Dina Drits-Esser

Dina Drits-Esser, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Russian, Spanish

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Population Health Sciences

Education History

Undergraduate Carleton College
 BA
Graduate Training University of Minnesota
 MA
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Drits-Esser D, Hardcastle J, Bass KM, Homburger S, Malone M, Pompei K, DeBoer GE, Stark LA (2021). Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cohesive Eight-Week Evolution Unit That Incorporates Molecular Genetics and Principles of the Next Generation Science Standards. CBE Life Sci Educ, 20(3), ar50.
  2. Drits-Esser D, Coulter H, Mannello MC, Sunada G, Alder SC, Davis PFA, Lee D, Mukundente V, Napia E, Ralls B, Rickard S, Tavaké-Pasi F, Stark LA (2019). The Community Faces Model: Community, University and Health Department Partners Thriving Together for Effective Health Education. Collaborations (Coral Gables), 2(1).
  3. Bass KM, Drits-Esser D, Stark LA (2016). A Primer for Developing Measures of Science Content Knowledge for Small-Scale Research and Instructional Use. CBE Life Sci Educ, 15(2).
  4. Drits-Esser D, Stark LA (2015). The Impact of Collaborative Curriculum Design on Teacher Professional Learning. Electron J Sci Educ, 19(8).
  5. Homburger SA, Drits-Esser D, Malone M, Stark LA (2015). Microbes As Friends, Not Foes: Shifting the Focus from Pathogenesis to Symbiosis. Am Biol Teach, 77(9), 659-668.
  6. Drits-Esser D, Malone M, Barber NC, Stark LA (2014). Beyond the Central Dogma: Bringing Epigenetics into the Classroom. Am Biol Teach, 76(6), 365-369.
  7. Drits-Esser D, Bass KM, Stark LA (2014). Using small-scale randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy of new curricular materials. CBE Life Sci Educ, 13(4), 593-601.