PhD, RT(R)(CT)

Radiography Program Director, Director of Graduate Studies and Teaching Professor

Carla Allen has taught for the Radiography Program at Mizzou since 2006. Her goals include improving her teaching practice which also provides her with the skills and abilities to improve the delivery and quality of radiologic sciences education on a more global basis. She constantly strives to produce and publish high-quality research in instructional design, and exploration of the design, support and evaluation of critical thinking and problem-solving strategies. Her research interests include international collaboration, evidence based practice, visual information behavior and improving learning.

Education

• Doctorate in Information Sciences and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri
• Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Career and Technical Education, University of Missouri
• Bachelor of Health Science in Radiologic Sciences, University of Missouri

Professional societies

• Life membership in the Missouri Society of Radiologic Technologists

MU committees

• MU Faculty Council on Research Cyberinfrastructure, 2012-present
• MU Faculty Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property, 2011 – present
• SHP Clinical, Teaching & Research Promotion Committee, 2010-present
• SHP Research Committee, 2006 – 2010
• SHP Dean’s Search Committee
• SHP Student Appeals Committee
• SHP Educational Liaison Selection Committee
• CPD Committee on Review

Select publications

• Chen, W., Allen, C., & Jonassen, D. (2018). Deeper learning in collaborative concept mapping: A mixed methods study of conflict resolution. Computers in Human Behavior (In Press). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074756321830013X?via%3Dihub
• Kabel, A., Allen, C., & Dimka, J. (2017). Whose mammogram is this anyway? Perspectives on technology, breast health and mammography. Design for Health (pp 170-186).  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/24735132.2017.1386397
• Chen, W., & Allen, C. (2017). Concept Mapping: Providing Assessment of, for, and as Learning. Medical Science Educator. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-016-0365-1
• Cao, H., Li, Y., Allen, C. M., Phinney, M. A., & Shyu, C. R. (2016). Visual Reasoning Indexing and Retrieval Using In-memory Computing. In 2016 IEEE Second International Conference on Multimedia Big Data (BigMM) (pp. 17–24). https://doi.org/10.1109/BigMM.2016.83
• Denham, G., Allen, C., & Platt, J. (2016). International collaboration in medical radiation science. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, 63(2), 75–80. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.158

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