Kathleen Archer
Curriculum Vitae
2015-2016
E-mail: [email protected]
Work address:
Biology Department
Trinity College
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 297-2226
Education
1984
Ph.D. in plant physiology and development, University of Oregon, 1984.
Dissertation title: "Characterization of a virescent chloroplast mutant in tobacco."
1977
B.A. in biology with botany emphasis, summa cum laude, California State University, Fresno.
Professional Experience
1996 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Trinity College.
1990 - 1996
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Trinity College.
1987 - 1990
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin
1984 – 1987
Post-doctoral Fellow, Section of Genetics and Development, Cornell University
Honors, Awards, Grants
American Society of Plant Biologists Education Foundation Grant, 2012. “Undergraduate Misconceptions about Plant
Structure and Growth.” $26,853.
Biology Scholars Alumni Fellowship grant, 2012. “Student Misconceptions in Plant Structure and Function”. $800.
CTL Fellow, Trinity Center for Teaching and Learning, 2012 – 2013. One-year fellowship to study and apply the
backward design teaching strategy to a science course for non-science majors.
HHMI Science Education Alliance PHAGES proposal, principle investigator. Trinity College awarded associate
membership, 2011.
Biology Scholar, 2010. Competitive research residency program sponsored by American Society of Microbiologists and
National Science Foundation.
Book Chapter
Herreid, C.F., Schiller, N.A., and Herreid, K.F (Eds.). (2014). Science Stories You Can Count On: 51 Case Studies with
Quantitative Reasoning in Biology. Arlington, Virginia: National Science Teachers Association Press.
Invited Presentations
“Assessing Student Understanding of Core Plant Biology Concepts.” Kathleen Archer. Vision and Change in
Undergraduate Botany Education Symposium, Botanical Society of America National Meeting, Boise, Idaho. July,
2014.
“What Undergraduates Don’t Know about Plant Structure and Growth.” Kathleen Archer, M. Herman, G.J. Miller, L.J.
Olsen and J. Ramsay. Education and Outreach Mini-symposium, American Society of Plant Biologists National
Meeting. Providence, RI. July, 2013.
“Measuring Learning Gains with Concept Inventories”. Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS)
symposium on “The Science of Teaching and Learning: A STEM Faculty Forum”. June 3, 2011.
Peer-Reviewed Articles on Teaching and Education
“The Dead Zone.” E. K. Archer and L. Sahl. National Center for Case Study Teaching in the Sciences. June,
2009. Available at: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm.
Other Articles
Archer, E. Kathleen. Dec. 1, 2014. Letter to the Editor on behalf of The American Society of Plant Biologists:
Position Statement on the Education of Young Children about Plants. CBE Life Science Education 13:575576; doi:10.1187/cbe.14-09-0150
Archer, K. 2013. Journal Watch Featured Article Review: “A Model for Using a Concept Inventory as a Tool for
Students’ Assessment and Faculty Professional Development” by Marbach-Ad, et al. J. Microbiology and Biology
Education 14(1):135.
Presentations at Professional Meetings
Elizabeth E. Rueschhoff, April N. Wynn, Maryann A.B. Herman, Irvin Pan, and Kathleen Archer. “A meta-study of
common plant biology misconceptions beyond photosynthesis and respiration.” American Society of Plant Biologists
Annual National Meeting, Austin, Texas. July, 2016.
K. Engen, S. Wyatt, K. Archer and E. Dolan. “How a scientific society promotes and supports change – a model from
the American Society of Plant Biologists.” AAAS Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: Chronicling
the Changes. Washington, D.C., August 23, 2013.
E. Kathleen Archer. “Do Collaborative Exams Affect Future Individual Test Performance?”. July, 2012.
E. Kathleen Archer. “Constructing a Plant Biology Concept Inventory”. American Society of Plant Biologists Annual
National Meeting at Minneapolis, Minnesota. August, 2011.
E. Kathleen Archer. “Student Attitudes About Collaborative Exams.” ASM Conference for Undergraduate
Educators, 17th Annual National Meeting at San Diego, CA. May 20-23, 2010.
Kathleen Archer. “Group Exams as Learning Tools.” American Society of Microbiology Conference for
Undergraduate Educators, Beverly, MA. May, 2008.
Kathleen Archer and John C. Cushman “Development of a hands-on learning module illustrating the biochemical
principles of Crassulacean acid metabolism.” . National Annual Meeting of American Society of Plant
Biologists, Seattle, Washington. July, 2006.
Other Presentations
“Discomfort Zones: Teaching Innovations from the CTL Fellows”. Presentation of my work as CTL Fellow 20122013. April 23, 2013.
Professional Service
Reviewed the educational case “Using the Scientific Method to Understand Hypoxia in Vampire Shrimp” submitted to
the National Center for Case Study Teaching in the Sciences. Reviewed April, 2016.
Reviewed book proposal for the National Science Teachers Association Press. Book title: Teaching Difficult to Understand
Plant Processes. Authors: Thompson, Stephen. Reviewed September 9, 2015. Received an honorarium for this work.
Chair, American Society of Plant Biologists Education Committee, 2012 – 2015.
Executive Committee, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2012 – 2015.
Biology Program Review for Western New England University, February, 2015.
Mentor for awardees of the American Society of Plant Biologists Master Educator program, 2014-2015.
Tenure Review for Dr. Ayelew Mentawab, Spelman College. January, 2015.
Administrator of the American Society of Plant Biologists BLOOME grant awards for education and outreach projects,
2014 – present.
Co-chair, Education and Outreach Mini-symposium Session, American Society of Plant Biologists Annual National
Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. July, 2015.
Organizer, Education Workshop for American Society of Plant Biologists National Meeting, July 2015.
Review Panel, National Science Foundation RCN-UBE grant program, August, 2012.
Chair, Education and Outreach Mini-symposium Session, American Society of Plant Biologists Annual National
Meeting, Austin, Texas. July, 2012.
Reviewer, National Science Foundation RCN-UBE grant program, Sept., 2011.
Facilitator, “Implementing Vision and Change for Undergraduate Biology Education”. American Society of Plant
Biologists annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aug. 8, 2011.
Panelist, “Teaching”. Lab Management Workshop for New Faculty. American Society of Plant Biologists annual
meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aug. 5, 2011.
Selected Service to Trinity College
Chair, Department of Biology, 2013 – present.
Convenor, Trinity College Chairs Meetings, 2013 – present.
Female Faculty Mentoring Group Steering Committee, September, 2011 - present. Promotes mentoring of junior
women faculty.
Co-organizer of the New Faculty Orientation program, August, 1997-present. A two-day workshop for new faculty
covering scholarship, teaching and service at the College.
Trinity Trustees presentation on work as CTL Fellow, October, 2014.
Faculty Search Committee for Math Department, December 2014 – February 2015.
Re-appointment file keeper for Claire Fournier, new Biology laboratory coordinator.
VIP Days representative for Biology Department.
June Days advisor, June 2014, 2015.
Trinity Accreditation Committee on Faculty – member 2014-2015.
Invited speaker, Women in Academia event sponsored by the Zeta Omega Eta sorority at Trinity, April 11, 2012.
Panelist, CTL Talking Teaching event. Discussion of the scholarship of teaching and learning and my group exams
study funded by CTL. April 12, 2012.
Supervision of student independent research projects, >54 students, 1990-present.
Professional memberships
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Association for the Advancement of Science