Andreana Ososki
General Information
Part time faculty
Science Education
Phone: (707) 826-4104
Office: Science A 355C
Email: ao32@humboldt.edu
Personal Website: http://www.humboldt.edu/~ao32/
Academic background
- BA Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
- PhD City University of New York, NY
Courses
- The Nature and Practice of Science for Elementary Education (SCI 431)
Summary of research
I am a Research Associate of the Redwood Science Project, which is a project that works to enhance K-12 science and math instruction. My work includes research in science education, instructional technology development and support, and professional development programs. I am collaborating on a research project that is examining factors that influence science undergraduates' choices to join the teaching profession. In addition I am collaborating on a project to develop a plant sciences curriculum for K-8 with an emphasis in ethnobotany.
My other research interests are in the area of ethnobotany with an emphasis in cultural change of medicinal plant knowledge among Caribbean populations, women's health, phytoestrogens, and methodology.
Sample publications
- Ososki, A. L., M. J. Balick, and D. C. Daly. Medicinal plants and cultural variation across Dominican rural, urban, and transnational landscapes. Traveling cultures, plants and medicines. The ethnobiology and ethnopharmacy of migrations. Eds. A. Pieroni and I. Vandebroek. Berghahn Books, United Kingdom. (In Press).
- Ososki, A. L. and J. W. White. 2006. Factors influencing undergraduates to choose a teaching career. California State University Science Education Colloquium. Pomona, CA. May 5-6. Presentation.
- Ososki, A. L. and J. D. DeMartini. 2006. Using plants of ethnobotanical importance to address California Life Science Standards. Science Curriculum Connections Conference. Redwood Science Project and Humboldt County Office of Education. Eureka, CA. January 21. Presentation.
- Fugh-Berman, A., M. J. Balick, F. Kronenberg, A. L. Ososki, B. O'Connor, M. Reiff, M. Roble, P. Lohr, B. J. Brosi, and R. Lee. 2004. Treatment of fibroids: the use of beets (Beta vulgaris) and molasses (Saccharum officinarum) as an herbal therapy by Dominican healers in New York City. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 92: 337-339.
- Ososki, A. L. and E. J. Kennelly. 2003. Recent trends in phytoestrogen research. Phytotherapy Research 17: 845-869.
- Ososki, A. L., P. Lohr, M. Reiff, M. J. Balick, F. Kronenberg, A. Fugh-Berman, and B. O'Connor. 2002. Ethnobotanical literature survey of medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic used for women's health conditions. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 79: 285-298.
- 2002 Kennelly, E. J., S. Baggett, P. Nuntanakorn, A. L. Ososki, S. A. Mori, J. Duke, M. Coleton, and F. Kronenberg. Analysis of thirteen populations of black cohosh for formononetin. Phytomedicine 9: 461-467.
- Balick, M. J., F. Kronenberg, A. L. Ososki, M. Reiff, P. Lohr, M. Roble, B. O' Connor, A. Fugh-Berman, and D. Atha. 2000. Medicinal plants used by Latino healers for women's health conditions in New York City. Economic Botany 54: 344-357.
Graduate students
N/A