Marion Field Fass B.A., University of Pennsylvania Sc.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Professor of Biology Head of Health Care Studies Program Department of Biology, Beloit College 700 College St, Beloit WI 53511 608-363-2784 fassm@beloit.edu schedule projects classes current associations professional awards publications & presentations interests and links	Check out the web pages forAfrican Universities Responding to HIV/AIDS, a joint project of African Women in Science and Engineering and the SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsiblities) project of the AAC &U

Publications and Projects
Jungck, JR, Fass, MF, Stanley, ES, Microbes Count: Problem Posing, Problem Solving and Peer Persuasion in Microbiology, ASM Press, 2003 Director of Microbiology Projects, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium African Universities Responding to HIV/AIDS Science Advisor, Rediscovering Biology, Oregon Public Broadcasting and Annenberg CPB, Fall 2003

My classes and some class pages!

• Biology 110 Human Biology: A Workshop Approach
• Biology 141 Microbiology
• Biology 201 Biological Issues:Emerging Diseases
• Sociology 275 Health, Medical Care and Society
• IDST 215: Social Implications of Biotechnology
• WMST 252: Making Women Healthier (with Nancy Krusko) Spring 2002
• Health Care Studies 340: Geography and Health (Spring 2002)
• Health Care Studies 340 Proseminar: Prevention (Spring 1997)
• Health Care Studies 340 Proseminar: Literature and Medicine (Fall2003)

Association for College and University Biology Teachers

 

Beloit Community Health Assesment Committee

Chair, City of Beloit Board of Health

 

 

Visiting Scientist, SENCER project, Association of American Colleges and Universities 2002-2003

American Public Health Association

 

American Association for Microbiology, Editorial Board, Microbe Library

 

Professional Awards

SENCER (Science Education for Civic Engagements and Responsibility) Recognition, American Association of Colleges and Universities, January 2000, in recognition of Biological Issues: Emerging Diseases course.

Beloit Tribute to Women 1999 Award for Excellence in Education, Beloit, WI, 1999.

Rock County Tobacco Free Coalition Volunteer of the Year Award, Beloit, WI, 1998.

Phee Boon Kang '73 Award for Faculty Innovation in Pedagogy, Beloit College, 1998.

LifeStyle Program, Beloit Corporation, the Gold Award for Program Excellence of the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA), October 1994.

African Universities Responding to HIV/AIDS: A Progress Report: A report and journals from my 2002 visits to universities in Kenya and Tanzania
East Africa in Transition: Communities, Culture, and Change.

Beloit College Health Professions Advisory Committee pages- Great links and a calendar of health professions activities at Beloit College. Check here for information about MCAT, schools of allopathic and osteopathic medicine, and advice from medical students.

 

Cellsalive.com, microscopy gallery