These are selected examples of current and past service activities. For a full list, please contact me for a copy of my CV.
Departmental
- 1998-2021: Core Curriculum Coordinator of Biology
- Directed undergraduate teaching laboratory program (6 courses, 44 sections) enrolling ~20% of campus annually
- Trained, supervised 22 graduate TAs, 2 lab managers
- 2005–present: Undergraduate Studies Committee
- 2019: launched integrated 4-year curriculum for majors based on Vision & Change model. Outcome of >5 years planning, data analysis, & development.
- 2008-2018: Developed, supervised BASX instructional assessment exam. Evaluated and reported outcomes annually to departmental chair and institutional administration.
- Co-led Project SEARCH Academy, a pre-college summer program for low-income, high-risk students in 13 Northwest NC counties.
- 2009–2015: Evaluation Coordinator for UNTRAC Minorities Access Program
Institutional
- 2019: Co-directed WakePortfolio Project
- Pilot project funded by the Lumina Foundation
- ~45 undergraduates completed 6 self-reflection questions that asked them to integrate their WFU experiences.
- Cross-institutional team incl. Campus Life, Dean of the College, Institutional Research, Registrar, Information Systems, Online Education, Collegiate Curriculum Review Committee.
- 2017-2021: Undergraduate College Curriculum Review Committee
- Systematically evaluated the WFU general education program for the first time in 20 years.
- Provided recommendations to Cmte. on Academic Planning.
- 2013-2019: Senior Advisory Board for PRIME (Postdoctoral Research, Instruction, and Mentorship Experiences) Program.
- NIGMS K12 Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award to WakeHealth School of Medicine.
- 2014: Developed a successful MCAT prep program for WakeHealth’s minority-serving post-baccalaureate program (28 students)
- 2009–2011. Co-creator and director of WFU’s New Teaching Assistant Orientation Program.
- A mandatory 2-day program to prepare all new graduate TAs for their role as class instructors.
- Program was transferred to WFU Teaching and Learning Collaborative in 2012 and continues today.
- 2005–2011: Advisory Committee on Teaching RCR, Ethics and Professionalism, Graduate School of WFU.
External
- 2017-2021: Senior Advisory Board, BioTAP.
- NSF-funding RCN program to increase research, dissemination, advocacy on TA professional development
- 2020: Panelist reviewer for National Science Foundation
- Developed, presented nationally, & published:
- >12 inquiry-based lab activities for college biology;
- Book-length guide to developing active, inquiry-based labs.
- Developed and published scalable models for:
- Active lab instructional design;
- Teaching and assessing scientific writing for undergraduates;
- Collaborative textbook development, authoring
- 2012: Co-host for 34th Annual Meeting of Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), June 18-22 in Chapel Hill, NC
- 2012–2017: Natural Sciences Curriculum Advisory Board, Forsyth Technical and Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
- 2011: External consultant and reviewer for Advanced Placement/College Board’s new series of AP biology laboratory exercises (implemented AY2012/13).
- 2010–2015: Production Editor for Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching (Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education.)
- 2009: Participant in Vision and Change Summit in Washington DC