Faculty Profile

Associate Professor of Biology
Member of Honors Program Committee
Whitewater Hall 266
(765) 973-8522
mblakefi@iue.edu

Assessment and Retention

2016. State Mandates and General Education: One Campus Responds to Challenges and Opportunities. The Journal of General Education. 65: 2016.
2014. Revising the General Education Curriculum and its Assessment in Response to Indiana State Mandates. AAC&U Conference. Portland, OR.
2014. Facilitating Change in General Education Due to Curricular Evolution, Changing Campus Priorities, and State Mandates. The Higher Learning Commission annual meeting, Chicago, IL
2008. Comprehensive Assessment: First Steps. The Higher Learning Commission annual meeting, Chicago, IL.
2006. Interactive Microbiology Laboratory: Using Technology to Meet Students Needs. AT&T Leadership Forum, Indianapolis, IN.
2004. Creation of an Office of Community-Based and Applied Research at Indiana University East. Council on Undergraduate Research Conference, La Crosse WI.
2001. Use of mag-fura-2 fluorescent stain to identify divalent cation accumulation in Pilobolus. Indiana Academy of Science.
2000. The stimulation of Pilobolus spore germination after exposure to broad band UV-B wavelengths. International Congress on Photobiology, San Francisco, CA.