Caron Inouye Faculty Profile
Caron Inouye
Professor of Biology, Director of General Education, Chair of General Studies
Department of Biological Sciences
- E-mail: caron.inouye@csueastbay.edu
- Phone: (510) 885-2940
- Office: SA 1500
Currently serving as the Director of General Education and Chair of General Studies.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- The effects of retrieval strategies and cognitive load reduction on student learning
- Course/curriculum reform and special programs and impacts on STEM student persistence and graduation
- Assessment strategies and assessment tools for gauging student learning outcomes at course, program, and institutional levels
- Impacts of STEM K-12 partnerships on higher education faculty
Environmental Toxicology, Avian Physiological Ecology
- Physiological/toxicological effects of organic pollutants, such as brominated flame retardants, on birds and other animals
- The physiological bases for carotenoid color variation in birds and other animals
- Ph.D. in Biology, UCLA
Not teaching this semester.
Inouye, C.Y., C.L. Bae, and K.N. Hayes. 2017. Using whiteboards to suport college students' learning of complex physiological concepts. Advances in Physiology Education 41(3): 478-484. http://advan.physiology.org/content/41/3/478
Inouye, C., C. Ouyang, S. Couch, and E. Yeager. 2015. Improving STEM retention at CSU East Bay. Peer Review 17(2). http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2015/spring/Inouye
M. Korb, D. LeDuc, C. Inouye, M. Jensen, and J. Seitz. 2015. Policy in support of pedagogy: Collaboration among scientists, science educators, and engineers in preparing qualified K-8 STEM teachers. Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies 5(1): 51-60.
Soules, A., S. Nielsen, D. LeDuc, C. Inouye, J. Singley, E. Wildy, and J. Seitz. 2014. Embedding multiple literacies into STEM curricula. College Teaching 62(4): 121-128.
Glass, J., D. Fleming, C. Inouye, L. Ivey, L. Van Hofwegen, and A. Wong. 2011. CSU East Bay: Hybrid course design. Institute for Teaching & Learning Connections 4(2): 1-8.
Inouye, C. 2011. A vision of service learning in biology. Service Learning Voices and Visions, Special Edition 2010 – 2011. California State University, East Bay.
Inouye, C.Y. 2010. Abstract: Team-based learning in a large lecture course: effective even in small doses. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 11(1): 88.
Inouye, C.Y. 2007. Book review: Bird coloration. Volume I: Mechanisms and measurements. The Condor 109(2):482-483.
Hill, G.E., C.Y. Inouye, and R. Montgomerie. 2002. Dietary carotenoids predict plumage coloration in wild house finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269(1496): 1119-1124.
Inouye, C.Y., G.E. Hill, R. Montgomerie, and R.D. Stradi. 2001. Carotenoid pigments in the plumage of male House Finches in relation to age, subspecies, and ornamental coloration. Auk 118(4): 900-915.
Inouye, C.Y., I. Girard, T.K. Brown, D. Hayse, F. Hertel, and K.A. Nagy. 1997. Book review: Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology. Auk 114(4): 803.
Hill, G.E., R. Montgomerie, C.Y. Inouye, and J. Dale. 1994. Influence of dietary carotenoids on plasma and plumage color in the house finch: intra- and intersexual variation. Functional Ecology 8: 343-350.
Rubega, M. and C. Inouye. 1994. Prey switching in Red-necked Phalaropes, Phalaropus lobatus: feeding limitations, the functional response and water management at Mono Lake, California, USA. Biological Conservation 70: 205-210.
