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Alex J. Sadowski

Game Design Intern
Catlilli Games
Warrenton, Virginia 20186

• The Ebola Wars: Mission Immune Evasion

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Lauren Sahl

Professor
Corning School of Ocean Studies
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine 04420
lauren.sahl@mma.edu
Subject: Marine Science

• The Dead Zone: Ecology and Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico

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Sarah N. Salm

Professor
Science Department
Borough of Manhattan Community College / City University of New York
New York, New York 10007
ssalm@bmcc.cuny.edu

• The Fun in Fermentation

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Wendy Saltzman

Professor
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California 92506
saltzman@ucr.edu

• Going for Gold: Sex, Gender, and Competition

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Otto Sanchez

Associate Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada L1H 7K4
otto.sanchez@uoit.ca
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

• The 1st New Disease of the 21st Century

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Hayden E. Sando

Undergraduate Student
Department of Biological Sciences
University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19063

• Suzy’s Misdiagnosis: The Path to Revealing a Rare Autoimmune Disease

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Luke Sandro

High School Teacher
Science (Biology)
Springboro High School
Springboro, Ohio 45066
lsandro@springboro.org
Subject: Biology

• AH-CHOO!: A Case Study on Climate Change and Allergies

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Catherine Dana Santanello

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-2000
csantan@siue.edu
Subject: Pharmacy

• Blake's Illness: A Case of Wildlife Management

• The Case of a Tropical Disease and its Treatment: Science, Society, and Economics

• Ecotourism: Who Benefits?

• Sarah's Sickness: The Diagnosis and Treatment of an Infectious Disease

• East Meets West: An Infectious Disease Case

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Jorge A. Santiago-Blay

Resident Research Associate
Department of Paleobiology
National Museum of Natural History / Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20013-7012
blayj@si.edu
Subject: Plant Science

• Marketing Mostly Intangible Goods: The Case of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta

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Jayashree Sarathy

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Benedictine University
Lisle, Illinois 60532
jsarathy@ben.edu

• What's Wrong with Me?: Easy and Hard Diagnoses in Immunology

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Mark A. Sarvary

Senior Lecturer
Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
mas245@cornell.edu

• Why Did the Snake Cross the Road?: A Population Genetics and Habitat Conservation Case Study

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Brian K. Sato

Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697
bsato@uci.edu

• Yeast Cryptography: A Budding New Way to Keep Your Dough

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Misa Scepanovic

Department of Electrical Engineering
Oklahoma State University

• The Zoom Lens: A Case Study in Geometrical Optics

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Jennifer E. Schaefer

Department of Biology
College of Saint Benedict / Saint. John’s University
Collegeville, Minnesota 55362
jschaefer@csbsju.edu
Subject: Neurobiology, Physiology

• Earthquakes Damage Cells, Too: A Case Study in the Cellular Physiology of Cholera

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Hannah C. Schake

Undergraduate Student
Kinesiology and Sport Management
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409

• Caught Red-Handed: Hemoglobin, Carbon Monoxide, and a Butcher’s Knife

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Ryan T. Schalles

Nursing Student
School of Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas 79430

• Caught Red-Handed: Hemoglobin, Carbon Monoxide, and a Butcher’s Knife

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Elaine M. Schamber

Agronomy Department
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

• Seeds of Dissension: A Case Study in Patenting Genetic Material

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Elizabeth Scharf

Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-8374
elizabeth.scharf@und.nodak.edu
Subject: Anthropology

• What Do We Tell the Sheriff?: Determining Minimum Numbers of Individuals (MNI) for a Scatter of Human Bones

• Man's Best Friend?: Using Animal Bones to Solve an Archaeological Mystery

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Nancy A. Schiller

Librarian / Co-Director
University Libraries / National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14260
schiller@buffalo.edu
Subject: Science Education / Information Literacy / Library Science / Evolutionary Biology

• Frankenfoods?: The Debate Over Genetically Modified Crops

• The Galapagos

• Of Mammoths and Men: A Case Study in Extinction

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Keith K. Schillo

Assistant Professor
Biology Department
SUNY College at Oneonta
Oneonta, New York 13820
schillkk@oneonta.edu
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

• Nature or Nurture: The Case of the Boy Who Became a Girl

• Muscleman: A Surprising Case of Shrinkage

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Fred B. Schnee

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Loras College
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
fred.schnee@loras.edu

• Which of These is True? Validity and Ethics in Scientific Experimentation

• A Genetic Defense for Murder?

