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Rachel Watson Teaching Portfolio

Research

Present

    • Integration of Highly Interactive Virtual Environments (HIVEs – namely the virtual world Second Life) into face-to-face and online courses
      Development and assessment of student perceptions

2008-Present 

    • Experiences of marginalized students in science
      Narrative study

2007-Present 

    • Vodcasting and Podcasting in both face-to-face and online courses
      Development and assessment of student perceptions
    • Podcast lectures University of Wyoming Laramie, WY
      Development and evaluation of student perceptions of podcast lectures

2004-Present

    • Virtual Edge Online (dry) Lab to supplement the wet lab Design, development, assessment of student knowledge, skills and perceptions
      Boggs, C.N. (2006) The Virtual Edge, Development and evaluation of virtual labs for a General Microbiology Classroom (doctoral dissertation, University of Wyoming, 2006)

1998-2001

    • Lab Research University of Wyoming Laramie, WY
      Utilized Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy to characterize the secondary structural elements of pediocin AcH
    • Lab Research, Sequenced mutant clones of the papA gene
    • Lab Research, Created mutant variants of the papA gene encoding pediocin AcH using extension overlap PCR techniques
    • Lab Research, Isolated and purified the bacteriocin pediocin AcH

1994-1998

    • Research assistant Denver University Denver, CO
      Removed active site diamagnetic zinc II ion of carbonic anhydrase and replaced with a paramagnetic cobalt II ion to enable analysis via electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
    • Research assistant, Isolated and purified bovine carbonic anhydrase