Ann Catherine Smith Instructor,Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Education:
B.A. -      College of Wooster, Wooster Ohio, 1977
M.S. -     University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. 1980
Ph.D. -    University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N.Y. 1982

E-mail: asmith@umd.edu
Office: Mitchell Building room 2130 and in Microbiology Building room 1133B
Phone: 301-405-5443

Academic Interests:
Since arriving at the Univerisity of Maryland, my focus has been education in Microbiology. My goal has been to apply the latest in education theory to provide students with a challenging, interesting, current and thought provoking first exposure to Microbiology.

Research Interests:

• Present interests include the analysis of pedagogy for science education.  Projects include the use of case studies as a method to motivate learning, the use of technology  in large multi section courses, the role of the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, how to infuse deep and meaningful learning of Host Pathogen Interactions into microbiology courses and the role of teaching teams in promoting curriculum reform in science education (see the Host Pathogen Teaching Group).
  
• Post-doctoral study of the analysis of the glucocorticoid receptor followed, in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Harmon at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda MD.
• Thesis work at the University of Rochester involved the analysis of DNA repair mechanisms in Rana pipiens in the laboratory of Dr. Betsy Ohlsson-Wilhelm.

Selected Recent Presentations:
Smith, A. C., “Welcome to the 21^st Century: National Trends in Biology Education” UM Bioscience Day Secondary School Teaching Symposium, 2006, College Park MD. (powerpoint file)
Marbach-Ad, G., Briken,V., Frauwirth, K., Gao, L.,  Hutcheson, S.W., Joseph, S.W., Mosser, D., Shields, P., Song, W., Stein, D.C.,  Thompson, K.V., Yuan, R., Smith,A.C., 2006. “A Faculty Team Works to Create Content Linkages among Various Courses to Increase Meaningful Learning of Targeted Concepts of Microbiology” International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.Conference. Washington, D.C. (powerpoint file)
Smith, A.C., “Adding Active Learning to a Large Lecture Course with the Help of Technology” UM Teaching with Technology Conference. 2006, College Park,  MD. (powerpoint file)
Smith, A..C. 2005.Undergraduate TA’s and your class. A report from BSCI 223. Teaching and Learning News 14 (4) 4
Kramer, S. Tsang, A. and Smith, A.C., 2005. Can undergrads make transgenic plants?   American Socieity for Microbiology Conference on Undergraduate Education (ASMCUE), Atlanta GA.
Parent, B, Swanson, K. and Smith, A.C., 2005. “Cookbook to Koch-- Integrating research design into an immunology lab to stimulate meaningful learning”. ASMCUE, Atlanta GA.
Smith, A. C., “Technology as a solution to implementing active learning pedagogies.” PKAL National Assembly: Making Creative Use of Emerging Technologies to Enhance Student Learning, Boulder, Colorado, 2003.
Smith, A. C., Hayes-Klosteridis, J., and P. Robinson. “ Collaborations that facilitate the scholarship of teaching.” American Society for Microbiology. General Meeting, Washington, D. C., 2003
Smith, A.C., “The Virtual Laboratory Practical Exam”.  ASM Conference for Undergraduate Education, College Park, MD, 2003.(powerpoint file)
Smith, A.C., Hayes-Klosteridis, Stewart, R., Shields. P., and R.Yuan  “Transformation from a  lecture-based to case- based course”.  UM Teaching with Technology Conference. 2003. (powerpoint file)

Recent Grants:

Principle Investigator: College of Life Sciences HHMI Curriculum Development Grant: Linking of courses to Foster in depth and research oriented learning in of Host Pathogen Interactions. Ann C. Smith, Gili Marbach-Ad, Volker Briken, Najib El-Sayed, Kennneth Frauwirth, Brenda Fredericksen, Steven Hutcheson, Lian-Yong Gao, Sam Joseph, Vincent Lee,  Kevin S. McIver, David Mosser, B. Booth Quimby, Patricia Shields, Wenxia Song, Robert T. Yuan and Daniel C. Stein.  2004 - 2007. HPI Teaching Group

Co-investigator: University of Maryland Improvement of Instruction Grant. “Clicking to Engage the masses: Development of Best Practices and a Question Database for Use in Scientific Education” Boehmler, D., Dixon, B., and Smith, A.C. 2006

Principal Investigator: University of Maryland Improvement of Instruction Grant. “Development and assessment of an undergraduate teaching experience in a large enrollment CORE Life Sciences Lab course to support the active learning goals of the course”.2005.

Co-investigator: University of Maryland Improvement of Instruction Grant. Establishment of Center for Teaching and Learning in Bioinformatics Spencer Benson, Paul Bottino, Charles Delwiche, Jocelyn DiRuggiero, Steve Mount, and Ann Smith,  2002.

Co-investigator, University of Maryland Improvement of Instruction Grant.  Joint proposal from CBMG Department and University Honors Program “The use of Honors students and case studies in providing research experiences in large enrollment undergraduate courses.” 2001

 Co-investigator, University of Maryland Improvement of Instruction Grant.  Joint proposal from CBMG Department and Honors, “Developing of a Learning Synergy between Honors and Non-Honors Students in Large Enrollment Classes as a Way to Expand Interest in Undergraduate Research”.  Fall 2000

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