Ross Nehm, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Contact Info:

E-mail: nehm.1@osu.edu
Office: 288 Arps Hall
Phone: (614) 688-5373
Fax: (614) 755-4241

Mailing Address:

1945 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43210-1172

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Ed.M., Columbia University
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation

Research Biography

Prof. Nehm's science learning research has addressed: scientific thinking and problem solving; knowledge measurement and assessment; science misconceptions and conceptual change; multicultural science education; science textbooks and knowledge representation; and evolution education. His biology research focuses on morphological evolution, specifically macroevolution and development. Prof. Nehm also holds a faculty appointment in the EEOB department. More information on his research may be found at http://www.nehmlab.org.

Activities and Honors

National Academy of Sciences Fellow in the Life Sciences
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
City College of New York Faculty Mentoring Award
Outstanding Instructor, Department of Integrative Biology, UC-Berkeley
Chancellor's Academic Excellence Award (Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis)

Selected Grants History

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. Principal Investigator. REESE. Transforming STEM assessment methodologies: Research on cyber-enabled measurement of cognitive models of natural selection. (2009-2012).
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. Principal Investigator. CCLI. "Educational assessment tools for genomics and bioinformatics education" (2009-2012).
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. CAREER. Principal Investigator. "Integrating science research on the Neogene of the Dominican Republic with the science education of Dominican American teachers and students in New York City." (2003-2009).
TeLR: Principal Investigator Transforming assessment at OSU. (2009).
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. Principal Investigator. International Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Division. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland. (1999-2000).
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. Principal Investigator. Division of Systematic Biology. "The Neogene mass extinction in the western Atlantic: Determining the influence of methodology on patterns of extinction and faunal turnover." (1995-1998).

Selected Publications

Nehm, R.H. and Schonfeld, I. (in press). The future of natural selection knowledge measurement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Nehm, R.H., Kim, and Sheppard (2009). Academic Preparation in Biology and Advocacy for Teaching Evolution: Biology versus Non-Biology Teachers. Science Education. Pp.
Nehm, R.H. et al. (2009). Does the Segregation of Evolution in Biology Textbooks and Introductory Courses Reinforce Students' Faulty Mental Models of Biology and Evolution? Evolution Education and Outreach. Volume 2, Pp. 527–532
Nehm, R.H. and Schonfeld, I. (2008). Measuring knowledge of natural selection: a comparison of the CINS, and open-response instrument, and oral interview. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(10): 1131-1160.
Nehm, R.H., Luna, J. and Budd, A. (2008). Science Education and the Dominican Republic Project. In: Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene. Springer. Pp. 281-300.
Nehm, R.H. and Budd, A.F. (Eds.). (2008). Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene. Springer. 315 p.
Nehm, R.H. and Young, R. (2008). "Sex Hormones" in Secondary School Biology Textbooks. Science & Education, 17:1175–1190
Nehm, R. H. and Reilly, L. (2007). Biology majors' knowledge and misconceptions of natural selection. Bioscience, 57(3):263-272.
Nehm, R. H. and Schonfeld, I. (2007). Does increasing biology teacher knowledge about evolution and the nature of science lead to greater advocacy for teaching evolution in schools? Journal of Science Teacher Education, 18(5): 699-723
Nehm, R.H. (2007). Teaching evolution and the nature of science. Focus on Microbiology Education, 13(3):5-9.
Hoskins, S.G., Stevens, L., Nehm, R.H. (2007). Selective Use of the Primary Literature Transforms the Classroom Into a Virtual Laboratory. Genetics, 176: 1381-1389
Nehm, R. H. and A. F. Budd. (2006). Missing 'links' in bioinformatics education: Expanding students' conceptions of bioinformation and evolution using paleobiological databases. The American Biology Teacher 7(91):1-9.
Nehm, R. H. (2006). Faith-based evolution education? Bioscience, 56(8): 638-639.
Nehm, R. H. (2005). Patterns and processes of evolutionary stasis and change in Eratoidea (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) from the Dominican Republic Neogene. Carib. J. Science, 41(2), 189-214.

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