Beth Montelone

In my role as an administrator, I am still able to do some scholarly work. I have chosen to focus on the area of increasing participation in the STEM workforce and capacity-building for areas broadly related to health and biosciences. I think that this is critical for US science and technology and our national security.

Active Projects

1. Lead PI on two extramurally funded projects “Pathways to Public Health” and “One Health Kansas” – both aimed at increasing STEM pipeline in general, public health as broadly defined. These projects support K-12 outreach, undergraduate and graduate recruiting, and public health workforce recruiting and continuing education efforts.
2. I have DCE funding and am working with Bob Larson of Clinical Sciences to develop an online One Health graduate survey course for implementation in Fall 2012.
3. I am serving as a Co-PI on recently awarded USDA CAP grant on STEC in beef chain (UNL is the lead organization) and will direct education and student research efforts.
4. I am the director of the K-State education and outreach effort for DHS-funded Center of Excellence on Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases and Co-PI on recently awarded HS-STEM Career Development Program related to this Center.

Recent Publications

Spears, J. D., R. A. Dyer, S. E. Franks, and B. A. Montelone, 2004. Building a network to support girls and women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. J. Women Minor. Sci. Eng., 10: 161-177.

Spears, J. D., B. A. Montelone, S. Arnold Christian, K.D. Douglas, R. A. Dyer, and L. Freeman, 2005. The GROW Project: Impacts on academic performance. WEPAN/NAMEPA 2005 National Conference Proceedings. http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&handle=psu.wepan/1181066982&view=body&content-type=pdf_1#

Montelone, B. A., and J. D. Spears, 2006. 6-12 teacher/University faculty partnerships to improve science education. WEPAN 2006 National Conference Proceedings. http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&handle=psu.wepan/1181066439&view=body&content-type=pdf_1#

Arnold-Christian, S., K. D. Douglas, R. A. Dyer, L. Freeman, B. A. Montelone and J. D. Spears, 2006. Designing and delivering student-led outreach events for middle school students. WEPAN 2006 National Conference Proceedings. http://dpubs.libraries.psu.edu/DPubS?service=Repository&version=1.0&verb=Disseminate&handle=psu.wepan/1181066443&view=body&content-type=pdf_1#

R. A. Dyer and B. A. Montelone, 2007 “An institutional approach to establishing professional networks.” In: Transforming Science and Engineering, A. J. Stewart, J. E. Malley, and D. Lavaque, eds, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; pp. 48-61.

Montelone, B. A., 2007. “Initiatives to Increase Faculty Competitiveness for Federal Research Funding”, In: Future Directions for Federal Research Funding, Merrill Series on The Research Mission of Public Universities, Merrill Advanced Studies Center, University of Kansas. http://www2.ku.edu/~masc/conferences/07whtpap.pdf

Montelone, B. A., D. A. Rintoul, L. G. Williams, 2008. Assessment of the effectiveness of the studio format in student learning in introductory undergraduate biology. CBE—Life Sciences Education 7: 234-242. http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/reprint/7/2/234

Montelone, B. A., 2010. “Building Infrastructure to Enhance Integration of Research and Education”, In: Sustaining and Enhancing the Research Mission of Public Universities, Merrill Series on The Research Mission of Public Universities, Merrill Advanced Studies Center, University of Kansas.

Hai-Jew, S., L. C. Freeman, and B. A. Montelone, 2011. “Globalizing and Localizing: Creating an Introductory Public Health Course and Online Learning Environment (A Case Study)”. In: .N. A. Alias and S. bin Hashim, eds., Instructional Technology Research, Design and Development: Lessons from the Field, IGI Global, Hershey, PA.