Education
Ph.D. Department of Plant Sciences, Indiana University,
1973.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. Thesis title:
Purification and Identification of Cytokinins Produced by Mycorrhizal
Fungi.
B.A. Biology Department, Earlham College,
1967.
Teaching
Teaching is what brought me to and keeps me at Providence
College. It is the opportunity to foster students' intellectual
maturation as life-long learners and problem-solvers in the biological
sciences that motivates my teaching. My teaching interests are
diverse and have led to my development of such courses as Introduction to
Tropical Biology, Biology In the News, Plant Physiology, Genes &
Gender, RI Biology among others.
Research:
My research interests in biology have focused on studies
of symbioses. First as a doctoral student on the initiation,
development and maintenance of mycorrhizal associations, I examined the
production of plant growth hormones, especially auxins and cytokinins, by
mycorrhizal fungi. More recently my interest has shifted to algal
associations, including allelopathic interactions among marine macroalgae,
and circadian rhythms in the algal endosymbionts of Cnidaria.
Involvement in the initiation of the Women's Studies
Program at Providence College has stimulated my study of the roles of
women in science and how they are reflected and reinforced in popular
culture, especially in fiction and film.
Most of my research projects have involved undergraduate
student participation. I encourage student involvement in these
projects as well as ones of their own design.
Health Professions Advisor:
As Advisor for the Health Professions, I work directly
with students interested in professional schools and careers in medicine,
dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, physicians assistants, physical
therapy and other allied health professions. My interactions with
students include academic and career advising, developing workshops,
coordination and support of applications to professional schools with
members of the Health Professions Advisory Committee,
and service as liaison to the health professions community through
membership in the National Association for Advisors to the Health
Professions. Click here or choose to jump to the Premedical
Sciences link.
Courses Recently Taught:
BIO101: Contemporary Biology
BIO103-104: General Biology
BIO220: Introduction to Tropical Biology
WMS/BIO127: Genes and Gender
BIO475: Advanced Topics Seminar- Symbiosis
Student Research Projects
Carol Ann Valcourt ('91) - preliminary studies of
rhythmic photosynthetic oxygen evolution
Dawn Blitz ('92) - study of motility rhythms in Symbiodinium
microadriaticum which was presented at the Eastern College Science
Conference in 1992.
Jeff Tuliszewski ('93) - study of motility rhythms
in Gymnodinium linucheae published in the Bulletin of Marine
Science, 1995.
James Palmisciano - Puperita pupa Tolerance to
Variation in Salinity. 1993.
Jonathan Maletta - Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators of
Stream Pollution. 1994. (research project as part of the Environmental
Studies minor )
Lori Atwater & Sara Knight - Distribution of Puperita
pupa and Puperita tristis in Rocky Shores Tidepools, St. Ann's
Bay, Jamaica. 1996.
Katie Hamblett - Grazing and Distribution Patterns of Littorina
angulifera on a Rhizophora mangle Island off the Coast of St.
Ann's Bay, Jamaica. 1997
Jay Sampieri - Intraspecific and Interspecific
Competititon for Different Types of Reef Structure by Three Species of
Jamaican Damselfish.1998.
Recent Publications
Crafts, C.
B. A Prescription for
Successful Advising about Health Professions.
The Advisor.
20(4):41-42. 2000.
Crafts, C. B. The Public and Community Service Minor:
Community Health Track. The Advisor.
20(4):42-44. 2000.
Crafts, C. B. and Jeff Tuliszewski. Motility Rhythms
in Cultured Zooxanthellae Isolated from the Scyphomedusa Linuche
unguiculata. Bulletin of Marine Science. 56(3):
822-825. 1995.
Crafts C. B. Incorporation of NSF Stressed Stream
Analysis into the Providence College Biology Curriculum. Center for
Applied Aquatic Science and Aquaculture/National Science Foundation
Program on Stressed Stream Analysis. July 1994.
Recent Presentations
Crafts, C.B. Adaptations
of Course Management Software to Advising Health Professions
Applicants.
Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health
Professions. Philadelphia April 2003.
Crafts, C.B., T.R. King, R. Hackey.
Adaptations
of Course Management Software to Academic Advising.
Northeast 2003 NACADA Meeting.
Newport, R.I. March 2003.
Crafts, C.B. Confidentiality
Issues in Advising in the Health Professions. National
Association of Advisors for the Health Professions.
June 2000.
Crafts,
C.B. Community
Health Track in the Public Service Minor. National
Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. June 2000.
Crafts,
C.B. Prescription
for Success Advising Pre-Health Professions Students. National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions.
June 2000.
Crafts, C. B. Women's Studies and Science. Making
Connections IV: Way Forward. National Association for Women in
Catholic Higher Education. Trinity College, Washington, D.C. June
19-20, 1998.
Crafts, C. B. Benthic Macroinvertebrates as
Indicators of Stream Health. Environment Council of Rhode Island.
January 8, 1997.
Crafts, C. B. Stream Ecology: Benthic
Macroinvertebrates as Biotic Indicators of Stream Water Quality. Research
Link 2000. Development of Research-Based Labs for the
Undergraduate Curriculum. University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
November 6-9.1997.
Crafts, C. B. Women Scientists in "Best
Seller" Fiction and Popular Film. Women and Society
Conference. Marist College. June 10-12, 1994.
