Western Oregon University
CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert S. Turner, Jr.
Biology Dept., Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Western Oregon University, Monmouth,
OR 97361, (503) 838-8224 turnerr@wou.edu
Education
June, 1992 Introducing Recombinant DNA Technology into the Undergraduate Curriculum
National Science Foundation Training Program, Univ. of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Nov., 1987 AIDS Trainers' Program for AIDS Educators,
AIDS Division of Oregon State Health Dept., Eugene, Oregon
Sept. 1971, Ph.D. Developmental Biology with Dr. Philip Grant,
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Summers of 1968-70 Student (1968) and Course Assistant (1969 & 1970)
Marine Embryology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
June 1964, B.S. Biology, Seattle University
Seattle, Washington
Employment
July, 2006- present Associate Professor , Biology Dept, Western Oregon University
Jan-June, 2006 Visiting Professor, Biology Dept, University of Miami, Miami, FL (WOU sabbatical)
June-Dec, 2005 Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
1999-2005 Director, Honors Program
1991-1994 Coordinator, Biology Department
1989-Present Associate Professor
1986-1989 Assistant Professor,.Biology Dept., Div. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,Western
Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 97361
1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy,School of
Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences Univ.
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR
1985-86 Part-time Instructor, Natural Science Department, Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045
1984-85 Research Associate for Dr. Stuart Burstin, Brockton V.A. Medical Center, Brockton, MA 1975-83 Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06457
1974-75 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Robert G. ,Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard University Medical School,Boston, MA
1971-74 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Max M. Burger, Biochemistry Department, University of
Basel, Switzerland (1972-4),Biological Sciences ,Princeton, Princeton, NJ (1971-2)
Administrative Assignments at Western Oregon University 3 Major Assignments
Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, June-Dec, 2005
Director, Honors Program, 1999-2005
Chair, Biology Department, 1991-1994
Instructional Assignments
at Western Oregon University
BI101, BI102, BI103:General Biology BI211, BI212:Principles of Biology
BI326: Embryology BI341: Genetics BI388: Cell Biology
BI407: Biology of Aids BI432: Immunology BI407: Cancer Biology
BI475: Molecular Biology CH450: Biochemistry BI211X: BioExcel
at Oregon Health Sciences University
Human Embryology
at Wesleyan University
Introductory Biology Embryology Membrane Biophysics
advisor for 6 undergraduate and 4 Ph.D. theses
Other Representative Collegiate Assignments at Western Oregon University (12 unlisted Assignments)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate, 2000 – 2005; Vice President - 2004 President - 2005
Director, Honors Program, 1999 – 2005
Search Committees: University President, 2001-2, Provost, 2003-4, 3 others
Grants and Awards
PLTL Subgrant
2004-5 Extension of the PLTL Model from the Three Term First Year Biology Sequence for Science Majors to Biology and Earth Science Courses for nonScience Majors
PLTL Subgrant with Dr. Karen Haberman
2000-1 Application of the PLTL Model to Content Mastery and Retention of Students in Three
Term First Year Biology Sequence for Science Majors
John Templeton Foundation - with Dr. Dale Cannon, Philosophy Department
1998-99: to support interdisciplinary Junior Honors Seminar "Science and Religion”
Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation:
1999-2000: Faculty Fellow - Applying the MathExcel Model to Improve Retention of Potential
Science Teachers in the First Term Biology Course
1997-99: Faculty Mentor: Reforming the Teaching of Entry Level Science for Nonscience Majors
Oregon State System of Higher Education Faculty Productivity Grant:
1994-95: Oregon State System of Higher Education Faculty Productivity Grant: Reforming the
Teaching of Entry Level Science for Nonscience Majors
Faculty Development Grants:
1999-2005: 10 different grants from Western Oregon University Faculty Development Fund in support of undergraduate research in Biology; 2004-5 grant to support Cary Costa’s research on “Effect of Maintenance in Polluted Water on Phagocytic Activity of Fish Spleen Cells”
Recent Publications and Presentations
Brooks, Jana, Galvan, Irja, and Turner, Robert S., Jr., “Methods to Study the Living Immune System Cell Function in High School Biology Laboratories” Proc. OR Acad. Sci.XXXX (2003) poster
Zimmerman, Sheri and Turner, Bob “Peer Led Teaching and Learning Workshops in Biology at Western Oregon University: The Four Term Experience” Proc. OR Acad. Sci.XXXIX (2002). abstract
Turner, Robert S., Jr., “Peer Led Teaching and Learning Workshops in Biology at Western Oregon University: The First Term’s Experience” ” Proc. OR Acad. Sci.XXXVII, (2001). abstract
Turner, Bob "No More Lectures" invited presentation in IMPROVING COLLEGE BIOLOGY EDUCATION symposium at meeting of Pacific Div., AAAS, Corvallis, OR, June, 1997
Turner, Bob "Nontraditional, No Lecture Presentation of College Biology to Nonscience Majors." Proc. Pacific Div., AAAS, v.16, p. 65 (1997) abstract
Turner, Bob "Assessment of Performance and Attitudes of Nonscience Majors Enrolled in a Nontraditional, No Lecture College Biology Course." Proc. Pacific Div., AAAS, v.16, p. 65 (1997) abstract
Research Projects and Scholarly Activities
Extension of the PLTL Model from the Three Term First Year Biology Sequence for Science Majors
to Biology and Earth Science Courses for nonScience Majors
Effects of Water from Degraded Environments on Functions of Fish Immune Systems Cells
Application and Analysis of Effectiveness of PLTL to Content Mastery and Retention of Students in
Three Term First Year Biology Course Sequence for Science Majors, 2000-present
Applying the MathExcel Model to Improve Retention of Potential Science Teachers in the First
Term Biology Course 1998-1999
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