C, Grant BW, Morris D, Musante S, Taylor J, Riney J, and Udovic D. 2006. Design and evaluation of\u00a0<em>TIEE<\/em>, a peer-reviewed electronic teaching resource.\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/em>\u00a0<strong>4<\/strong>: 189-195.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/cdavanzo\/files\/2014\/06\/BioScience_Nov2003.pdf\">D\u2019Avanzo, C. 2003. Application of research on learning to college teaching: ecological examples.\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>\u00a053: 1121-1128 (<strong>PDF<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McNeal A. and C.D&#8217;Avanzo. 1997.\u00a0<em>Student Active Science:\u00a0Models of Innovation in College Science Teaching<\/em>.\u00a0Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<h2>Award &amp; Recent Grants (since 2000)<\/h2>\n<p>2012 Eugene P. Odum Education Award, Ecological Society of America<\/p>\n<p>2009 NSF CCLI (Lead PI)\u00a0<em>Collaborative Research: Improving General Biology Teaching with Diagnostic Question Clusters and Active Teaching<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2009 NSF RCN (co-PI)\u00a0<em>Preparing to Prepare the 21st Century Biology Student: Using Scientific Societies as Change Agents for the Introductory Biology Experience<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2007 NSF CCLI (Lead PI)\u00a0<em>Diagnostic Question Clusters to Improve Student Reasoning and Understanding in General Biology Courses<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2004 NSF CCLI EMD (lead PI)\u00a0<em>Enhancing Use of TIEE Through a Formative Evaluation-Practitioner Research Component<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2002 NSF CCLI EMD (lead PI)\u00a0<em>Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology: Developing Web and CD-ROM-Based Education Materials Through the ESA,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2000 NSF CCLI EMD (lead PI):\u00a0<em>Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology<\/em>, Proof of Concept<\/p>\n<h2>Professional Activities<\/h2>\n<p>Education Editor,\u00a0<em>BioScience<\/em>\u00a0(American Institute of Biological Science)<\/p>\n<p>Education Editor,\u00a0<em>EcoSphere<\/em>\u00a0(Ecological Society of America)<\/p>\n<p>Editor,\u00a0<em>Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology<\/em>\u00a0(<em>TIEE<\/em>; tiee.esa.org; Ecological Society of America)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlene D\u2019Avanzo Professor of Ecology and Director, Center for Teaching &amp; Learning Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002 cdavanzo@hampshire.edu Education 1975 Ph.D. (Biology) Boston University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 1969 B.A. Skidmore College Selected\u00a0Education\u00a0Publications Hartley LM, J Momsen, P Maskiewics, and C D\u2019Avanzo. 2012. 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