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Kathleen Marrs, Ph.D.
kmarrs@iupui.edu
SL 330
Curriculum
Vitae
Biology Education
My research is in the area Biology Education, and serves to advance the Department of Biology's commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. My research goals are to develop ways to reinforce the content students are exposed to in lecture, to help students develop the intellectual skills needed to understand science and the scientific process, and to continually establish connections concerning the relationship of biology and science to society. I teach Biology K101, the first course for Biology Majors in the School of Science. I am currently the Director of UCASE: The Urban Center for the Advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education. I currently have a number of funded programs to help increase the number of STEM teachers in Indiana who teach in high-need school districts, grades 6-12, and also have a campus-wide GK-12 program for graduate students to advance scientific knowledge through partnerships with K-12 schools.
Some of my major projects and grants awarded in STEM Education include:
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The GK-12 Urban Educators Program at IUPUI (2008-2012) Provides $30,000 yearly stipend for Graduate Students in the School of Science and Medicine. Principal Investigator: Kathleen A. Marrs, Co-PIs: Simon Rhodes, Pam Crowell, Lenore Tedesco, Andy Gavrin. (NSF DUE # 0742475) Total award: $2,988,355. Applications now being accepted for the 2009-2010 academic year through February 15! |
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Advance Urban Learning: Teach Science (2007-2011) Provides up to $25,000 in scholarship money for undergraduate students seeking a science degree (Biology, Chemmistry, Earth Sciences, or Physics) who plan to become certified teachers in the secondary education (grades 6-12). Principal Investigator: Kathleen A. Marrs, Co-PIs: Dwight Schuster, and Kim Nguyen. (NSF DUE # 0733788) Total award: $749,933. Applications now being accepted for the 2009-2010 academic year through March 1! |
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The Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship (2008-2010) Provides $30,000 stipend for recent college graduates or career changers in STEM to become certified to teach High School or Middle School, and also earn an MS Degree. (Funded by the Lilly Endowment, IUPUI and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation) Total Award: $3,000,000 to IUPUI. Applications cycle is now closed; applications will be accepted in December 2009. |
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Urban Educators: Robert Noyce Scholarship for Mathematics and Science Teachers (2005-2008) Provides $10,000 stipends to recent college graduates or career changers in STEM who plan to become certified teachers in the secondary education (grades 6-12). Principal Investigator: Charlie Barman, Co-PIs: Kathleen A. Marrs, Signe Kastberg, and Kim Nguyen (NSF DUE # 0531598) $486,912 Applications now being accepted for the 2009-2010 academic year through March 1! |
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Project SEAM, A Joint Venture for Collaborative Professional Development focused on Core Academic Student Preparation for Post-Secondary Success (2000-2004), Lilly Endowment, Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis IN, Biology Committee Chair $6,615,000 (Biology Sub-account $105,000) |
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WebScience: Creating an Active-Learner Classroom with WWW Technology to Improve Introductory Science and Mathematics Courses. (1999-2002), National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, (NSF-DUE Award 9981111), PI: Andrew Gavrin, Co-PI(s): Kathleen A. Marrs, Jeffrey Watt, Robert Blake. $141,500. |
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Department of Biology
