Sherryl A. Broverman | Scholars@Duke

Sherryl A. Broverman
Professor of the Practice of Biology

How inclusion of civic issues, international connections, and social engagement alters the cognitive and affective responses of non- major science students to science education. How course design impacts the demographics (gender, race, etc) of student enrollment in elective science courses. Developing international science courses. The factors that impact educational outcomes for girls in rural Kenya. The impact of sustainable school gardens on anthropomorphic and cognitive outcomes in primary school children in Western Kenya. www.wisergirls.org

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of the Practice of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2020
Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2020

Contact Information

Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
Science Dr, 307 B Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
sbrover@duke.edu (919) 668-0228
I Was Not Born To Be Unseen: WISERGirls speak
TEDxTalk on Girls' Education
www.wisergirls.org

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Indiana University at Indianapolis 1990
- B.A., Cornell University 1984
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2020
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2020
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2003 - 2006
- Lecturer, University, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2001 - 2003
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Executive Committee of the University Academic Council
  External Engagement Committee, Duke Board of Trustees.
  Chair, Program II Committee
  Arts and Sciences Council Member
  Former Chair, Biology Department Diversity Committee
  Former acting Chair, Executive Committee of the Arts and Sciences Council
  Chair and Founder, WISER International and WISER NGO, www.wisergirls.org
Recognition
In the News
- DEC 10, 2018 Duke Global Health Initiative
  
  A Century Later: Are We Better Prepared For the Next Influenza Pandemic?
- APR 20, 2017
  
  Trinity College Honors Faculty, Staff for Teaching, Advising and Leadership
- MAY 1, 2016
  
  Honoring Teaching, Leadership in Trinity College
- SEP 1, 2015
  
  Broverman Wins Citizen Science Award
- OCT 2, 2014
  
  Ebola Discussions Pervade Global Health Classrooms
- APR 17, 2014 The Huffington Post
  
