Education
B.S. in Microbiology, Brigham Young University
M.S. in Plant Genetics-Iowa State University
Ph.D in Human Genetics-Virginia Commonwealth University
Fellowship in Pediatric Research at the Mental Retardation Center at the University of Colorado
Areas of Interest
Biology Education Research, specifically in teaching undergraduate Genetics
Works in Progress
"Using an Online Activity to Teach Regulation of the Lactose Operon in a General Genetics Undergraduate Classroom" Kallie Hillam, Tess Rasmussen, Scott Minnich, Gustavo Arrizabalaga, John Anderson, Derek Knox, Mark DeWall, and Todd Kelson, Presented October 13, 2011 at the 2011 National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Development Conference (Anaheim, CA)"
Evaluating the Efficacy of Screencasting as a Preparation Activity for Introductory Biology" Abigail Blades, Greg McDavitt, Todd Kelson, and Steven Christenson. Presented October 13, 2011 at the 2011 National Association of Biology Teachers Professional Developmentn Conference (Anaheim, CA)"
A Classroom Activity to Teach Polygenetic Inheritance" Samuel Head and Todd Kelson. Submitted to the National Association of Biology Teachers (2012 Annual Meeting)
Other Publications
Human Liver Fatty Aldehyde Dehydrogenase: Microsomal Localization, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization. Todd Kelson, Julie Secor McVoy, and William Rizzo. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1335:99-110 (1997)
Chaperonin-mediated Assembly of Wild-type and Mutant Subunits of Human Propionyl-CoA Carboxylase Expressed in Escherichia coli. Todd Kelson, Toshihiro Ohura, and Jan Kraus. Human Molecular Genetics 5:331-337 (1996)
Classes
FDSCI 205-Understanding DNA
BIO 180-Introduction to Biology, part 1
BIO 375-Genetics and Molecular Biology
Other Information
Biology Department Internship Coordinator for Human Biology Internships
Director, BYU-Idaho/University of Idaho INBRE Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Faculty Advisor, Pre-Optometry Society
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