Reciprocal Learning in Science Professional Development: Faculty Shift their Practice, National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual International Conference (presented talk), 2016
Whiteboarding Draws Upon Multiple Learning Processes to Increase Performance in a College Biology Course, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (co-presented talk), 2016
Theme-based Approach to the SUCCESS Freshman Learning Experience, CSU STEM Collaboratives Annual Meeting (co-presented talk), 2015
Systems and Networks Building at CSUEB to Support Excellence in STEM Education, Keck/PKAL Annual Meeting (co-presented talk), 2013
Programmatic Excellence and Innovation in Learning: Supporting Learning and Assessment through Interdisciplinary Faculty and Staff Collaborative Research Projects, WASC Academic Resource Conference (co-presented talk), 2013
From almond tortes to Prezi: strategies to actively engage students, CSUEB Back to the Bay Conference (co-presented talk), 2012
Alternative learning solutions project at CSUEB, CSUEB Back to the Bay Conference (co-presented talk), 2012
Science assessment: Using multiple measures, Integrated Middle School Science Project Program Summer Institute (co-presented talk), 2012
Hybrid course design: develop, create, and deliver, CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning (co-presented webinar), 2011
Using clickers to enhance student engagement, CSUEB Back to the Bay Conference (talks in 2008, 2009, 2010), SF State University (invited talk in 2011)
Team-based learning in large lecture courses: effective even in small doses, American Society of Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (poster), 2010
Using a digital library to enhance teaching and learning, CSUEB Back to the Bay Conference (talk), 2008
Health risks associated with BPA in plastics, Bay Area People with Rosy Chu, KTVU/Fox Channel 2 (TV interview), 2008
The House Sparrow as a model for PBDE exposure, NorCal Society of Environmental Toxicologists & Chemists (poster), 2006
Making lemonade from a lemon: renovating a physiology course with existing resources, CSU Regional Symposium on University Teaching (talk), 2006
Emerging themes in an interdisciplinary faculty learning community, CSU Regional Symposium on University Teaching (co-presented talk), 2006
Less is more: strategies for maximizing student learning in an animal physiology laboratory, Northern California Science Education Symposium (talk), 2006
From food to feather: the physiology of color variation in the House Finch, CSU Northridge Biology Colloquium (invited talk), 2001
WORKSHOPS
High Impact Practices Workshop Series: Collaborative Learning, CSUEB Office of Faculty Development, 2016
Twitters and clickers: using surveys to engage students, CSUEB Office of Faculty Development, 2010
Human physiology, Bay Area Science Project/Lawrence-Berkeley Laboratory, multiple workshops, 2006
Birds of Hayward Shoreline, Bay-Area Environmental Science & Teaching Institute, 2003
CSU Chancellor's OFfice/Helmsley Charitable Trust, STEM Collaboratives Grant, Principal Investigator, 2015-2017
CSU Chancellor's Office Proven Lead Faculty, 2015-2016
CSU Chancellor's Office Promising Practices Course Redesign Grants, Co-PI, 2013-15, 2014-16
Programmatic Excellence & Innovation in Learning Project Implementation Grant, Principal Investigator, 2012-2013
Bechtel Phase III: Developing and Enhancing Multiple FLGS Pathways, Key Faculty, 2012-2015
Alternative Learning Solutions Program Grant, Faculty Awardee, 2012
Bechtel Phase II: Model FLGS Community Grant Program, Key Faculty, 2011-2012
Bechtel Foundational Science Partnership: Model Collaboration Between Universities on Improved Science Preparation for K-8 Teachers, CSUEB Faculty Team Member, 2012
CSUEB Office of Faculty Development Faculty in Residence (FIR) Program, FIR for Active & Engaged Learning Across the Curriculum, 2012
Service Learning in STEM Faculty Honorarium, 2011
CSUEB Office of Faculty Development Faculty Learning Community Program, FLCs on Assessment (2011), Hybrid & Online Course Design (2010), The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (2008)
NSF Integrated Middle School Science Project Grant, Lead Faculty, 2010-2015
Bechtel Phase I: Foundational Level General Science (FLGS) Grant Program, Key Faculty, 2010-2012
