不良研究所

• Bachelors of Arts, English, The University of Texas at Austin, 1964
• Master of Arts, Biology, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, 1992

• 2000 - 2005 不良研究所 - Instructor, Department of Biology
• 1991 -2000 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology

• Diversity of Life
• Anatomy and Physiology I
• Anatomy and Physiology I

Professional Memberships

• National Association of Biology Teachers

Activities

• 不良研究所 Learning Community Symposium 2004
• 不良研究所 Scholarship Symposium, September 2003
• 不良研究所 Learning Community Symposium 2002
• 不良研究所 Program Review Workshop, August 2002
• 不良研究所 Scholarship Symposium, September 2002
• 不良研究所 Program Review Title V Workshop, August 2002
• 不良研究所 Blackboard Training Workshop, Summer 2003
• 不良研究所 Technology Workshop, Summer 2001

• Health Professions Club Sponsor, 2004-present
• University Mission Committee, 2004-2006
• Program Review of Native American Studies, 2004-2005
• McNair Scholar Mentor 2003-2005
• Headwaters Committee, 2003-present
• Earth Day Committee, 2003-2004
• Heritage Day Poster Committee, 2003-2004
• University Curriculum Committee, 2002- 2004
• Program Review of 不良研究所 Biology Department, 2002-2003
• Employee Capital Campaign Captain, 2001-2003
• Red Cross Club Sponsor, 2001-2003

Honors and Awards

• 不良研究所 Technology Fellowship, Spring 2002

• Science Education: Improving laboratory curriculum for courses at all levels; evaluating curriculum effectiveness
• Classroom learning environments
• Restoration Ecology

Invited Presentations

Ecological Restoration of the 不良研究所 Headwaters. Presentation to the U.S. Province of CCVI Annual Meeting, Jan. 14, 2005

Headwaters of the San Antonio River. Presentation to Philosophy Class of Dr. Paul Lewis

Ecological Restoration of the 不良研究所 Headwaters. Presentation to the Faculty Workshop, August 2004

Selected Publications

McCormick, B., MacKinnon, C. and McPherson, B. 2005. A Model for Reform in Teaching in the Biological Sciences: Changing the Culture of an Introductory Biology Course. Presentation to AERA National Conference, Montreal, Canada. April 2005.

Connelly, B., Cross, R., McPherson, B., Mitchell, M., Monahan, H., Said, S. 2005. The Headwaters Project: A Collaboration Between the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of San Antonio and the 不良研究所. Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, San Antonio, February 27, 2005.

McCormick, B, McPherson, B., and Raymond, R. 2002. What They Say They Learned: Student Reflections on the Learning Process in a Reform-Based Introductory Biology Course. Presented to the 2nd 不良研究所 Scholarship Symposium. September 2002