Rate My Professor Sheila Amici-Dargan

Amici-Dargan's research career began in physiology and neuroscience, investigating topics such as NMDA receptor roles in synaptic plasticity, IP3-mediated calcium signals, and kainate receptor antagonists, with highly cited publications including 'Differential roles of NR2A and NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in LTP and LTD in the CA1 region of two-week old rat hippocampus' (2007, Neuropharmacology) and 'Buffer Kinetics Shape the Spatiotemporal Patterns of IP3-Evoked Ca2+ Signals' (2003, The Journal of Physiology). Her current focus is on the scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly enhancing assessment literacy, feedback practices, and self-regulation using the EAT framework, alongside online learning communities and cross-institutional communities of practice. Notable pedagogic works include 'Learner-generated podcasts: an authentic and enjoyable assessment for students working in pairs' (2023, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education), 'Student and staff perspectives of open-book versus closed-book assessments' (2021), 'Shadow Modules and Student-Led Online Learning Communities' (2020), and 'Developing a scale to explore self-regulatory approaches to assessment and feedback' (2024). She has presented extensively at national and international education conferences, established educational research seminar series, and delivered workshops on innovations like flipped and blended learning. As Outreach, Education, and Diversity Trustee for the Society for Experimental Biology, she contributes to projects like EAT-Erasmus, promoting student agency and feedback engagement in higher education.