NASA LIFTOFF - K-12 Competitive Grant, Core Faculty, 2009-2011
NSF/Noyce Teaching Fellowship Program Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, 2009-2011
NSF/American Society of Microbiology Biology Scholars Research Residency Program, BSP Scholar, 2009-2010
NSF/AAAS Bioscience Educators' Network (BEN) Scholars Program, BEN Scholar, 2008-2010
Bechtel Model Community Transfer Project for Math and Science Teachers, Faculty Dialogue Leader, 2008-2010
CSUEB Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Grant, multiple awards, 2001-2008
CSUEB Excellence in Teaching Award, 2006
CSU-Wide
CSU General Education Task Force, 2017-Present
University
GE Subcommittee, 2016-Present
ILO Subcomittee, 2016-Present
Quantitative Reasoning Assessment Project, 2016-17
COBRA Subcommittee on Classroom Design, 2015
Critical Thinking Assessment Project 2013-14
Educational Effectiveness Committee, 2012-Present
AAC&U/Project Kaleidoscope Project Team Leader, 2012-15
Committee on Academic Planning and Review (CAPR), 2011-13
McNair Scholars Program Research Mentor, 2012-13
LSAMP Program Research Mentor, 2011-13
University Honors Program Faculty Mentor, 2010, 2012
Faculty Hearing Committee, 2012
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Subcommittee, 2011 – present
WASC ILO Task Force, 2011
ILO Forum Participant, 2011
Education Summit: Preparing for College & Career Success for African American & Latino Youth, 2011
Major Exploration Workshop, 2011
Faculty Development Interdepartmental Faculty Mentoring Program, 2010
Search Committee for Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, 2009-10
iClicker Faculty Representative, 2009 - present
University Basic Skills Appeals Committee, 2002 – present
University Fairness Committee (Chair, 2009-2010), 2004-2006, 2008-2010
University Library Advisory Committee, 2008-2010
WASC Outcome Team for the University Library, 2003-2006
Non-Grade Related Student Complaints Committee, 2005-2006
Fairness Hearing Panel (Chair), 2005
Discrimination Hearing Panel, 2005
Faculty Focus Group on Library Services, 2002
College of Science
STEM Education Institute Board of Directors, 2011- present
Search Committee for Director of the Center for Science Education (Chair), 2011
College of Science Curricular Committee (Chair, 2003, 2006-2007), 2002-2009
Department of Biological Sciences
Search Committee for Tenure-Track Evolutionary Ecologist, 2012-2013
Search Committee for Tenure-Track Physiologist (Chair), 2011-2012
Search Committee for Office Manager, 2011-2012
Assessment Committee, 2010-present
Curriculum Committee, 2002-2005, 2009-present
Search Committee for Tenure-Track Physiologist, 2006-2007
Graduate Admissions Committee, 2002-2005
Teaching Assistant Training Committee, 2001-2002
Academic Advisor, 2001-present
Search Committee for Tenure-Track Environmental Science/STEM Ed Faculty, 2012-2013
Environmental Science B.S., Life Science Option Advisor, 2009 - present
Community Service
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Science Advisory Board, 2009 - present
Girls Achieving in Non-Traditional Subjects Club, Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale (presenter), 2012
Chabot Elementary School, Castro Valley (science activity leader), 2012
Growing Years Pre-school, Castro Valley (science activity leader), 2012
Bay Area Science Festival (science exhibitor and volunteer), 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
San Leandro High School College Experience (science workshop planner & presenter), 2010
Vannoy Elementary School, Castro Valley (science activity leader), 2010, 2011
Mira Vista Elementary School, Richmond (science activity leader, science fair project supervisor), 2009
Sulphur Creek Nature Center’s 20th Annual Wildlife Fair (exhibitor & volunteer), 2006
Girls, Inc., Science and Engineering Panel (presenter & panelist), 2005
Minority Science & Engineering Improvement Program, Contra Costa College (faculty research mentor), 2002-2003
- Produced two children (now a tween and a teen) who get to school on time nearly every day
- Care for two rescued dogs who don't get sprayed by skunks nearly as much as they used to
- Able to mix up deskunking solution by memory and in a semi-conscious state in the middle of the night when my dogs always seem to get skunked
- Always have at least 2 x 32 oz. bottles of H2O2 on hand (see accomplishment 3)