R. Heather Macdonald

Education

• Ph.D. & M.S., University of Wisconsin
• B.A., Carleton College

Current Projects

• On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Current and Future Geoscience Faculty
• Building Strong Geoscience Departments
• Geoscience in Two-Year Colleges
• Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Math and Science Teachers: Noyce Scholars Program and the Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow (TCT) Teaching Fellows Program

Research Interests

Geoscience education, carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy

Selected Publications

 Manduca, C.A., D.W. Mogk, B. Tewksbury, R.H. Macdonald, S.P.. Fox, E.R. Iverson, K. Kirk,J. McDaris, C. Ormand, and M. Bruckner, 2010, SPORE: Science Prize for Online Resourcesin Education: On the Cutting Edge: Teaching Help for Geoscience Faculty: Science, v. 327, no.5969, pp. 1095-1096.

Fortenberry, N. L., Cady, E., T., Bramwell, F., Clewell, B., Flaris, V., Jolly, E., Martin, D., Macdonald, H., Poston, M., Rodriguez, A., & Spalter-Roth, R., 2009, Metrics for measuringbroadening participation in NSF programs: Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 15 (3), 245-261.

Wenner, J.M., Baer, E.M., Manduca, C.A., Macdonald, R.H., Patterson, S., and Savina,M., 2009, The case for infusing quantitative literacy into introductory geoscience courses:Numeracy, v. 2, Iss. 1, Article 4. Available at: http://services.bepress.com/numeracy/vol2/iss1/art4

Manduca, C.A., Baer, E., Hancock, G., Macdonald, R.H., Patterson, S., Savina, M., and Wenner, J., 2008, Making undergraduate geoscience quantitative. Eos, v. 89, p. 149-150.

Tewksbury, B.J. and Macdonald, R.H., 2007, A practical strategy for designing effectiveand innovative courses, in Designing, Implementing, and Sustaining a Research-SupportiveUndergraduate Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Curricular Practices from Faculty andInstitutions Engaged in Undergraduate Research (eds K.K. Karukstis and T. Elgren), Council onUndergraduate Research.

Kennedy, C.J., Schwartz, J.D., and Macdonald, R.H., 2006, What a Difference a Day Makes: The First Day of Class, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, v. 17, p. 143-159.

Macdonald, R.H., Manduca, C.A., Mogk, D.W., and Tewksbury, B.J., 2005, Teaching methodsin undergraduate geoscience courses: Results of the 2004 On the Cutting Edge survey of U.S.faculty: Journal of Geoscience Education.

Macdonald, R.H., Srogi, E., and Stracher, G.B., 2000, co-editors of Building the QuantitativeSkills of Majors and Non-majors in Geoscience Courses, Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 48,p. 412-486. Our introduction, Building the quantitative skills of students in geoscience courses, is on p. 409-412.

Macdonald, R.H., and Bailey, C.M., 2000, Integrating the teaching of quantitative skills acrossthe geology curriculum in a department: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 48, p. 482-486.

Courses

GEOL 306:  Marine Geology

GEOL 322:  The Sedimentary Record

GEOL 407:  Learning and Communicating in the Geosciences

GEOL 424:  Evolution of the Coastal Plain

INTR 150W:  Improving America's Schools: Mathematics and Science Education in the 21st Century

COLL 550:  College Teaching

MSCI 698:  College Science Teaching