Peer-Reviewed Teaching Case Studies Developed for AAC&U’s
Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Skills (STIRS) Project
https://www.aacu.org/stirs/casestudies
Different Times of the Month: a cross-cultural analysis of menstruation taboos
Justin Armstrong, PhD – The Writing Program and Department of Anthropology, Wellesley College
Table 1
The Two-Sex System: Fact or Fallacy?
Angela Bauer, PhD – Department of Biology, High Point University
Table 1
Should English be the Official Language of the United States?
Lynn Burley, PhD – Department of Writing, The University of Central Arkansas
Table 4
Exploring Lawns and Gardens as Complex Socio-Ecological Systems
Table 6
Loren B. Byrne, PhD – Dept of Biology, Marine Biology & Environmental Science, Roger Williams University
People, Places, and Pipelines: Debating Tar Sands Oil Transmission
Tami S. Carmichael, PhD – Humanities and Integrated Studies Program, University of North Dakota
Table 2
Organic Foods: Examining the Health Implications
Katherine Hunting, PhD, MPH – Dept of Environmental & Occupational Health, The George
Washington University
The (Ferret) Sneeze Heard Around The World: The Case Of The Bioengineered Bird Flu
Jill M. Manske, PhD – Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)
Rising to the Challenge: Examining the Effects of a Growth Mindset
Sal Meyers, PhD – Department of Psychology, Simpson College
Table 5
Preventing Spina Bifida and Other Neural Tube Defects
Richard Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD – Department of Epidemiology, The George Washington University
MMR Vaccine and Autism: Scientific Inquiry, Ethics, and Evidence-Based Problem Solving
Karen Singer-Freeman, PhD – Department of Psychology, Purchase College, State University of New York
Table 3
To Drill or Not to Drill? A Dilemma in the Context of Climate Change in the Arctic
Vandana Singh, PhD – Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Framingham State University
Table 2
Cell Phones and Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence to Assess Potential Association
Jennifer S. Stanford, PhD – Department of Biology, Drexel University
Table 3
The Role of Evidence in Emergency Health Care Policy and Law: Rory Staunton and NYU Langone
Medical Center
Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM – Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University
Trends in Immigrant Adolescent Health in New York City: “Becoming an American Can Be Bad for
your Health”
Katie B. Wilson, MA – Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Stella and Charles Guttman
Community College, The City University of New York
Table 5
Blood Doping: Cheating, or Leveling the Playing Field?
Adele J. Wolfson, PhD – Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College
Table 6
Congressional Apportionment: Constitutional Questions, Data, and the First Presidential Veto
Ryan J. Zerr, PhD – Department of Mathematics, University of North Dakota
Table 4
Supplemental Resource for Students
Learning with the Case Method: An Invitation to the Student
Vandana Singh, PhD – Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Framingham State University