Cara Gormally, Academic Professional
Ph.D., Plant Biology, University of Georgia 2010
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Phone: 404-385-2762
Fax: 404-894-0519
Office: Cherry Emerson (CE) 307
Biography
Cara Gormally joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in May 2010. She earned her Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Georgia, where she also worked at the Center for Teaching and Learning. Her dissertation research investigated the ecological and evolutionary responses of plant populations to the coastal dune environment. Her research interests in biology education include the design, implementation, and evaluation of courses using active, collaborative learning strategies; the development of novel assessment tools to better understand how to help students learn to do science and to spark their interest in informal science learning; and advancing pedagogical development for future biology instructors.
Recent Publications
Gormally, C. and L.A. Donovan. No evidence of local adaptation in Uniola paniculata. Accepted, Southeastern Naturalist, April 2011.
Gormally, C. and L.A. Donovan. No evidence of local adaptation in Uniola paniculata. Accepted, Southeastern Naturalist, April 2011.
Gormally, C., P. Brickman, B. Hallar, and N. Armstrong. (2011) Lessons learned from developing and assessing an inquiry-based college science curriculum. Journal of College Science Teaching 40(3): 26-32.
Gormally, C. and L.A. Donovan. (2010) Responses of Uniola paniculata L.(Poaceae), an essential dune-building plant, to complex changing environmental gradients on the coastal dunes. Estuaries and Coasts 33(5):1237-1246.
P. Brickman, C. Gormally, N. Armstrong, and B. Hallar. 2009. Effects of inquiry-based learning on students' science literacy skills and confidence. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 3(2).