Current SEPAL graduate student, Elleanor Pangilinan, has been awarded the 2022 Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Student Research Award! The IRA Student Research Award will help fund Elleanor’s research on the experiences of biology faculty of color at Historically White Institutions (HWIs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
Congratulations, Elleanor!
Recent SFSU MS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-trained GTA, Lisa Mazumder (neé Bhattacharyya), has recently completed her PhD in Biology at UMass-Boston and has now joined that department as a Lecturer.
Also, Lisa is the proud Mom of a little girl who just turned 2!
Congratulations Lisa!
Recent SFSU MS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-trained GTA, Faith Amaral, has been offered and accepted a position in the doctoral program in the College of Environmental Science and Forestry at SUNY: State University of New York.
Congratulations Faith!
Recent SFSU MS Biology Alumnus, SEPAL-trained GTA, and former SEPAL research collaborator Lexie Cooper, has just published a first-author research article:
A.C. Cooper, K. M. Southard, J. B. Osness, and M. S. Bolger
Lexie is pursuing her doctoral studies in discipline-based biology education research in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona.
Congratulations Lexie!
Recent SFSU BS Alumnus and SEPAL Resource Center student leader, Kristen Chhom, has been offered and accepted a position in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at Samuel Merritt University.
Congratulations, Kristen!
Recent SFSU BS Biology Alumnus, and SEPAL student leader in the PALS–Peer Assistants for Learning Science program, Mariana Fashel Perez, has been offered and accepted a position in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis. Congratulations, Mariana!
Recent SFSU MS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL community member Emily Kossa has been offered and accepted a position as a High School Biology and Biotechnology Instructor at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, TX. Congratulations, Emily!
LEADS Alum Daniela Sanchez is featured in a recent article in SFSU! She shares her experience in the LEADS program and how it influenced her journey in science. Read more about this in the article here.
LEADS – Learners Engaged in Advocating for Diversity in Science – is a service learning course and program funded by the HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative. LEADS pairs students with Biology faculty members to develop Scientist Spotlights in their classroom in order to make biology curricula more inclusive!
Kimberly Tanner is in Washington, D.C. this week for her work with the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education as the new Program Director!
She shares photos of her very first time in her NSF office and the SEPAL swag she brought along to share with her NSF network.
Congratulations to Dax Ovid, Mallory Rice, Joshua Vargas Luna, Karen Tabayoyong, Parinaz Lajevardi, and Kimberly Tanner on their incredible work leading to a new publication in CBE-Life Sciences Education!
Their research addresses what undergraduate biology students remember and think about the non-content language (Instructor Talk) that their instructors say in the classroom.
To learn more about it, you can read “Investigating Student Perceptions of Instructor Talk: Alignment with Researchers’ Categorizations and Analysis of Remembered Language” here!
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