Kathleen Jagger
Interim Vice President & Dean of the College; Professor of Biology Health Professions Adviser
Old Morrison 214
Transylvania University
300 North Broadway
Lexington, KY 40508-1797
Phone: (859) 233-8121
e-mail Kathleen Jagger
Academic History
- MPH, Harvard University, 1992
- PhD, University of Cincinnati, 1979
- BA, DePauw University, 1975
Areas of Research/Specialization
- Efficacy of Reforms in Science Teaching/SOTL in Microbiology
- Development of Case Studies for Teaching Science
- Women's Health in Developing Nations
- Women and Other Underrepresented Groups in Science
- Impact of Aging on the Immune Response to Vaccines
- Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Courses Taught at Transylvania
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Bioethics
- Introduction to Public Health
- Biology and Human Concerns
- Genetics
- Women in Science Seminar
- Health Studies Seminar
- Senior Seminar in Biology
Additional Information
- Travel course to Philippines in May 2004 where students conducted an environmental health survey of 3200 households (with local health workers)
- Public health experience in Guatemala, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Immokalee (FL), St. Croix (USVI)
- FIRST II (Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching) Team member
- Presentation: “The Liberal Art of International Service Learning”, ACAD-Phi Beta Kappa Conference on Liberal Education in America and the World, 2005
- Poster presentation: “Lab Intensive Microbiology: Can Lectures be Substantially Eliminated without Loss of Affective and Cognitive gains in a Microbiology Course?” ASM Undergraduate Education Meeting, 2006
- ASM Scholar in Residence, American Society for Microbiology
- Registered 2nd degree black belt, Tae Kwon Do
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