Education

Research Interests

I study issues dealing with content and pedagogy in constructivist-oriented teaching in the K-16 environment.

In particular, my research interests lie in community building and best practices for online education as well as science education and its implementation in the classroom. My doctoral research was on the development of community among students taking online courses.

For my Master's degree, I worked on factors of the acquisition and innoculation of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) by the Green Peach Aphid (Myzus persicae) on Russet-Burbank potatoes.

Professional Accomplishments

Graves, S., Odell, M., Ewers, T. and Ophus, J. (2004) A Model for Reform in Teaching Integrated Science: Promoting Scientific Literacy Among Undergraduate Non-Science Majors, in Sunal, D.W., Wright, E.L., and Blands, J., (eds.) Research in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st Century (pp. 477-493). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Mowry, T.M. and Ophus, J.D. (2002) Effects of sub-lethal imidacloprid levels on potato leafroll virus transmitted by Myzus persicae. Entomolgia Experimentalis et Applicata. 103: 249-255.

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