Beth Shaffer McCarthy

College of Science and HealthBiological SciencesInstructorFaculty
DegreesM.S.
Contact
ESHAFFE5@depaul.edu
Office
McGowan North, Room 114

BIO

​Courses Taught

  • General Biology I (BIO 191) Lecture and Lab
  • Mi​crobiology (BIO 210) Lab

Education

  • M.S., Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
  • B.S., Environmental Science, University of Notre Dame

Major Areas of Interest

Increasing biological literacy through student-led research.

​​Publications

Burt-Nicholas, L., & Shaffer-McCarthy, B. (2022). A Tale of Two Literacies: Merging Information Literacy and Scientific Literacy in a Learning Community. In J. Pinkley & K. C. Casey (Eds.), The Community College Library: Instruction and Reference. Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). 

Shaffer, Elizabeth; Sims, Gerald; Cupples, Alison; Smyth, Charles; Chee-Sanford, Joanne; and Skinner, Andrea (2010) Atrazine Biodegradation in a Cisne Soil Exposed to a Major Spill, International Journal of Soil, Sediment and Water: Vol. 3: Iss. 2, Article 5. 

Cupples, A.M., E.A. Shaffer, J.C. Chee-Sanford, and G.K. Sims.  2007.  DNA buoyant density shifts during 15N DNA stable isotope probing.  Microbiological Res. 162:328-334.