BACKGROUND

Position: Professor

Education:

Ph.D. - Biological Sciences
University of Mississippi 1990

M.S. - Biological Sciences
University of Mississippi 1987

BAE - Secondary Science
University of Mississippi 1984

B.S. - Medical Technology
University of Mississippi 1970

Major Areas of Teaching Emphasis:
Clinical Microbiology

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Book Chapters/Entries

• Mary F. Lux. 2001. A Work My Medicine:@ Anatomies and Physiologies in Othello: New Critical Essays. Routledge, New York, NY., pp 379 - 390.
• Mary F. Lux. 2000. Using Successful Writing at Work in Class in Health Care Communication in Successful Writing at Work Instructor=s Guide. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. p. 297-313.
• Mary F. Lux. 1999. Microbiology in Clinical Laboratory Science Review: A Bottom Line Approach. Louisiana State University Medical Center Foundation. New Orleans, LA. p.131-166.
• Mary F. Lux. 1999. Mycology in Clinical Laboratory Science Review: A Bottom Line Approach. Louisiana State University Medical Center Foundation. New Orleans, LA. p.167-177.

Articles

• Mary F. Lux. 2002. An activity-based format increased student retention in a community college microbiology course. Micro. Ed. 3:7-11.
• Abdelaziz, Hassan, Carolyn E. Beck, Mary F. Lux, and M. Jane Hudson. 2001. Differences among current methodologies used for detection of Giardia lamblia. Clin. Lab. Science 14: 150-54.
• Mary F. Lux, Carolyn E. Beck, and Ron Smith. 1997. Recruiting Students to Medical Technology. Lab. Med. 28:374-79.

Abstracts, National, Published, Refereed

• Mary F. Lux. Results of Student Learning Experiment in a Community College Microbiology Course With Use of Active Learning Strategies. 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Washington, D.C. Presented May 19, 2003. Poster Session 051W.
• Mary F. Lux. Evaluation of Small Group Testing Strategies in a Clinical Microbiology Course. 19th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Laboratory Educator=s Conference, March,2003. Presented March 6, 2003.
• Margot Hall, Sabrina Bryant, Jane Hudson, Mary Lux, Carol Beck, Shelly Myers. In Search of a Meaningful Senior Honors Research Project. 19th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Laboratory Educator=s Conference, March,2003. Presented March 6, 2003.
• Mary F. Lux. 2002. Student responses to introduction of group learning activities in a clinical microbiology course. 9th Annual Undergraduate Microbiology Conference. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Presented May, 2002.
• L. S. Necaise, S. McCulloch, E. Hogue, and M. F. Lux*. 2001. Incidence of methicillin?resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Two Mississippi Hospitals. 101st General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Orlando, FL. Poster Session 59/C. Abstract C-72. May 21, 2001.
• Mary F. Lux* and M. Jane Hudson. 2001. Instructional objectives provide direction for teaching and learning. 8th Annual Undergraduate Microbiology Conference. Central Florida University, Orlando, FL. May 19, 2001.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2001. Using books from the popular press in a clinical microbiology course. 17th Annual Clinical Laboratory Educator=s Conference, February 2001.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2000. Using a laboratory-based format to increase student retention in a community college night general microbiology course. American Society for Microbiology, 100th General Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.. Poster Session 36/W, Abstract W-2, Board 450, May 22, 2000.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2000. Integrating outside reading assignments into microbiology courses. 7th Annual Undergraduate Microbiology Conference. May 20, 2000. Abstract1-06, p5.
• Lux, M. F.*, Carol Beck, Margot J. Hall, and Jane Hudson. 2000. Development of a clinical laboratory science course for nurse practitioners. 16th Annual Meeting of Clinical Laboratory Educators. Salt Lake City, UT. Program: Poster 16. Presented, March 3, 2000.
• Hudson, Jane, Carolyn Beck, Margot J. Hall, and Mary F. Lux. 2000. Medical technology graduate program design. 16th Annual Meeting of Clinical Laboratory Educators. Salt Lake City, UT. Program: Poster 19. Presented, March 3, 2000.

Abstracts, State/Regional, Refereed, Published

• Mary F. Lux. 2003. Active learning strategies in a community college microbiology class. Sixty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Hattiesburg, MS. Accepted.
• Mary F. Lux. 2003. Use of active learning strategies in community college microbiology classes. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Jackson, MS. October, 2002. Presented October 25, 2002.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2002. Introduction of group learning activities in a clinical microbiology course. Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Biloxi, MS. Vol 47, No. 1, p 84. Presented February 21, 2002.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2001 Student response to introduction of group learning activities in a clinical microbiology course. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Baton Rouge, LA. October, 2001.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2001. Use of popular literature to introduce topics in a microbiology course. Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science. Vol 46, No.1, p 82-3. Presented February 9, 2001.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2000. Introduction of topics using books of general interest. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Little Rock, AR. November 10, 2000.
• Mary F. Lux*. 2000. Increased student retention through coordination of lab and lecture. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Little Rock, AR. November 10, 2000.
• Lynn S. Necaise and Mary F. Lux*. 2000. Incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a small Mississippi Gulf Coast hospital. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Little Rock, AR. November 10, 2000.
• Mary F. Lux* and Sabrina Bryant. 2000. An activity-based format for a microbiology course offered at night. Mississippi Academy of Sciences 64th Annual Meeting, 45:94. Presented February, 2000.

Current Research Interests:

Microbiology Education