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Patricia Schneider

Professor
Biological Sciences and Geology
Queensborough Community College / City University of New York
Bayside, New York 11364-1497
pschneider@qcc.cuny.edu
Subject: Biology

• The Case of Desiree's Baby: The Genetics and Evolution of Skin Color

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Laura A. Schoenle

Assistant Director, Coordinator of Undergraduate Research and Honors
Office of Undergraduate Biology
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
las86@cornell.edu

• Coping with Infection: Resistance and Tolerance of Parasites in Soay Sheep

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Sebastian A. Schormann

Undergraduate Student
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama 35294

• Troubled Waters: Not Your Typical Case of Sea Sickness

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Mark W. Schraf

Senior Lecturer/Teaching Professor
Department of Chemistry
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
mark.schraf@mail.wvu.edu

• The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster: Bhopal, 1984

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Teresa M. Schulz

Professor
Science Department
Lansing Community College
Lansing, Michigan 48901-7210
schulzt@lcc.edu
Subject: Astronomy

• The Zarkah Stone: The Park Forest Meteorite Case

• Mask of the Black God: The Pleiades in Navajo Cosmology

• A Rose By Any Other Name: The Peculiar Case of Pluto

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Danielle Scriven

Research Assistant
Marine Affairs Program
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
danielle.scriven@dal.ca

• The Canadian Canola Controversy: The Role of Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture

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Wayne Seames

Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-7101
wayneseames@mail.und.edu
Subject: Engineering

• Those Pesky Side-Reactions: A Case Study on Ethics for Scientists and Engineers Developing Data in the Private Sector

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Silvia Secchi

Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Resources
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
ssecchi@siu.edu

• Moving to Higher Ground: Ecosystems, Economics and Equity in the Floodplain

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Miriam Segura-Totten

Associate Professor and Harry B. Forester Chair
Department of Biology
University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia 30597
mstotten@ung.edu
Subject: Biology

• Jim and the Forgotten Embryos: A Case on Stem Cell-Based Therapy

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Nadia Sellami

Postdoctoral Fellow 
Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California 90095
nsellami@college.ucla.edu

• I Scream for Ice Cream: Lactase Persistence in Humans

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Justin F. Shaffer

Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado 80401
jshaffer@mines.edu
Subject: Biology

• From Cow Juice to a Billion Dollar Drug, With Some Breakthroughs in Between

• The Sad But True Case of Earl Washington: DNA Analysis and the Criminal Justice System

• Anencephaly in Yakima: Many Questions, Few Answers

• Scorpion vs. Mouse : A Tale of Venom and Action Potentials

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Md Rumi Shammin

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
rumi.shammin@oberlin.edu
Subject: Environment

• Cooling Off a Warming Planet: Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change

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Caren D. Shapiro

Professor of Biology
Department of Mathematics & Natural Sciences
D’Youville College
Buffalo, New York 14201
shapiroc@dyc.edu
Subject: Biology

• To Vaccinate, or Not to Vaccinate: That is the Question

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Annalisa L. Sharkey

Graduate Student
Center for Conservation Medicine
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
North Grafton, Massachusetts 01536
annalisa.sharkey@gmail.com

• The Demise of the Forest People: Malaysian Palm Oil and the Threats Facing the Orangutan

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Joan Sharp

Teaching Professor Emerita
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada
jsharp@sfu.ca
Subject: Biology

• Cross-Dressing or Crossing-Over?: Sex Testing of Women Athletes

• A Tale of Three Lice: A Case Study on Phylogeny, Speciation, and Hominin Evolution

• A Deadly Passion: Sexual Cannibalism in the Australian Redback Spider

• What is a Species?: Speciation and the Maggot Fly

• Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse

• Something’s Fishy in Paxton Lake: Speciation in Sticklebacks

• Sex and the Komodo Dragon

• Animals Can Run Away, but Plants Must Stay: Responses to Herbivory

• Speciation and the Threespine Stickleback

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Joyce A. Shaw

Associate Professor of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
Endicott College
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
jshaw@endicott.edu
Subject: Biology / Anatomy / Physiology

• The Case of the Jamaican Fisherman

• Revolt on the Tuberculosis Ward

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Stephen J. Shawl

Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7582
shawl@ku.edu
Subject: Astronomy

• A Googol of Atoms?: A Directed Case in Estimation and Large Numbers

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Daniela J. Shebitz

Associate Professor
School of Environmental and Sustainability Science
Kean University
Union, New Jersey 07083
dshebitz@kean.edu

• Indigenous Knowledge and the Search for Medicine: Controversy in Chiapas

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Jane P. Sheldon

Professor
Department of Behavioral Sciences
University of Michigan—Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan 48128
jsheldon@umich.edu

• Brain Workouts: What Helps Cognitive Fitness?

