Assistant
Professor
056 Irvine Addition
Irvine Hall, West Green
Building 102
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 593-9480
056 Irvine Addition
Irvine Hall, West Green
Building 102
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
(740) 593-9480
As teaching faculty, I have the good fortune to
train students in biology at many levels. I teach
Introductory Molecular and Cellular Biology lecture
(Bios 170), Introductory Anatomy lab (Bios 171),
Human Sex and Reproduction (Bios 205), and freshman
seminar in the Genetic and Hormonal Control of
Gender (Bios 109). I am also the Director of
Biological Sciences Learning Communities. I
develop, coordinate and train student mentors to
teach the Learning Communities (Bios 110A) that
accompany the Introductory lecture that I teach. I
also coordinate our program with the University
Residential Learning Communities program. I have a
strong interest in how students learn science and
incorporate proven techniques into my teaching, as
well as devise and test new techniques in my
courses.
My dissertation work was describing the environmental and hormonal control of the oviduct of a seasonally reproducing organism, the slider turtle. I chose this area because it combined my fascination with reptiles, reproduction and conservation. However, my biological interests run from molecular biology to conservation biology and include everything in between and around. I am particularly interested in sex and reproductive issues, in wildlife as well as humans. It is reproduction that provides new individuals for populations, thereby preserving species, and it is reproduction that provides the fabulous diversity we see in nature and ourselves. As a species, we don’t do a very good job of keeping ourselves informed. My reproduction course provides the reproductive biological information that each human should have. And, it’s fun to talk about sex!
My dissertation work was describing the environmental and hormonal control of the oviduct of a seasonally reproducing organism, the slider turtle. I chose this area because it combined my fascination with reptiles, reproduction and conservation. However, my biological interests run from molecular biology to conservation biology and include everything in between and around. I am particularly interested in sex and reproductive issues, in wildlife as well as humans. It is reproduction that provides new individuals for populations, thereby preserving species, and it is reproduction that provides the fabulous diversity we see in nature and ourselves. As a species, we don’t do a very good job of keeping ourselves informed. My reproduction course provides the reproductive biological information that each human should have. And, it’s fun to talk about sex!
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