W.G.
STROOP: Teaching Information
This page contains information about academic courses I have taught over the years. See also Sunday School Classes and Community Service Information for classes I have taught as adult education classes at church and in the community.
Didactic Course Work
1982-1983 Lecturer, Microbiology 540; Fundamental Virology; 25 graduate students.
1983 Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Instructor, Microbiology 100, Microbiology and Cell biology; 23 medical students, 1 graduate student; 30 lectures and laboratory periods.
Other Teaching Activities
1983 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Nursing In-Service Instructor on Viral Pathogenesis and Infection Control; 50 nurses and nursing students.
University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA Medical Center
Didactic Course Work
1984-1989 Instructor, Microbiology 601 (virology section), Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine; 100 medical students; 2-4 lectures per year.
1986-1989 Instructor, Neuroscience 602, Methods in Neuroscience. Neuroscience Program; 6-8 graduate students; 2 lectures and 2 laboratory periods per year.
1988 Instructor, CVMB 607, Advanced Virology, Department of Cellular, Viral and Molecular Biology; 10 graduate students; 1 lecture per year.
1988-1990 Instructor, Neuroscience 601, Frontiers in Neuroscience. Neuroscience Program; 10 graduate students; 1-2 lectures per year.
Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Fellow Training and Supervision
1984-1986 Principal Advisor for Ronald S. Murray, M.D., post-doctoral fellow and Associate Investigator, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Neurovirology Research Laboratory, Salt Lake City, Utah. Project Title: Mechanisms of Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus-Induced Demyelinative and Persistent Infections.
1986 Member of graduate committee and co-principal graduate advisor for Phyllis A. Lu Valle, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dissertation Project: Regulation and Transcription of Collagen and Elastin Genes. Received Ph.D. in 1986.
1986-1991 Member of graduate committee for Terrie Cichocki-Musci, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dissertation Project: Craniorachischisis, Spinal Cord Mixing, and Nuclear Antigen A60 in the Embryonic Nervous System. Received Ph.D. in 1991.
1987-1995 Principal Advisor for David Beers, pre-doctoral fellow, Program in Neuroscience, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Dissertation Project: Behavioral Studies of a Viral Infection.
Other Teaching Activities
1983-1987 Lecturer, Neuropathology Conference, Departments of Neurology and Pathology, School of Medicine; 1-2 lectures per year.
1983-1987 Lecturer, Anatomic Pathology Lecture Series, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine; 1-2 lectures per year.
1984-1990 Director and lecturer, Topics in Molecular Pathogeneis Seminar Series, Departments of Neurology and Pathology and Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine.
Baylor College of Medicine and Houston VA Medical Center
Didactic Course Work
1990-1994 Laboratory Instructor, Medical Microbiology 401c (virology section); 20 medical students, 8 lecture/laboratory hours per year.
1990-1994 Instructor, Microbiology 450: Infection and Immunity (“Persistent Viral Infections”); 8-10 graduate students, 2-4 lecture hours per year.
1990-1994 Instructor, General Virology 401, Division of Molecular Virology; 20-25 graduate students, 2-3 lecture hours per year.
1991 Reading and Recitation Instructor, Molecular Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Division of Molecular Virology; 1 student, 12 recitation hours.
1993 Instructor, Virology Oncology 407, Division of Molecular Virology; 22-25 graduate students, 2 lecture/recitations.
Graduate Student and Post-Doctoral Training and Supervision
1991-1994 Member of graduate committee for Melissa Wentz, pre-doctoral fellow, Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1991-1994 Member of graduate committee for Sherry Becker, pre-doctoral fellow, Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1993-1994 Member of graduate committee for Sanjeeda Jafar, pre-doctoral fellow, Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
1990-1997 Principal Advisor for Jenny S. Henkel, pre-doctoral fellow, Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dissertation Project: Role of ICP0 on herpes Simplex Virus Latency and Reactivation. Received Ph.D. in 1997.
1991-1997 Principal Advisor for Jeng-Yang Ling, pre-doctoral fellow, Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dissertation Project: Mapping of a herpes simplex virus genetic element involved in neurovirulence and neuroinvasiveness. Received Ph.D. in 1997.
Post-doctoral Fellowship Training and Supervision
1991-1992 Advisor for James Chodosh, M.D., Ophthalmology Resident. Project: Effect of photoreactive dyes on virus replication in vitro. Dr. Chodosh received the 1991 Everett L. Goar Award and the 1992 Second Place Award from the Department of Ophthalmology for his research.
1993-1994 Preceptor for Thomas Kienzel, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology. Project: Determination of the restriction endonuclease maps of strains of two herpes simplex virus.
