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Faculty Member

Dr. Doug Czajka

Email: [email protected]
Office: PS-009E
Phone: 801-863-8658
Mail Stop: 179

Biography

I am a geoscience education researcher, with a focus on improving process skills (e.g. teamwork, critical thinking, metacognition, etc.) among introductory geoscience students and assessing the link between observed instructional practices and student learning in geoscience classrooms. I'm a professionally licensed geologist, have professional experience as an engineering geologist, and am interested in geologic hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, especially as they relate to the built environment. My `research hobby' finds me occasionally hunting for dinosaur fossils, and I enjoy learning and teaching about dinosaurs and Mesozoic geology.

Education

PhD, North Carolina State University, 2018

Major: Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

MS, North Carolina State University, 2014

Major: Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

BS, North Carolina State University, 2002

Major: Geology

Teaching

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology, Spring 2025

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology, Spring 2025

GEO 1040

The Dinosaurian World, Spring 2025

Presentations

Czajka, Doug , Wang, Weihong (Co-Author), GSA Connects 2023, "Exploring Recruitment and Retention in the Earth Sciences at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution", Goelogical Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA. (October 17, 2023)

Czajka, Doug , Teasdale, Rachel , Ryker, Katherine , Viskupic, Karen , GSA Connects 2022, "Do course syllabi reflect observed teaching practices? Using regression analysis with k-fold cross validation to build a predictive model", Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 11, 2022)

Smith, Kristen (Presenter & Author), Toke, Nathan (Co-Author), Johnson, David R (Co-Author), Czajka, Doug , Nelson, Daren (Co-Author), Hiscock, Adam I, GSA Conncets 2022, "The West Mountain Site, Genola North Fault, Utah_ Paleoseismic History and Connectivity with Utah Lake Faults", Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 9, 2022)

Czajka, Doug , Chapman, LeeAnna , Ryker, Katherine , Earth Educators Rendezvous, "Revising the Teacher Beliefs Interview for post-secondary instructors", National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Virtual. (July 16, 2021)

Czajka, Charles Doug, Great Basin Chapter Meeting, "How we perceive geologic time and rates_ Why it matters and how paleontology can help", Utah Friends of Paleontology, Salt Lake City, UT. (February 13, 2020)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Czajka, Doug , Teasdale, Rachel , Ryker, Katherine , Viskupic, Karen , "Syllabi do not reflect observed teaching practices in undergraduate geoscience courses" . Journal of Geoscience Education.

Czajka, Doug , Reynders, Gil , Stanford, Courtney , Cole, Renee , Lantz, Juliette , Ruder, Suzanne , (2021) "A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students" (Issue: 6, vol. 50). Journal of College Science Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047231x.2021.12290533

Teasdale, Rachel , Ryker, Katherine , Viskupic, Karen , Czajka, Doug , Manduca, Cathy , (2020) "Transforming education with community-developed teaching materials_ evidence from direct observations of STEM college classrooms" (Issue: 1, vol. 7). International Journal of STEM Education.

Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Schroeter, Elena R, Czajka, Doug , (2020) "Dinosaurs: How we know what we know" . CRC Press.

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2019) "The adoption of student-centered teaching materials as a professional development experience for college faculty" (Issue: 5, vol. 41). International Journal of Science Education.

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2018) "An exploratory study examining undergraduate geology students’ conceptions related to geologic time and rates" (Issue: 3, vol. 66). Journal of Geoscience Education.

Introduction to Geology PP, Fall 2019

GEO 1010

Introduction to Geology PP, Fall 2019

McConnell, David A, Chapman, LeeAnna , Czajka, Doug , Jones, Jason P, Ryker, Katherine D, Wiggen, Jennifer , (2017) "Instructional utility and learning efficacy of common active learning strategies" (Issue: 4, vol. 65). Journal of Geoscience Education.

Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David , (2016) "Situated instructional coaching_ a case study of faculty professional development" (Issue: 1, vol. 3). International Journal of STEM Education.

Grissom, April N, Czajka, Doug , McConnell, David A, (2015) "Revisions of physical geology laboratory courses to increase the level of inquiry_ Implications for teaching and learning" (Issue: 4, vol. 63). Journal of Geoscience Education.