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Heather  Johnson, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor
Office: TCNW 205G | Phone: 270 745 5136 || Lab: | Phone:
Email: Heather.Johnson@wku.edu  Fax: 270 745 6856


Education:
B.S. Microbiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1992
M.S. Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1994
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 1997

Research Interest:
The Pedagogy of Science

Current Research Projects:

  1. Assessment of the effects on student attitudes about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) subjects and careers following distribution of a video (recently produced by grant funding) featuring Kentucky STEM professionals to all 1,271 public P-12 schools in Kentucky.
  2. Comparison of student learning in Botany Labs taught by traditional methods vs. with a newly developed inquiry-based approach.

People in my lab:

  • Belinda   Tenney :  M.S. Biology, Thesis
  • Hajara   Mahmood :  M.S. Biology, Thesis