My degrees include a Ph.D. in Physiology & Biophysics from the University of Washington (2002), a M.A. in Science Education from Western Governors University (2018), and a B.A. in Biology from Williams College (1995).
It is easiest to reach me by email (gcrowther AT everettcc DOT edu), but go ahead and view my complete contact information if you must.
| 10/7/24 |
Shoreline Community College has issued a press release on the just-funded NSF project led by Ben Wiggins (SCC) and me. |
| 9/24/24 |
Today I make another guest appearance on Stephen Heard's "Scientist Sees Squirrel" blog to muse about whether I have any business chairing the EvCC Assessment Committee. |
| 8/27/24 |
My NSF proposal with Ben Wiggins on his Public Exams and my TQTs has been funded! This award was one of 35 given by NSF as part of its new program on Innovation in Two-Year Colleges in STEM Education. |
| 8/16/24 |
Just published: my essay with Ben Wiggins in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education: Exam reform: an opportunity for the redistribution of academic power. |
| 8/15/24 |
Today Advances in Physiology Education has published (in preprint form) our paper on making Human Anatomy class something more than a memorization-fest. |
| 8/12/24 |
Today my five-minute video on Outcomes Assessment was released as one (small) component of the New Faculty Institute set up by the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges (WSBCTC). |
| 6/30/24 |
Kevin Patton's The A&P Professor (TAPP Radio) podcast has just released Episode 149: Examining the A&P Exam. In this episode Ben Wiggins and I offer thoughts about the challenges of creating exams that are simultaneously fair, equitable, and rigorous. |
| 6/4/24 |
Just posted: a JMBE Live! episode about our recent JMBE paper, supplemented with the Elton John-adjacent tune "I'm Still Grading" (which begins about 17:30 into the webinar). |
| 6/3/24 |
If you've been waiting for the day when Dr. Crowther would provide a musical explanation of how the statistical phenomenon of Berkson's Paradox may relate to kidney disease research, you're in luck! |
| 5/22/24 |
Do you teach anatomy and/or physiology? If so, I'd LOVE it if you could complete a survey on A&P instuctors' current exam methods, which will be open until mid-June. It takes 10-15 minutes, but you'll be entered into a drawing for a $250 gift card! We aim to publish our results in a future issue of HAPS Educator. |
| 2/2/24 |
Published today: an American Physiological Society podcast episode featuring my long-time collaborator Kiki Jenkins and me chatting about our recent paper on using Universal Design in Learning (UDL) to teach science with music. |
| 12/7/23 |
In a rare Crowther foray into NON-science music, Ed Alexander (EvCC's interim executive director of IT) and I are giving John Olson (executive director of the EvCC Foundation) a farewell song at his retirement party this afternoon. Congratulations, John! |
| 11/29/23 |
My TQT revisions for Human Anatomy (Biology 231 at EvCC) are now complete! Feel free to check 'em out in my public TQTs folder. As with my revised Human Physiology TQTs (released over the summer), they now include student-facing strategy tips and Creative Commons images that can be freely shared. |
| 11/21/23 |
Today I return to Steve Heard's "Scientist Sees Squirrel" blog with a follow-up to my previous post there about peer review. |
| 11/20/23 |
Over the weekend, the following musical milestone was reached: the music video for "Glucose, Glucose" (a parody of "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies, with new lyrics by me) hit 1 million views! |
| 11/7/23 |
Published today in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education: my new "ChatGPT vs. TQTs" paper, created with help from six wonderful coauthors: Kiki Jenkins, Leena Knight, Tom Knight, Deb Myers, Kevin Patton, and Usha Sankar! |
| 9/25/23 |
As part of the American Physiological Society's Peer Review Week, I've been named a "Star Reviewer" in recognition of my work reviewing manuscripts for Advances in Physiology Education. |
| 8/19/23 |
I've just finished a big revision of my human physiology TQTs. Aside from numerous improvements in clarity, they now include student-facing strategy tips and Creative Commons images that can be freely shared! |
| 7/25/23 |
Summer bloggin' continues at "Scientist Sees Squirrel," with my cranky critique of an awkward aspect of conference community-building. |
| 5/30/23 |
Today I make another appearance on Stephen Heard's excellent "Scientist Sees Squirrel" blog with a guest post titled The delicate dance of peer review. |
| 5/23/23 |
The United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) includes an "A-MU-SING competition" for new statistics education resources. This year, a song I wrote with my wife for her Renal Grand Rounds presentation tied for second place in the music category. |
| 4/27/23 |
Just accepted by Advances in Physiology Education: Teaching science with the "universal language" of music: alignment with the Universal Design for Learning framework, coauthored with Edmund Adjapong and Lekelia (Kiki) Jenkins. |
| 4/26/23 |
Earlier this month I presented "Wigging Out About ChatGPT: Assessment, Artificial Intelligence, and the Wiggers Diagram" to the Anatomy & Physiology Teaching & Learning Community. My slides are now posted to the A&P TLC Meeting Information page. |
| 3/29/23 |
Today we published our third TQT-related paper of the year! (It's the fifth TQT paper overall.) |
| 3/9/23 |
Last Friday I took part in Green River College's professional development day on alternative grading practices. My contribution was to lead two sessions on reassessment (i.e., giving students multiple chances to demonstrate mastery), which greatly expanded and updated last June's 12-minute talk on reassessment for the Grading Conference. |
| 2/6/23 |
Just published (online) in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education: Student Perceptions of a Framework for Facilitating Transfer from Lessons to Exams, and the Relevance of This Framework to Published Lessons by the wonderful undergraduate student Dilan Evans, my wonderful collaborator Lekelia (Kiki) Jenkins, and me. |
| 1/27/23 |
For me, one of the many highlights of the TQT project has been reconnecting with Tom Knight, an old friend from grad school who is now a biology professor at Whitman College in southeastern Washington. My paper with Tom on using TQTs to teach physiology core concepts is now posted on the Advances in Physiology Education website. |