Degrees:
Ph.D., Univ. of Kansas Medical Center
B.A., Clark Univ.
Alison J. Draper is the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Science at Trinity College (Hartford, CT). She directs the Interdisciplinary Science Program (ISP), an honors-like program for first-year students who are interested in science. She teaches the first-year seminar for this program and recruits and advises all the student participants. As Director of the Science Center, Dr. Draper organizes science division activities such as the annual research symposia (September and May), nominations for the Goldwater and Udall scholarships, and programming for summer research students. She also advises STEM and pre-health students, writes external grant proposals to support science education,
directs the Supplemental Instruction program, a peer-led study program designed to improve retention and success in introductory science courses, and coordinates functions of the division, such as national fellowship advising, an annual research symposium, the Science for the Greater Good speaker series, and summer research programs. In all this, she takes the greatest joy from getting to know her students and connecting them with opportunities and advice that change their lives for the better.
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Dr. Draper’s teaching interests are in interdisciplinary science, toxicology and nutrition, although she has broad teaching experience in organic chemistry, pharmacology, health care, and history and philosophy of science.
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As a graduate student, Dr. Draper worked on drug metabolism by cytochrome P450 enzymes, specifically developing in vitro tests to predict drug interactions. As a postdoctoral fellow, she studied the same enzymes, but with a focus on their endogenous roles
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Dr. Draper also worked for some time on the environmental impact of car tire wear particles. Airborne automobile tire particles and leachate are expected to have adverse effects in the environment.
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Dr. Draper has most recently worked with Trinity undergraduates on a study of aquatic toxicity of various commonly-prescribed human pharmaceuticals.
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- Draper, A.J. (2004) Integrating Project-Based Service Learning into an Advanced Environmental Chemistry Course. J. Chem. Ed. 81:221-4.
- Draper, A.J. (2005) Supplemental Instruction addresses student learning in introductory science courses. Conference Proceedings: Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, Northfield, MN.
- Parkinson, A., N. Leonard, A. Draper and B. W. Ogilvie (2006) On the mechanism of hepatocarcinogenesis of benzodiazepines: Evidence that diazepam and oxazepam are CYP2B inducers in rats, and both CYP2B and CYP4A inducers in mice. Drug Metab. Rev. 38:235-259.
- Draper,
A.J. and Bisaccio, D. STEM Education = Undergraduate
Recruitment + Teacher Leadership. Submitted and accepted for the National
Science Teachers Association April 2020 annual meeting, cancelled due to COVID.
- Love,
K., Draper A. and Cotto Jr., R. Science Education Course Development in a
Summer STEM Teaching Experiences for Undergraduates Program. Presented at the
American Educational Research Association annual meeting in New York City, NY,
April 2018.
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- Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Trinity College 2017 Institutional Award for work with Hartford students inspiring them to STEM careers
- Trinity College Trustee Award for Staff Excellence, 2015
- Forrest D. Brown Award (given to faculty, staff, or administration for outstanding commitment to community service and fostering an ethic of service among students). Bucknell University, April 2002.
- 2002 Ohaus – National Science Teachers Association Award for Innovation in Science Teaching – College Level
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