SFSU MS Biology Alumnus (2005) and SEPAL-graduate student researcher, Dr. Jamie Chan, completed her doctorate (EdD!), entitled “Exploring the Development of BIPOC Preservice Teacher’s Pedagogical Practices and Identity During a Linguistic and Equity Focused Science Teaching Practicum Course” at SFSU in 2022. Additionally, Dr. Chan has just been hired as Director of Programs and Partnerships with The Gardens of Golden Gate Park. This position oversees all educational programs coming out of our gardens (SF Botanical, Conservatory of Flowers, and Japanese Tea Gardens), as well as all events and adult education…Wow!!
Jenee Wilson, SFSU BS Biology Alumnus, SFSU Softball Player (2015-19), and SEPAL-affiliated student – who was both a Bio 644: Learners Engaged in Advocating for Diversity in Science (LEADS) student and a published SEPAL researcher – was accepted and just began in the California University of Science and Medicine post-baccalaureate program. This is one-year program awards students a Master of Biomedical Science and an automatic interview for their medical school upon completion….
SEPAL Postdoc Alumni Dax Ovid and Mallory Rice are featured in the latest Teaching for Student Success podcast (Ep. 18: Instructor Talk Continues: Students Hear What You Say…. And They Remember!)!
Tune in here to listen to Dax and Mallory share their insights about how students perceive Instructor Talk, the non-content language used by instructors.
Go Dax and Mallory!
If you would like to learn more about Instructor Talk, check out this podcast previously posted on Teaching for Student Success featuring Kimberly Tanner.
Elleanor Pangilinan, Kimberly Tanner, Andrea Burton, Dax Ovid, Lucy Luong, Francisco Sanchez-Vasquez, and Leticia Rivero were together in-person at the SABER Annual Meeting 2022 this past weekend at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Many of the SEPAL people present met face-to-face for the very first time!
Additionally, Dax presented an engaging research talk to share data on the impact of Scientist Spotlights on high school students and encourage other SABERites to implement Scientist Spotlights in their classes. Great job, Dax! And great job to all the SEPAL people who contributed and supported the presentation in a variety of ways!
Dax Ovid, Lucy Luong, and Kimberly Tanner were together in-person at the NIH SciEd 2022 Conference last week in D.C. representing the Scientist Spotlights Initiative. Dax and Lucy presented a flash talk and poster to share data on the impact of Scientist Spotlights on high school students and encourage other science educators to implement Scientist Spotlights in their classes and programs. Great job, Dax and Lucy!
SFSU BS & MS Biology Alumnus, Adrienne Le, recently published a Wikipedia page on our very own Kimberly Tanner! Adrienne worked on writing up Kimberly’s page and got it edited, approved, and published by the Wikipedia editors.
Adrienne has connected with SEPAL through the Learners Engaged in Advocating for Diversity in Science Engaged in Advancing Diversity to Science (LEADS) program, where she had been interviewed by various LEADS students to be featured in aScientist Spotlight. Her story in science has been shared in multiple SFSU biology classrooms and was referenced in research by Aranda, et al. Currently, Adrienne is a PhD student at the University of Washington.
Thank you, Adrienne, for all of your efforts in making science more diverse and inclusive and for this wonderful tribute to Kimberly!
SFSU BA Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-affiliated student, Holly Caintic, is now a sought-after Medical Assistant, working with the California Skin Institute and the Dermatology Center of San Francisco.
SFSU BS Biology Alumnus, HHMI EXROP Research Fellow Alumnus, and SEPAL-affiliated student, Bridget Hansen, finished her PhD at University of California, Berkeley last year and is now a Scientist at Pivot Bio, a biotechnology company in the East Bay.
2014 SFSU BS Biology – Physiology Alumnus and SEPAL-affiliated student, Kenta Lehner, has been promoted to Senior Clinical Research Specialist at Medtronic in Hyogo, Japan.
Recent SFSU BS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-affiliated student leader (PALS), Adriana Guajardo, has been offered and accepted a position in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology doctoral program at UCSF for Fall 2022.
