Tess L. Killpack

Salem State University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

11h-index401citations18works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(4), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(4), Career Development and Diversity(4), Bird parasitology and diseases(4), Biomedical and Engineering Education(3)

Publications18 total

The Role of Faculty in Cultivating Thriving Campus STEM Ecosystems
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
An Equity-Focused Redesign of an Introductory Organismal Biology Lab Course To Develop Foundational Scientific Practices
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
A Remote-Learning Framework for Student Research Projects: Using Datasets to Teach Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Science Communication
CourseSource·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Increased Scaffolding and Inquiry in an Introductory Biology Lab Enhance Experimental Design Skills and Sense of Scientific Ability
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
First-Day Info Sheets: A Tool to Prompt Semester-Long Inclusive Teaching
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
2019 DNA Barcoding for CUREs Workshop
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)·2019Open Access
High costs of infection: Alphavirus infection reduces digestive function and bone and feather growth in nestling house sparrows (Passer domesticus)
PLoS ONE·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
Development of a Tool to Assess Interrelated Experimental Design in Introductory Biology
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
Phagocytic Receptors Activate Syk and Src Signaling during Borrelia burgdorferi Phagocytosis
Infection and Immunity·2017· 21 citedOpen Access
Toward Inclusive STEM Classrooms: What Personal Role Do Faculty Play?
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2016· 155 citedOpen Access
Adaptor Protein-3–Mediated Trafficking of TLR2 Ligands Controls Specificity of Inflammatory Responses but Not Adaptor Complex Assembly
The Journal of Immunology·2015· 18 citedOpen Access
Impacts of Short-Term Food Restriction on Immune Development in Altricial House Sparrow Nestlings
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology·2015· 18 cited
Compensatory growth in nestling Zebra Finches impacts body composition but not adaptive immune function
The Auk·2014· 11 citedOpen Access
Ontogenetic patterns of constitutive immune parameters in altricial house sparrows
Journal of Avian Biology·2013· 33 cited
Development and plasticity of innate immune function in altricial house sparrow nestlings
The FASEB Journal·2013
Ontogeny of Adaptive Antibody Response to a Model Antigen in Captive Altricial Zebra Finches
PLoS ONE·2012· 27 citedOpen Access
Growth and development of house sparrows (<i>Passer domesticus</i>) in response to chronic food restriction throughout the nestling period
Journal of Experimental Biology·2012· 30 cited
Assessing a decade of phosphorus management in the Lake Mendota, Wisconsin watershed and scenarios for enhanced phosphorus management
Aquatic Sciences·2011· 24 cited

Frequent Co-authors

William H. Karasov(6), Laverne C. Melón(2), Sara M. Fulmer(2), Stephen C. Bunnell(2), Linden T. Hu(2), Tanja Petnicki‐Ocwieja(2), Thea R. Popolizio(2), Yushi Oguchi(1), Emily L. Kara(1), Chad Heimerl(1), Matthew C. Van de Bogert(1), Hiroko Yoshida(1), Stephen R. Carpenter(1), Julie A. Roden(1), Jocelyne L. Dolce(1), Christa D. Skow(1), Maria Ballesteros(1), Alice Bedugnis(1), Lester Kobzik(1), Elijah Carrel(1)