Other Teaching Activities
1990 Co-instructor, The Cullen Eye Institute Corneal Symposium on Herpesvirus Keratitis, June 16, 1990; 30 practicing physicians and 12 ophthalmology residents.
1990 Lecturer, "Immunology and Inflammation," Department of Ophthalmology Resident Lecture Series.
1990 Co-instructor, Postgraduate Course in Ocular Microbiology for the Ophthalmology Fellow; 6 first-year ophthalmology residents, 2 lecture hours.
1990 Instructor, Resident Lecture Series: Fundamentals and Principles of Ophthalmology (Immunology Section); 6 first-year ophthalmology residents, 1 lecture hour.
1993 Course organizer and lecturer, "Ocular Inflammation and Immunology," Department of Ophthalmology Resident Lecture Series; 12 ophthalmology residents, 3 lecture hours per year.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital
Course Directorships
1994-1996 Course Director, Microbiology and Immunology Graduate Student Seminar , MBIM 5051 ; 18 graduate students; 1 seminar per week per semester.
1996-1999 Course Director, Sophomore Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology MBIM 5033; 150 medical students.
Didactic Course Work
1995-1999 Co-instructor, Graduate Molecular Virology, MBIM 5043; 5-11 graduate students; 5-8 lecture/discussion periods per year. Course presented Spring semester every other year.
1995-1999 Co-instructor, Sophomore Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, MBIM 5033, 150 medical students; 7 lectures plus 28 hours of laboratory each Fall semester.
1995-1999 Co-instructor, Basic Principles of Microbiology (UAMS Core Course), MBIM 5023; 5-10 graduate students; 4-5 lectures each Fall semester.
2002 Co-instructor (adjunct faculty), Sophomore Medical Ethics; 10 group sessions/lectures Fall semester.
Graduate Student Training and Supervision
1995-1996 Co-principal advisor-in-residence for Melaney Gee, Master of Science student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Project: Regulation of CA125 in Tumor Cell Lines.
1995-1996 Member of graduate committee for Gina Trebilcock, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
1995-1996 Member of graduate committee for Rachel Nazaruk, Master of Science Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
1994-1997 Member of graduate committee for Allison Fox, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
1994-1998 Member of graduate committee for Musa Hindiyeh, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
1995-1997 Principal Advisor for Ying Yao, Master of Science student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Project: Molecular Pathogenesis of HSV-1 Infection.
1995-1998 Member of graduate committee for Toni Portis, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
1996-1999 Principal Advisor for Dorothy Miles, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Dissertation Project: The role of ICP0 expression in the reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 strains KOS-63 and KOS-79
1996-1999 Member of graduate committee for Charles Ashburn, pre-doctoral fellow, Department of Microbiology and Immunology.
Other Teaching Activities
1995 Co-instructor, Partners and Health Sciences 1995 Summer Program: Viruses and Viral Diseases: A Course for Arkansas Secondary High School Teachers.
1996 Co-instructor, Partners and Health Sciences 1996 Summer Program: Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Course for Arkansas Secondary High School Teachers.
1997 Co-instructor, Partners and Health Sciences 1997 Summer Program: Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Course for Arkansas Secondary High School Teachers.
Invited Institutional and Local Seminars/Classes
“Neurotropism of Herpes Simplex Virus and its Relationship to Seizure Activity.” UAMS Department of Anatomy and Brainwork’s Seminar Series, January 31, 1995.
“The Molecular Pathogenesis of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections.” UAMS Department of Physiology and Biophysics, February 24, 1995.
“The Biology of Retroviruses.” Lecture for Biology 4201/5201, Department of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, February 28, 1995.
“Correlative Analysis of Herpes Simplex Virus Genes and their Relationship to Disease.” UAMS Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, January 24, 1996.
“The Biology of Retroviruses.” Lecture for Biology 4201/5201, Department of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, March 5, 1996.
“Seize the Day with Herpes.” Neurology Grand Rounds, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. January, 3, 1997.
“The Biology of Retroviruses.” Lecture for Biology 4201/5201, Department of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, March 5, 1998.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
Course Directorships
2003-2004 Course Director and Instructor, Cell Biology (BIOL 2533) ; 82 undergraduate students; 3 lecture hours per week.
2004 Course Director and Instructor, Physiology (ZIOL 2213) ; 116 undergraduate students; 3 lecture hours per week.
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
Course Directorships
2006 Course Director and Instructor for Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Assistants (MED 115 T); 25 undergraduate students; 2 lecture hours per week.