Ralph E. Smith
Professor, Interim Director, Infectious Disease Research Center

Phone: 491-6119; 491-8382
Fax: 491-1815
Email: Ralph.Smith@colostate.edu
Office: A107A Microbiology Building, Main Campus & Rm 125 Infectious Diseases Annex, Foothills Campus
Lab: Infectious Disease Research Center, Foothills Campus

 

Administrative Responsibilities

• Interim Director, Infectious Disease Research Complex
• Associate Director, Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases

Degrees

• B.S., Colorado State University
• Ph.D., University of Colorado

Teaching Interests

• My interest in the past few years has been the imrpovement of instruction that occurs in undergraduatee classes. My colleagues and I have introduced a number of innovations into our classes, and we constantly assess the impact of these additions.

Selected Publications

• Suchman, E., K. Uchiyama, R. Smith, and K. Bender. Evaluating the Impact of a Classroom Response System in a Microbiology Course. Microbiology Education, 7:3-11, 2006.
• Suchman, E., R. Smith, S. Ahermae, K. McDowell, and W. Timpson. The uses of small groups in a large lecture microbiology class. J. Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 25:121-126. 2000.
• Suchman, E., W. Timpson, K. Linch, S. A. Ahermae, and R. Smith. Student Responses to Active Learning Strategies in a Large Lecture Introductory Microbiology Course. Bioscene, 27:21-26, 2001