• Anxiety Doesn’t Work: Treatment Options for SAD

• The Power of Communication

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Cathleen Shen

Undergraduate Student
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92197

• Sexually Transmitted Infections: Where and Why?

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Daniel R. Sherman

Undergraduate Student
Department of Biology
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085

• A Pain in the Gut: A Case Study in Gastric Physiology

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Angela Z. Shertzer

Instructional Designer
Center for Teaching and Learning
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
angieshertzer@gmail.com

• I Was the Clumsy One: Exploring the Central Nervous System through Type I Chiari Malformation

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Wayne Shew (rr)

Professor, Emeritus
Department of Biology
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama 35254

• A Headache to Die For: A Case Study in Forensic Science

• Do You Really Know What You're Eating?: A Case Study on Genetically Modified Foods

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Patricia A. Shields

Lecturer
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
pshields@umd.edu
Subject: Microbiology

• ELVIS Meltdown!: Microbiology Concepts of Culture, Growth, and Metabolism

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Joseph D. Shih

Assistant Professor of Biology
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
University of Saint Mary
Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
Shih429@stmary.edu

• Diagnosing and Treating Charlie’s Strange Spots

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Jessica L. Shiltz

Graduate Student
Department of Epidemiology
West Virgina University
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

• Campus Outbreak!: Modeling Seasonal Influenza

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Sarah R. Shioji

Nursing Student
School of Nursing
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Abilene
Abilene, Texas 79601

• Caught Red-Handed: Hemoglobin, Carbon Monoxide, and a Butcher’s Knife

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Kristen H. Short

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Manchester University
North Manchester, Indiana 46962
khshort@manchester.edu

• mRNA Processing: No Longer a Headache

• Hidden in Plain Sight: Analysis of Biodiversity

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Michèle I. Shuster

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001
mshuster@nmsu.edu
Subject: Biology

• Breast Cancer Risk: Using Real Medical Histories to Rank Genetic and Environmental Influences

• Murder by HIV? Grades 5-8 Edition

• Murder by HIV? Grades 9-12 Edition

• Murder by HIV? Undergraduate Edition

• Eating Himself to Death: Leptin Signaling Gone Wrong

• Protein Targeting Gone Awry: The Importance of Proper Localization

• MRSA in the NICU: Outbreak or Coincidence?

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Mary A. Sides

Biology Instructor
Biology Department
McLennan Community College
Waco, Texas 76708
msides@mclennan.edu
Subject: Biology

• Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of an Autoimmune Response

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Cathy Silver Key

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina 27707
ckey@nccu.edu
Subject: Biology

• Tazswana’s Story: How Alternative mRNA Splicing Leads to Genetic Disease

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Matthew L. Simon

Science Instructor
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar, Iowa 52132
simonma@nicc.edu

• AD 536: The Worst Year Ever and Our New Ragnarok

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Susan R. Singer

Lawrence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences
Department of Biology
Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
ssinger@carleton.edu
Subject: Biology

• SNPs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, and That's What People Are Made Of: A Case Study on Genome Privacy

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Marleigh E. Sistrunk

Undergraduate Student
Nutritional Sciences
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409

• Feeling the Pressure: Complications Associated with Pregnancy

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Jolanta Skalska

PhD
jskalska@gmail.com

• In Search of a Cure for Breast Cancer

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Krista E. Slemmons

Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481
kslemmon@uwsp.edu

• Dead Fish in Bear Pond: Paleoecology and Clues at the Core

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Sarah R. Sletten

Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Grand Forks, ND 58202
sarah.sletten@und.edu
Subject: Microbiology and Immunology

