Bio

Awards

2025, Provost High Impact Experience Award
2014, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award
2013, Outstanding Teacher Award

Publications

• Discovering Richer Conversations with Yellowdig: A New Paradigm for Community-Building , ITLC (International Teaching Learning Cooperative) Lilly Conference (2023)
• Exploring Plant-Insect Interactions Year-Round Through Field Sampling , The American Biology Teacher (2022)
• Engaging STEM Students in the Remote Learning Classroom , Annual Virtual Lilly Conference, Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning, Enhancing Online, On Site, and Hybrid Teaching and Learning (2021)
• REDESIGNING INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY LABORATORIES FOR ONLINE LEARNING , EDULEARN Proceedings (2021)
• Assessing the Cognitive & Non-Cognitive Impacts of a Biology CURE: A Quasi-Experimental Approach , Presentation at Council of Undergraduate Research, Virtual Biennial Conference (2020)
• General Biology Digital Enhancement Collection , UNC System Digital Course Enhancement Initiative (2020)
• Investigating SageModeler (tech-based modeling platform) as a Possible Solution to Incorporate Model-Based Learning (MBL) into Large Enrollment STEM Courses , NCSU Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching, Engagement (2020)
• Systems Modeling in STEM through SageModeler , Annual NC Association for Biomedical Research: Bridging the Gap (2020)
• Understanding the URM Student Perspective in Large Enrollment Active Learning Classrooms , NCSU Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching, Engagement (2020)
• TEACHING FOREST ECOLOGY TO INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY STUDENTS USING VIRTUAL REALITY , INTED Proceedings (2019)