Courses Taught
- General Biology I (BIO 191) Lecture and Lab
- Microbiology (BIO 210) Lab
Education
- M.S., Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- B.S., Environmental Science, University of Notre Dame
Major Areas of Interest
Increasing biological literacy through student-led research.
Publications
Burt-Nicholas, L., & Shaffer-McCarthy, B. (2022). A Tale of Two Literacies: Merging Information Literacy and Scientific Literacy in a Learning Community. In J. Pinkley & K. C. Casey (Eds.), The Community College Library: Instruction and Reference. Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).
Shaffer, Elizabeth; Sims, Gerald; Cupples, Alison; Smyth, Charles; Chee-Sanford, Joanne; and Skinner, Andrea (2010) Atrazine Biodegradation in a Cisne Soil Exposed to a Major Spill, International Journal of Soil, Sediment and Water: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 5.
Cupples, A.M., E.A. Shaffer, J.C. Chee-Sanford, and G.K. Sims. 2007. DNA buoyant density shifts during 15N DNA stable isotope probing. Microbiological Res. 162:328-334.