SFSU MS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-trained GTA, Catherine (Cat) Creech, has been offered and accepted a tenure-track biology faculty position at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon.
Congratulations, Cat!
Recent SFSU BS Biology Alumnus and SEPAL-affiliated student, Zahur-Saleh Subedar, has been offered and accepted a position in the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific for Fall 2022 in Pomona, California.
Congratulations, Zahur!
Recent SFSU MS Biology Alumnus, Mila Jimenez, is nearing completion of her post-graduate degree in Occupational Therapy (MS/OTD Program, Class of 2022) at New York University (NYU).
Congratulations, Mila!
Congratulations to Katharine A. Gelinas, Dax Ovid, Wilmer Amaya-Mejia, Rafael Ayala, Hanna E. Baek, Eric Gasmin, Karina Hissen, Amanda Johnson, Emily Kossa, Lauren Levesque, Kurt R. Lutz, Amichai S. Lyons, Alan F. Mata, Casey G. Mitchell, Lisa Paggeot, Maria José Pastor-Infantas, Cheryl Patel, Susan Prestol-Casillas, Kevin Xu Chen, and Kimberly D. Tanner on their incredible work leading to a new publication in CBE-Life Sciences Education!
Their research analyzes the non-content language (Instructor Talk) that graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) use in the undergraduate biology laboratory classrooms.
To learn more about it, you can read “Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms” here!
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!
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