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Research Interests: Scientific Information Literacy, Scientific Literacy, Scientific writing and communication, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Situated learning, Undergraduate research, Citation practices, Peer review, Open access
Teaching Interests: Science and Scientific Writing, Scientific Literacy, Information Literacy, Science communication, General Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Research Ethics and Communication, Online and hybrid learning, Technology in the classroom, Methods of engaging students through active learning
Education
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2012B.S., Biology, University of Maine, 2004
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ENGL 302W (Scientific Writing)
Faculty Advisor to the student-run scientific journal The D.U. Quark
Klucevsek, K.M. and Brungard, A.B. (2020). Digital tools for students: Navigating scholarship in a changing terrain. poral: Libraries and the Academy 20(4), 597-619.
Klucevsek, K.M. "The Development of Citation Use in Scientific Writing." Mid-Atlantic CCCC. Norfolk, VA. May, 2019.
Brungard, A.B. & Klucevsek, K.M. (2018). "Constructing scientific literacy through metaliteracy: Implications for learning in a post-truth world." Metaliterate Learning for the Post-Truth World. Ed. Thomas Mackey & Trudi Jacobson. Chicago: American Library Association
Klucevsek, K.M. (2018). "Building a foundation of writing and peer review with Legos." Pittsburgh Regional Faculty Symposium. Conference Presentation.
Klucevsek, K.M. (2018). "Ex3.P.L.O.R.E. A Lesson Plan Strategy for Transferring Skills and Making Connections." Pittsburgh Regional Faculty Symposium. Conference Presentation.
Klucevsek, K. (2017). The Intersection of Information and Science Literacy. Communications in Information Literacy 11(2) 354-365.
Klucevsek, K.M., & Brungard, A. B. (2016). Information literacy in science writing: how students find, identify, and use scientific literature. International Journal of Science Education 38(17) 2573-95.
Klucevsek, K. M. (2016). Transferring skills from classroom to professional writing: Student-faculty peer review as an extension of cognitive apprenticeship. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(6), 106-123
Klucevsek, K. and Brungard, A. (2016). Discipline differences and resource use: How do students approach literature in science writing? International Writing Across the Curriculum. Conference Presentation
Cucinotta, C. E., Young, A. N., Klucevsek, K. M., & Arndt, K. M. (2015). The Nucleosome Acidic Patch Regulates the H2B K123 Monoubiquitylation Cascade and Transcription Elongation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet, 11(8), e1005420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005420
Klucevsek, K. M., Braun, M. A., & Arndt, K. M. (2012). The Paf1 complex subunit Rtf1 buffers cells against the toxic effects of [PSI+] and defects in Rkr1-dependent protein quality control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics, 191(4), 1107-1118. doi: 10.1534/genetics.112.141713
Klucevsek, K., Wertz, M., Lucchi, J., Leszczynski, A., & Moroianu, J. (2007). Characterization of the nuclear localization signal of high risk HPV16 E2 protein. Virology, 360(1), 191-198. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.10.018
Kolodny, N. H., Bauer, D., Bryce, K., Klucevsek, K., Lane, A., Medeiros, L., . . . Allen, M. M. (2006). Effect of nitrogen source on cyanophycin synthesis in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6308. J Bacteriol, 188(3), 934-940. doi: 10.1128/JB.188.3.934-940.2006
Klucevsek, K., Daley, J., Darshan, M. S., Bordeaux, J., & Moroianu, J. (2006). Nuclear import strategies of high-risk HPV18 L2 minor capsid protein. Virology, 352(1), 200-208. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.04.007
Bordeaux, J., Forte, S., Harding, E., Darshan, M. S., Klucevsek, K., & Moroianu, J. (2006). The l2 minor capsid protein of low-risk human papillomavirus type 11 interacts with host nuclear import receptors and viral DNA. J Virol, 80(16), 8259-8262. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00776-06
Stoicov, C., Cai, X., Li, H., Klucevsek, K., Carlson, J., Saffari, R., & Houghton, J. (2005). Major histocompatibility complex class II inhibits fas antigen-mediated gastric mucosal cell apoptosis through actin-dependent inhibition of receptor aggregation. Infect Immun, 73(10), 6311-6321. doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.10.6311-6321.2005
Stoicov, C., Whary, M., Rogers, A. B., Lee, F. S., Klucevsek, K., Li, H., . . . Houghton, J. (2004). Coinfection modulates inflammatory responses and clinical outcome of Helicobacter felis and Toxoplasma gondii infections. J Immunol, 173(5), 3329-3336.