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Kathy S. Williams

  Associate Professor
Department of Biology,
College of Sciences

Co-Director, SDSU Center for Teaching and Learning,
Division of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., Stanford University
(1981, Population Biology)


Affiliations
Ecology Program Area (EPA)
Joint
Doctoral Program in Ecology with UCDavis
Evolutionary
Biology (EB) Program, co-member
SDSU Center for Research in Math and Science Education (CRMSE)


Research interests

Insect/plant interactions: examining effects of food quality on insect population dynamics; determining ways to improve habitat quality for threatened and endangered insects; using insects as indicators of biodiversity and habitat restoration.

Science Education: exploring ecology and evolution of Science Faculty with Education Specialties (SFES); developing and using Conceptual Assessments in Biology (CABs) for formative and programmatic assessment; designing curricula, modifying teaching methods, and increasing student engagement at the undergraduate level, and measuring the effects of those changes.
 
Recent publications

Fisher, K.M., K.S. Williams, J. Lineback. In revision. Osmosis and 
   Diffusion Conceptual Assessment. CBE—Life Sciences Education.

Derting, T., K.S. Williams, J.L. Momsen, T.P. Henkel. 2011. Education
   Research: Set a High Bar. Science 333 (2 September 2011): 1220-1221.

Bush, S.D., N.J. Pelaez, J.A. Rudd, M.T. Stevens, K.D. Tanner, K.S.
   Williams.  2011. Investigation of Science Faculty with Education
   Specialties (SFES) within the Largest University System in the United
   States. CBE—Life Sciences Education 10 (1): 25-42.

Bush, S.D., N.J. Pelaez, J.A. Rudd, M.T. Stevens, K.D. Tanner, K.S.
   Williams, and W.B. Wood. 2010. A Role for Postdocs in Undergraduate
   Education. Science 327 (29 January 2010): 522-523.

Bush, S.D., N.J. Pelaez, J.A. Rudd, M.T. Stevens, K.D. Tanner, K.S.
   Williams. 2008. Science Faculty with Education Specialties. Science
   322 (19 December 2008): 1795-1796.