• Sweet Beets: Making Sugar Out of Thin Air

• An Extended Stay Getaway: Not Your Average Stomach Bug

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Ann C. Smith

Assistant Dean
Office of Undergraduate Studies
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
asmith@umd.edu
Subject: Microbiology

• ELVIS Meltdown!: Microbiology Concepts of Culture, Growth, and Metabolism

• Cow of the Future: Genetically Engineering a Microbe to Reduce Bovine Methane Emissions

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Brennan Smith

Assistant Professor
School of Food Science
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844
brennans@uidaho.edu

• Potato Chip Problems: Using Basic Quality Tools to Solve Food Quality Issues

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James J. Smith

Professor
Lyman Briggs College
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
jimsmith@msu.edu
Subject: Biology

• The Evolution of Color Vision in Monkeys: From Nucleotides to Ecology

• Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection

• Evolution in Action: The Power of Mutation in E. coli

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Kyle Smith

RN BSN CCRN SRNA
School of Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1049
kylesmith_68@hotmail.com

• From Tackle to Tension Pneumothorax

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Whitney E. Smith

Graduate Student
Center for Conservation Medicine
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
North Grafton, Massachusetts 01536
wesmithsw@gmail.com

• Bear Bile Farming: A Debate over Traditional Medicine and Its Role in Conservation

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Sohum Sohoni

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078
sohum.sohoni@okstate.edu
Subject: Computer Engineering

• March 7, 2017: The Day the Microprocessors Died

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Constance M. Soja

Professor
Department of Geology
Colgate University
Hamilton, New York 13346
csoja@colgate.edu
Subject: Earth Sciences

• Should Dinosaurs Be Cloned from Ancient DNA?

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Diara D. Spain

Professor of Biology
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, California 94901
diara.spain@dominican.edu

• An Investigation into Ocean Acidification

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David K. Spierer

Assistant Professor of Sports Sciences
School of Health Professions
Long Island University–Brooklyn Campus
Brooklyn, New York 11201
david.spierer@liu.edu
Subject: Health Professions

• Inactive Brains: An Interrupted Case Study

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Melissa C. Srougi

Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
mcsrougi@ncsu.edu
Subject:

• COVID-19: Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go?

• New Tricks for Old Drugs: Using High-Throughput Screening to Repurpose Medications

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Thomas R. Stabler

Laboratory Director
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Canisius College
Buffalo, New York 14208
stabler@canisius.edu
Subject: Chemistry

• Mystery in Alaska: Why Have All the Sea Lions Gone?

• Ethanol or Biodiesel?: A Systems Analysis Decision

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Debra L. Stamper

Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
dstamper@partners.org
Subject: Biology

• Sickle Cell Anemia

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Alice M. Stanford

Associate Professor
Division of Science and Mathematics
University of the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
astanfo@uvi.edu
Subject: Biology

• Living With Her Genes: Early Onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease

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Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
ksh@uga.edu
Subject: Biology

• The Case of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: The Scientific Process and How it Relates to Everyday Life

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Claudia Stein

Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Biology and Tyson Research Center
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
cstein@wustl.edu

• The Dilution Effect: How Biodiversity Can Affect Human Health

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Daniel C. Stein

Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
dcstein@umd.edu

• Cow of the Future: Genetically Engineering a Microbe to Reduce Bovine Methane Emissions

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Jeffrey A. Steinmetz

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Francis Marion University
Florence, South Carolina 29502
jsteinmetz@fmarion.edu
Subject: Biology

• One Glass for Two People: A Case of Water Use Rights in the Eastern United States

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Philip J. Stephens

Professor
Department of Biology
Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085
phil.stephens@villanova.edu
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

• The Tired Swimmer: A Case Study on the Nervous System

• Anyone Who Had a Heart: A Case Study in Physiology

• Driving Can Be Dangerous to Your Health: An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology

• It's Like Pulling Teeth: A Case Study in Physiology

• The Soccer Mom: A Case Study on the Nervous System

• Keeping up with the Joneses: A Case Study in Human Physiology

• Taking It on the Chin: A Case Study on the Nervous System

• The Ice Hockey Injury: A Case Study in Physiology

• I've Fallen Over and I Can't Get Up

• The Soccer Mom: Hebrew Translation

• How Do Scallops Swim?

