Dr. Michael J. Dougherty
McGavacks of Loudoun Associate Professor of Biology
On sabbatical in 2005-06 at University of Kent in Canterbury, England
Email: mdougherty@hsc.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1993.
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1986.
Courses Taught
Principles of Biology
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Biology of Cancer
Human Genome Project
Alien Abductions, Crop Circles, and Psychics: Caveat Credulous
Select Publications
Dougherty, M. J. Practical skeptical thinking: Using logic and evidence in life. Journal of College Science Teaching, March, 56-57. (2004).
Dougherty, M.J. Using the paranormal to teach scientific habits of mind. The Science Education Review. 3(1), 8-11. (2004).
Dougherty, M. J. Educating believers: Research demonstrates that courses in skepticism can effectively decrease belief in the paranormal. Skeptic 10(4), 31-35. (2004).
Dougherty, M. J. Is teaching biology enough? The American Biology Teacher 65(6), 405-406. (2003).
Cutter, M.A., Dombrowski, J., Dougherty, M.J., Friedman, D., Henderson, P., McNicholas, L., Way, E.L. The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction. NIH, BSCS, and Videodiscovery: Colorado Springs, Washington, D.C., and Seattle. (2001).
Dougherty, M.J. Book review (Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It). Quarterly Review of Biology 76(3), September 2001.
Dougherty, M.J. The Human Genome Project: What Doesn't It Mean? The Garnet 109(2), 43-45. Spring, 2001.
Dougherty, M.J. Heritability is defined (letter). The American Biology Teacher 62(9), 628. (November/December 2000).
Dougherty, M.J. The Genetics of Autism. Action BioScience (peer-reviewed online journal). http://www.actionbioscience.org/genomic/dougherty.html (2000).
Van Scotter, P.S., Bybee, R.W., and Dougherty, M.J. Fundamentals of Integrated Science. The Science Teacher 67(6), 25-28. (2000).
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. Genes, Environment, and Human Behavior (high school genetics text). M.J. Dougherty, principal author. BSCS, Colorado Springs, CO. (2000).
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. 1998. Biological Perspectives (college biology textbook). M.J. Dougherty, Principal author of Unit 1 of 3. Kendall/Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, IA.
Dougherty, M.J. 1998. Is the human race evolving or devolving? Scientific American (online), Ask the Experts, http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/biology/biology32.html
Dougherty, M.J. Formative assessment: Using an instructional model to improve conceptual learning. The Science Teacher 64(6), 29-33. (1997).
Kothakota, S., Dougherty, M.J., Atkins, E.D.T., Mason, T.L., Fournier, M.J., and Tirrell, D.A. 1995. Templated biological synthesis of polymers of abiological monomers. Macromol. Symp. 98, 573.
Cantor, E.J., Creel, H.S., Deguchi, Y., Dougherty, M.J., et al. 1994. In vivo synthesis and structural analysis of alanylglycine-rich artificial proteins. Silk Proteins: Materials Science and Biotechnology. D. Kaplan, W.W. Adams, B. Farmer, and C. Viney (Eds.), Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington, D.C.
Dougherty, M.J., Kothakota, S., Mason, T.L., Tirrell, D.A., and Fournier, M.J. 1993. Synthesis of a genetically engineered repetitive polypeptide containing periodic selenomethionine residues. Macromolecules 26, 1779.
Dougherty, M.J., Tirell, D.A., Mason, T.L., and Fournier, M.J. 1991. In vivo synthesis of repetitive polypeptides: Defining requirements for beta-hairpin formation. J. Cell. Biochem. 15G, 206.
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