Stanley Lo

Mailing address:Stanley Lo
9500 Gilman Drive #0355
La Jolla, CA 92093-0355

Email: smlo@ucsd.edu

Phone number: 858-246-1087

Current position: LPSOE

Institution: UC San Diego (Biological Sciences)

Courses taught: BILD 4, Introductory Biology Laboratory, 1200-1500 at full scale (new course in development)

Meetings: American Educational Research Association 2013, 2014
Association for Biology Laboratory Education 2014
International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2014
National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2013, 2014
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education 2012-2014
Summer Institute on Undergraduate Biology Education 2011-2014

Presentations:
8. Gore AK, Kim, S, Lo SM. Student approaches to problem solving in biology. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Meeting, Minnesota, MN, July 2014.

7. Lo SM, Kim S, Swarat SL, Light GL. Building a learning progression for chromosome segregation using variation theory from phenomenography. International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Boulder, CO, June 2014.

6. Lo SM, Drane DL, Baiduc RR, Swarat SL, Light GL. Connecting faculty conceptions of teaching, instructional practices, and student outcomes: A case study. National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2014.

5. Lo SM, Flores LC, Drane DL, Swarat SL, Beitel GJ, Light GJ. Increased retention from a summer bridge program focused on academics, community, and leadership. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2014.

4. Lo SM, Drane DL, Swarat SL, Larsen VM, Yee AT, Light GL. Positive outcomes of a discipline-based professional development program on faculty teaching, student learning, and institutional culture. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Meeting, Minnesota, MN, July 2013 (invited keynote address).

3. Lo SM, Swarat SL, Light GL. Seeding changes: Impact of a discipline-specific professional development program on biology faculty conceptions of teaching. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2013.

2. Lo SM, Swarat SL, Drane DL, Flores, LC, Light GL. Evaluation of students’ first-year experience after a summer-bridge program designed to promote diversity. National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference, Rio Grande, PR, April 2013.

1. Lo SM*, Swarat SL*, Light GL. Conceptions toward understanding chromosome segregation. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research National Meeting, Minnesota, MN, July 2012. *Equal contributions

Research interests: Faculty development, learning progressions, scientific argumentation