Maurina Aranda, a SEPAL Postdoc alumnus, was recently awarded the Paul-Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award, which recognizes a faculty member at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) successful integration of their research into their teaching. In her application, she shared the work she was involved in at SEPAL – funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
– with Scientist Spotlights.
Click here to read the article that spotlights Maurina’s honor.
Congratulations and way to go, Maurina!
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Congratulations to Elleanor Pangilinan, Kimberly Tanner, and Tatiane Russo-Tait on their new Special Issue publication in CBE-Life Sciences Education!
Their study centers the voices and experiences of biology faculty of color and explores how they bring their social identities into their professional work. The data shared come from Elleanor’s M.S. research at SEPAL…
To learn more about this, you can read “Investigating How Biology Faculty of Color Integrate Their Social Identities into Their Teaching and Mentoring” here.
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SFSU BA Biology (2019) and SEPAL PALS Alumnus, Quintton McCahey, has a new position as a Senior Clinical Specialist at Abbott Inc. This new professional accomplishment follows his 2023 completion of an MBA in Global Business at Dominican University of California.
Congratulations, Quintton!
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SEPAL Postdoc Alumnus, Andrea Burton, has been offered and accepted a new position as a Assistant Teaching Professor in marine biology at the University of Washington…
Congratulations, Andrea!
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Maurina Aranda, a SEPAL Postdoc alumnus, was awarded Promotion and Tenure to Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Maurina will not only continue to teach biology to her many students at SIUE but also continue forth her research efforts on student learning in biology.
Congratulations, Maurina, on your professional achievement!
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SEPAL Program Coordinator Lucy Luong was recently approved Co-Principal Investigator status on SEPAL’s NSF IUSE Grant – Assessing the Impact of Engaging Students as Active Change Agents in Chemistry Curriculum Reform Using Scientist Spotlights. She will apply what she has learned working with SEPAL programs in SFSU Biology and The Scientist Spotlights Initiative to engage undergraduate students as change agents in Chemistry with collaborators at University of San Francisco.
Congratulations, Lucy!
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Paul Nagami, a SFSU Biology and SEPAL research group MS alumnus, has earned his tenure as a biology instructor at Mission College. Paul will continue to share his knowledge on science education with his many students and fellow faculty at Mission College.
Congratulations, Paul, on your professional achievement!
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Greetings from The Grove Center for Excellence in Science Education, Pennsylvania State University!
Kimberly Tanner brought SEPAL to instructors on the East Coast. During a 2-day session at Penn State, Kimberly shared about SFSU Biology’s department-wide efforts on scientific teaching and hosted interactive workshops to showcase active learning and share strategies that promote fairness in the classroom. Learn more about the 2-day event here.
Way to go, Kimberly!
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SEPAL programs and research efforts aimed at humanizing scientists in undergraduate science courses have recently been awarded over $1.5 million in grant funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF). Both grants will expand upon the efforts of The Scientist Spotlights Initiative to expand and investigate how humanizing science curriculum may impact students’ interests, attitudes, and success in science.
The NIH award – The Scientist Spotlights Partnership Program: Engaging High School Students in Exploring Biomedical Science Careers by Connecting with Counter-Stereotypical Scientists – will be launched in collaboration with colleagues at Foothill College and University of Georgia. We aim to partner high school teachers and students with undergraduate Biology students, who may serve as near peer mentors, to support high school students in co-authoring new Scientist Spotlights. To learn more about the NIH SEPA project, click here…
The NSF award – Assessing the Impact of Engaging Students as Active Change Agents in Chemistry Curriculum Reform Using Scientist Spotlights – will be conducted in collaboration with Chemistry colleagues at the University of San Francisco. We aim to engage undergraduate students as active change agents in Chemistry curricula through authoring more Scientist Spotlights in chemistry. To learn more about the NSF IUSE project, click here…
Both research and development efforts will contribute to the growing online database of Scientist Spotlights, where students in high school and college can experience the assignments and reflect on their own ideas about who does science.
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SEPAL Postdoc Alumnus Sara Brownell, now at Arizona State University, is featured in a recent ASMBMB Today article titled “Changing pedagogy for changing students.” Sara shares her memories from the SEPAL Scientific Teaching Institute and how she has refocused her teaching to address equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Click here to read the full article.
Amazing work, Sara!
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