Kimberly Tanner

Tanner received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry at Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1991.[1] She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience at University of California, San Francisco in 1997.[1] Tanner was under the advisement of Jon Levine where she used a combination of molecular, biochemical, behavioral and electrophysiological techniques to evaluate mechanisms that underlie pain and analgesia in mouse models.[2][3] Following her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco.[4] In 2004 she moved to San Francisco State University where, as of 2022 she is a professor of biology.[4]

Tanner is a founding member of the editorial board and, as of 2022, co-editor-in chief for CBE: Life Sciences Education.[5]

Tanner's research focuses on biology and science education research, specifically on developing assessment tools to understand how people from K-12 to practicing scientists conceptualize science. Her Ph.D. dissertation focused on the structure and function of vincristine-induced neuropathy in mouse models.[6] Her subsequent research was on metacognition and how students learn biology and thinking like biologists,[7] teaching strategies in biology classrooms,[8] and barriers to change in biology education in the classroom.[9] She has also worked on DART, the Decibel Analysis Research in Teaching, a software tool that analyzes classroom sound.[10]

• Tanner, Kimberly; Allen, Deborah (December 2004). "Approaches to Biology Teaching and Learning: Learning Styles and the Problem of Instructional Selection—Engaging All Students in Science Courses". Cell Biology Education. 3 (4): 197–201. doi:10.1187/cbe.04-07-0050. ISSN 1536-7509. PMC 533116. PMID 15592590.
• Brownell, Sara E.; Tanner, Kimberly D. (2012-12-01). "Barriers to Faculty Pedagogical Change: Lack of Training, Time, Incentives, and…Tensions with Professional Identity?". CBE: Life Sciences Education. 11 (4): 339–346. doi:10.1187/cbe.12-09-0163. PMC 3516788. PMID 23222828.
• Tanner, Kimberly D. (2013-09-01). "Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity". CBE: Life Sciences Education. 12 (3): 322–331. doi:10.1187/cbe.13-06-0115. PMC 3762997. PMID 24006379.
• Trujillo, Gloriana; Tanner, Kimberly D. (2014-03-01). "Considering the Role of Affect in Learning: Monitoring Students' Self-Efficacy, Sense of Belonging, and Science Identity". CBE: Life Sciences Education. 13 (1): 6–15. doi:10.1187/cbe.13-12-0241. PMC 3940464. PMID 24591497.

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