Professional Activities and Accomplishments

Publications • Service to the College and Community

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Professional Socities

• National Society of Microbiology Biology Scholars Fellow
• Assessment Fellow, 2014–2019
• Member: American Association of Anatomists
• Career Development Mentor, 2012 to present
• Member: American Association of Clinical Anatomists
• Member, Educational Affairs Committee, American Association of Clinical Anatomists. 2013-2016
• Vice Chair, Educational Affairs Committee, American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 2014-2015
• Member: Federation of Societies of Experimental Biology
• Member: American Physiological Society
• Member, Physiology Education Committee, 2000–2008
• Member: Human Anatomy & Physiology Society
• Member, Cadaver Usage Committee
• Member, Membership Committee
• Chair, Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Animal Use Committee, 2014–2016
• Member, Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Steering Committee, 2014–2015
• Member: AsiaNetwork, 1989-2018

Peer-Reviewed Grants Funded

• 2008: NSF CCLI Type 1 Grant (Award Number 0834873) (2009-2012)
• 2008: Eli Lilly Summer Research Fellows Grant (2008–2009)
• 2005: Eli Lilly Summer Research Fellows Grant (2005–2008)
• 1998: ASIANet China Seminar
• 1997: ASIANet China Seminar
• 1996: Johnson Wax Corporation Scientific Equipment Grant
• 1995: Modern Woodman Insurance Company Research Grant (1996–1999)
• National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award, 1995–1998
• 1993: Modern Woodman Insurance Company Research Grant 1993–1995
• 1992: National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award, 1992–1995
• 1991: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1991–1993
• 1989: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1989–1991
• 1988: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate
• Augustana Research Foundation Award
• Augustana Faculty Research Committee Award
• 1987: Augustana Faculty Research Committee Award
• 1985: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1985–1987
• 1982: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1982–1984
• 1980: Augustana Faculty Research Committee Award
• 1979: Mellon Research Award for Untenured Faculty
• 1977: Lilly Teaching Growth Award Program/Research Tutorial Program
• 1976: American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1976–1978
• 1975: Augustana College Faculty Research

Additional Academic and Professional Activity

• Reviewer, Anatomical Sciences Education, 2016–2018
• Biology Scholars Assessment Residency Fellow, 2014–2017
• Member, Educational Affairs Committee, American Association of Clinical Anatomists. 2013-2016
• Vice Chair, Educational Affairs Committee, American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 2014-2015
• Outside Consultant, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2012
• Reviewer, Problem-Based Learning House Electronic Journal, 2004 – 2018
• Invited Participant (one of only 500 biologists invited nationwide), American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference: "Transforming Undergraduate Education in Biology: Mobilizing the Community for Change," Washington D.C., July, 2009
• NSF CCLI/TUEs Grant Reviewer, 2009
• NSF CCLI/TUEs Grant Reviewer, 2007
• Presidential Research Fellow, Augustana College, Summer, 2007
• NSF CCLI/TUEs Grant Reviewer, 2006
• NSF CCLI/TUEs Grant Reviewer, 2005
• Visiting Senior Foreign Expert, College of Biological Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, PRC, February, 2003–April, 2003
• Member, Research Policies and Allocations Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1995–1997
• Chair, Research Fellowship Application Review Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1995–1997
• Member, Research Policies and Allocations Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1992–94
• Vice Chair, Grant–in–Aid Review Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1992–94
• Member, Grant–in Aid Review Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1990
• Member, Grant–in Aid Review Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1987
• Member, Grant–in Aid Review Committee, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1984
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins College of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland. May 1982–September, 1982
• Career Development Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Gerontology Research Center, National Aging Institute, Baltimore Maryland, May 1982–September, 1982