  The Girl Effect in Action
- APR 17, 2014 The Huffington Post
  
  WISER: The girl effect in action
- MAR 5, 2014
  
  A Landmark Graduation Ceremony in Kenya
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Kenya (Country)
- Teaching
  - Kenya (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Do Linked International Curricula in Biology Enhance Science Literacy and Engagement in Non-Science and Pre-major Students? awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2009
- HIV and Obstacles to Girls' Education in Kenya awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation 2006 - 2007
External Relationships
- WISER International 501c3
- WISER NGO Kenya
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Schmidt, Christina N., Eve S. Puffer, Sherryl Broverman, Virginia Warren, and Eric P. Green. “Is social-ecological risk associated with individual HIV risk beliefs and behaviours?: An analysis of Kenyan adolescents' local communities and activity spaces.” Global Public Health, July 8, 2021, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1951801.
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  - Parker, William, Joshua T. Sarafian, Sherryl A. Broverman, and Jon D. Laman. “Between a hygiene rock and a hygienic hard place: Avoiding SARS-CoV-2 while needing environmental exposures for immunity.” Evol Med Public Health 9, no. 1 (2021): 120–30. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab006.
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  - MUELLER, J. L., M. E. DOTSON, J. DIETZEL, J. PETERS, G. ASTURIAS, A. CHEATHAM, M. KRIEGER, B. TAYLOR, S. BROVERMAN, and N. RAMANUJAM. “Using Human-Centered Design to Connect Engineering Concepts to Sustainable Development Goals.” Advances in Engineering Education 8, no. 2 (January 1, 2020): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.18260/3-1-1113-36015.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Eric P. Green, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Sherryl A. Broverman, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Jessica Pian. “A church-based intervention for families to promote mental health and prevent HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya: Results of a randomized trial.” Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 84, no. 6 (June 2016): 511–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000076.
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  - Green, Eric P., Virginia Rieck Warren, Sherryl Broverman, Benson Ogwang, and Eve S. Puffer. “Participatory mapping in low-resource settings: Three novel methods used to engage Kenyan youth and other community members in community-based HIV prevention research.” Global Public Health 11, no. 5–6 (May 2016): 583–99. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1170178.
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  - Matthews, E. J., E. S. Puffer, C. S. Meade, and S. A. Broverman. “IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL-BASED HIV PREVENTION CURRICULUM FOLLOWING NATIONAL DISSEMINATION IN NYANZA PROVINCE, KENYA.” East Afr Med J 91, no. 5 (May 2014): 152–60.
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  - Matthews, E. J., E. S. Puffer, C. S. Meade, and S. A. Broverman. “IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCHOOL-BASED HIV PREVENTION CURRICULUM FOLLOWING NATIONAL DISSEMINATION IN NYANZA PROVINCE, KENYA.” East Afr Med J 91, no. 5 (May 2014): 152–60.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Jessica Pian, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Sherryl A. Broverman. “Developing a family-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: challenges in conducting community-based participatory research.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics : Jerhre 8, no. 2 (April 2013): 119–28. https://doi.org/10.1525/jer.2013.8.2.119.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Anya S. Drabkin, Allison L. Stashko, Sherryl A. Broverman, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Kathleen J. Sikkema. “Orphan status, HIV risk behavior, and mental health among adolescents in rural Kenya.” Journal of Pediatric Psychology 37, no. 8 (September 2012): 868–78. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jss077.
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  - Puffer, Eve S., Melissa H. Watt, Kathleen J. Sikkema, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Sherryl A. Broverman. “The protective role of religious coping in adolescents' responses to poverty and sexual decision-making in rural Kenya.” Journal of Research on Adolescence : The Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence 22, no. 1 (March 2012): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-7795.2011.00760.x.
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  - Puffer, E., J. Pian, S. Broverman, R. Ogwang Odhaimbo, and K. Sikkema. “Developing a community-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: Ethical challenges of community-based participatory research (Submitted).” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2012.
  - Puffer, Eve S., Christina S. Meade, Anya S. Drabkin, Sherryl A. Broverman, Rose A. Ogwang-Odhiambo, and Kathleen J. Sikkema. “Individual- and family-level psychosocial correlates of HIV risk behavior among youth in rural Kenya.” Aids Behav 15, no. 6 (August 2011): 1264–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-010-9823-8.
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  - Matthews, E. J., E. S. Puffer, C. S. Meade, and S. A. Broverman. “. Implementation of a of a school-based HIV prevention program in rural Kenya after national dissemination (Submitted).” East African Medical Journal, 2011.
  - Broverman, S. A. “AIDS Research: Global Understanding & Engagement.” This Is a Curricular Model Published and Disseminated on the Website of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, August 2008.
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  - Ogwang Odhimabo, R., and S. A. Broverman. “Globalizing the Microbiology Curriculum.” Asm News 71, no. 10 (2005): 448–49.
  - Broverman, S. A., and G. D. Prestwich. “Fast ion-exchange membrane purification of a microsomal protein.” Biotechniques 19, no. 6 (December 1995): 874–75.
  - Broverman, S. A., and P. M. Meneely. “Meiotic mutants that cause a polar decrease in recombination on the X chromosome in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Genetics 136, no. 1 (January 1994): 119–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/136.1.119.
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  - Broverman, S., M. MacMorris, and T. Blumenthal. “Alteration of Caenorhabditis elegans gene expression by targeted transformation.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 90, no. 10 (May 1993): 4359–63. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.90.10.4359.
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  - MacMorris, M., S. Broverman, S. Greenspoon, K. Lea, C. Madej, T. Blumenthal, and J. Spieth. “Regulation of vitellogenin gene expression in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans: short sequences required for activation of the vit-2 promoter.” Molecular and Cellular Biology 12, no. 4 (April 1992): 1652–62. https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.12.4.1652-1662.1992.
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  - Shepard, S. B., S. A. Broverman, and M. A. Muskavitch. “A tripartite interaction among alleles of Notch, Delta, and Enhancer of split during imaginal development of Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetics 122, no. 2 (June 1989): 429–38. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/122.2.429.
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  - Spieth, J., M. MacMorris, S. Broverman, S. Greenspoon, and T. Blumenthal. “Regulated expression of a vitellogenin fusion gene in transgenic nematodes.” Developmental Biology 130, no. 1 (November 1988): 285–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-1606(88)90434-4.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Service to the Profession
Service to Duke
- Duke University. Chair Provost's Committee on RRNTT faculty. 2020 - 2020 2020
- Duke University. Chair Program II. 2019 - 2021 2019 - 2021
- Duke University. Executive Committee of the Academic Council. 2019 - 2021 2019 - 2021
- Trinity College. Chair Arts & Sciences Council. 2019 - 2019 2019
- Trinity College. Arts & Sciences Council. 2017 - 2021 2017 - 2021

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Research

Teaching

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Recent Courses

Presentations & Appearances

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Service to the Profession

Service to Duke