I am a science education specialist with research interests focused on: evaluating the effectiveness of specific active learning strategies, assessment techniques and metacognitive activities on student success examining the impact of undergraduate research and course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) on student knowledge, skills and attitudes examining the beliefs and attitudes of students preparing for careers in STEM teaching

G. Andaya, V. Hrabak, S. Parks, R. E. Diaz, K K. McDonald. Examining the Effectiveness of a Post-Exam Review Activity to Promote Self-Regulation in Introductory Biology Students. Journal of College Science Teaching. 46(4), 84-92. K. K. McDonald and S. R. Gnagy. Lights, Camera, Acting Transport! Using Role-play to Teach Membrane Transport. CourseSource. 2015. http://www.coursesource.org/courses/lights-camera-acting-transport-using-role-play-to-teach-membrane-transport. K. K. McDonald and J. Gomes. Evaluating Student Preparedness and Conceptual Change in Introductory Biology Students Studying Gene Expression. 2013. Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies. 3 (1), 22-35. S. S. Hannenhalli, R. P. Middleton, S. Levy, B. Perroud, J. Holzwarth, K. K. McDonald, S. S. Hannah. Identification and Cross-Species Comparison of Canine Osteoarthritic gene Regulatory cis-elements. 2006. OsteoArthritis and Cartilage. 14, 830-838. K. K. McDonald, S. Zharikov, E. R. Block, M. S. Kilberg. Localization in caveolae of a complex between the CAT1 arginine transporter and endothelial nitric oxide synthetase may explain the arginine paradox. 1998. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272:31213-31216. J. C. Matthews, A. M. Aslanian, K. K. McDonald, M. S. Malandro, B. K. Tamarapoo, D. A. Novak, and M. S. Kilberg. Expression of mammalian amino acid transporters: A new model transfection system for stably-maintained episomal vector. 1997. Anal. Biochem. 254:208-214. K. K. McDonald, R. Rouhani, M. E. Handlogten, E. R. Block, O. W. Griffith, R. D. Allison, M. S. Kilberg. Inhibition of endothelial cell amino acid transport System y+ by arginine analogs that inhibit nitric oxide synthase. 1997. Biochim. et biophys. acta 1324:133-141. B. K. Tamarappoo, K. K. McDonald, M. S. Kilberg. Expressed human hippocampal ASCT1 amino acid transporter exhibits a pH-dependent change in substrate specificity. 1996. Biochim. et biophys. act.76794:131-136.