Outside Reviewer

• External Reviewer, Rank and Status Committee, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University (2017)
• External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Natural and Social Sciences, Bowling Green State University at Firelands. (2016)
• External Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Math and Natural Sciences, D'Youville College, Buffalo, NY. (2014)
• External Reviewer, Departmental Curriculum Review, D'Youville College, Buffalo, NY. (2014)
• Outside Reviewer, Ph.D Thesis Committee, Kinesiology Department, Michigan State University (2014)
• Outside Reviewer, Tenure and Promotions Committee, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (2012)
• Outside Consultant, Departmental Teaching Review, Indiana University School of Medicine (2012)
• Outside Reviewer, M.S. Thesis Committee, Biomedical Forensic Science Program, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine. (2008)

Lectures and Invited Talks

Invited presentations and Consulting:

• Invited lecture, IUPUI Graduate Program in Anatomical Education: “How to Obtain, Retain, and Enjoy Teaching at a Private Liberal Arts College. 2 March, 2018
• Indiana University School of Medicine Consultant: Seminar and interviews regarding "High quality teaching at the college level and beyond." 16–20 June, 2012.
• The Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Teaching of Undergraduate Human Anatomy (and other interesting things dealing with teaching undergraduates): Corps for Research of Instructional and Perceptual Technologies, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario.
• Tallitsch, R.B., Abdel-Malek, K., Krippel, J., Beck, A., Croll, P., Fenwick, S., Kelley, K., Peters, B. (2013) Computer-assisted instruction increased students' ability to interpret 3D relationships and retain essential material in undergraduate human anatomy and A&P courses. (NSF- sponsored conference for TUEs/CCLI principle investigator conference; invited presenter)
• Tallitsch, R.B., Abdel-Malek, K., Krippel, J., Beck, A., Croll, P., Fenwick, S., Kelley, K., Peters, B. (2010) Computer-Assisted Instruction in Training Undergraduate Human Anatomy: Preliminary Results of an Experimental Study. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education. A Call to Action. (NSF-sponsored conference; invited presenter)
• Problem-Based Learning Consultant and Talk, University of Maryland-Baltimore Campus, 25–28 May, 2009
• Problem-Based Learning Consultant and Talk, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 7–9 November, 2008
• Problem-Based Learning Consultant and Talk, Ohlone College, San Jose, CA, 7–9 March, 2008.
• Keynote Address: Illinois Association of Community College Biologists, 28–29 October, 2006
• Human Anatomy and Physiology Society National Meeting, Austin Texas, 27 May–1 June, 2006
• Strategies for Teaching Success, sponsored by Benjamin Cummings, College of DuPage, 21–22 April, 2006.
• AGENTS Network (Alverno Global Education Network for Teachers) Alverno College International and Intercultural Center: Keynote Speaker, 28 April, 2006
• Strategies for Teaching Success, sponsored by Benjamin Cummings, Monroe Community College, Monroe Michigan – 8 November, 2003.
• Keynote Speaker, Southeastern Association of Biologists, Appalachian State University, Boone N.C., 11 April, 2002
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, California State University – Sacramento, 5 April, 2002
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, University of California : Northridge, 20 April, 2001
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, University of West Florida, 30 March, 2001
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 23 March, 2001
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, University of Florida – Valencia Campus, 9 February, 2001
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Oklahoma State University, 6 October, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Cleveland Ohio, 11 February, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Austin, Texas, 25 February, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Baltimore Maryland, 24 March, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Kansas City, 31 March, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Denver, Colorado, 7 April, 2000
• National Sundance "Technology Think Tank for Anatomy and Physiology" (Sundance, Utah), 10 April, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 18 October, 2000
• Prentice Hall Bioforum, Ypsilanti Michigan, 29 October, 1999
• Teaching in the New Millennium Lecture Series, Friday, 19 March, 1999, Raleigh, N.C.
• Teaching in the New Millennium Lecture Series, Friday, 26 March, 1999, Philadelphia, PA.
• Teaching in the New Millennium Lecture Series, Friday, 16 April, 1999, Glen Ellen, IL.
• Teaching in the New Millennium Lecture Series, Friday, 22 October, 1999, St. Louis, MO. Key Note Address entitled "What do you teach, how do you teach it, and why?"
• Teaching in the New Millennium Lecture Series, Friday, 29 October, 1999, Detroit, MI.