The Maryland Entomological Society’s 328th regular meeting will be held Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 8:00 p.m., in Room 004 (one floor below the street level) in the Biological Sciences Building at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
Lecture: We are pleased to welcome guest speaker, Rosanne Radavich, who will present "Entomology Education for Visually Impaired Students" and is scheduled to begin at 8:15 p.m.
Abstract: We use science to understand the world around us, which makes it an essential part of every student's education. However, there was a documented lack of science educational material for visually impaired students in 2004 when Ms. Radavich started her M.S. work. She developed and taught entomology lessons at the Indiana School for the Blind to help address this gap. She will talk about how she designed her lessons, discuss the notable differences she found while working with visually impaired students, admit to her failures (we call them "learning experiences"), and give tips and tricks to create successful science education curricula.
Upon graduation, she joined the US Army as a medical entomologist and served on active duty for seven years and in the US Army Reserve for three additional years. While on active duty, her assignments included second-in-command of a preventive medicine detachment (including a yearlong deployment to Iraq); medical entomologist and Chief of the Health Risk Management Division; and Research Liaison Officer and Deputy Chief of Research for the Armed Forces Pest Management Board. Upon transitioning to the US Army Reserve, she served a General's aide-decamp at the 807th Medical Command, Salt Lake City, UT, and as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Medical Support Officer and sole entomologist for the Consequence Management Unit in Abingdon, MD.
Rosanne Radavich currently works as a medical entomologist for the Army Public Health Center, where she routinely provides entomology consultation and training for Soldiers across the Army. She currently maintains 20 common stored-product pests in colony and teaches a stored product pest management workshop for military food inspectors and entomologists.