• Facing the Pain: An Interrupted Case Study in Physiology

• A Pain in the Gut: A Case Study in Gastric Physiology

• Lee Family Problems: The Yin and Yang of Membrane Physiology

• When Jenn Lost Her Nerve: A Closer Look at Chemical Synapses

• Running Off Track: A Case Study in Renal Physiology

• Fluid in the Ear: An Interrupted Case in Auditory Physiology

• A “Deafinite” Cause for Alarm: A Case Study in Hearing Physiology

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Clinton Stevenson

Assistant Professor
Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
cdsteve3@ncsu.edu
Subject: Food Science / Statistics

• Packing Pickles: Picking and Performing a Statistical Test

• Through the Grater: Creating Acceptance Sampling Plans

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Maura O. Stevenson

Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut 06518
Maura.Stevenson@quinnipiac.edu

• Bringing Home More than a Medal: An Olympian’s Battle Following Zika Virus Infection

• An Unexpected Loss: Healing Through Rehabilitation and Virtual Reality

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Richard C. Stewart

Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
alec@umd.edu
Subject: Microbiology

• ELVIS Meltdown!: Microbiology Concepts of Culture, Growth, and Metabolism

• Cow of the Future: Genetically Engineering a Microbe to Reduce Bovine Methane Emissions

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Anthony C. Steyermark

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota 55105
acsteyermark@stthomas.edu
Subject: Biology

• It Was a Hot August Afternoon...

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Sarah Stokke

Instructor
Department of Nursing
University of South Dakota
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57106
sarah.stokke@sio.midco.net
Subject:

• Enigma in the ED: Tracking a Puzzling Illness

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Sarah G. Stonefoot

Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography & New Media
Department of Art & Art History
Beloit College
Beloit, Wisconsin 53511
stonefos@beloit.edu

• Extrasensory Perception: Pseudoscience?: A Battle at the Edge of Science

• A Need for Needles - Acupuncture: Does it Really Work?

• Salamander Superpowers: A Question of Regeneration

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Kari Brossard Stoos

Assistant Professor
Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education
Ithaca College
Ithaca, New York 14850
kstoos@ithaca.edu

• Why Am I Always So Tired?: A Provider-Patient Simulation

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Geffrey F. Stopper

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, Connecticut 06825
stopperg@sacredheart.edu
Subject: Biology

• Mathematics in Conservation: The Case of the Endangered Florida Panther

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Amanda Storm

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
arstorm@email.wcu.edu

• Oral Allergy Syndrome: A Confluence of Immunology and Phylogeny

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Daniel B. Stovall

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733
stovalld@winthrop.edu

• Retinoblastoma: The Hits Just Keep Coming

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M. Elizabeth Strasser

Professor
Department of Anthropology
Sacramento State
Sacramento, California 95819-6106
strasser@saclink.csus.edu
Subject: Anthropology

• The Missing Link

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Courtenay C. Strickland

Communications Development and Policy Specialist
C. Strickland Consulting
Miami, Florida 33156
cstrickland@cstricklandconsulting.com

• Fields of Gold: Plant Prospecting for Precious Metals

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Nathan Strong

Professor
Biological Sciences / Chemistry Department
New Hampshire Technical Institute
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-7412
nstrong@ccsnh.edu
Subject: Biology

• The 2000-Meter Row: A Case in Homeostasis

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Phoebe R. Stubblefield

Director of Forensic Science Program
Department of Anthropology
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-8374
phoebe.stubblefield@und.edu
Subject: Anthropology

• What Do We Tell the Sheriff?: Determining Minimum Numbers of Individuals (MNI) for a Scatter of Human Bones

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Sha Sun

Assistant Professor
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697
shasun@uci.edu

• Anencephaly in Yakima: Many Questions, Few Answers

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Anitha Sundararajan

Research Scientist
Bioinformatics
National Center for Genome Resources
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
asundara@ncgr.org

• MRSA in the NICU: Outbreak or Coincidence?

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C. Nicole Sunnen

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of the Sciences
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
c.sunnen@usciences.edu

• I’m Having a What?!: A PBL Case Study on the Female Reproductive System and Early Pregnancy

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Jordan F. Suter

Assistant Professor
Economics & Environmental Studies
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
jordan.suter@oberlin.edu

• Cooling Off a Warming Planet: Analyzing the Tradeoffs in Policies for Climate Change

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Jacelyn Swede

Undergraduate Student
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697

• Cholera and Conflict in Yemen