Towson University

Part Time Faculty

BIOL 110: Contemporary General Biology, Lecture and Lab
Hybrid Non-majors and Health Professions Majors Course

BIOL 115: Biology: The Science of Life, Lecture and Lab
Non-majors biology course for general education credit

BIOL 190: Introductory Biology for Health Professions, Lecture and Lab
Introductory course for health professions students needing to take Anatomy and Physiology and/or Microbiology

Towson University

Lecturer

BIOL 190: Introductory Biology for Health Professions, Lecture and Lab
Introductory course for health professions students needing to take Anatomy and Physiology and/or Microbiology

BIOL 201: Biology I: Cellular Biology & Genetics, Lecture and Lab
One half of the introductory course sequence for Biology majors

BIOL 315/515: Medical Microbiology, Lecture and Lab
Hybrid Health Professions Majors and Biology Majors Upper Level Course, Offered for Credit in the Graduate Program with Supplemental Instructor-Guided Case Studies

HONR 379: Honors Independent Study
Comparative Study of Health Care Reform in the United States and Belize with a Honors College Nursing Major

Teaching Assistant Supervision and Training, Spring 2011 – Spring 2012
Provided instruction, training and support for two teaching assistants per semester in Biology 201: Cellular Biology & Genetics and Biology 315: Medical Microbiology.

Adviser, First Year Experience Program, Fall 2007 – Spring 2012
Provide academic advising to incoming freshmen students interested in pursuing science & health professions majors

Academic "Content" Coaching Initiative, STEM Community, Fall 2009 - present
Use coaching sessions as a novel approach to supplemental learning instruction for Biology 190, the preliminary course for most health professions majors at Towson University

Towson University

Part Time Faculty

BIOL 190: Introductory Biology for Health Professions, Lecture and Lab
Introductory course for health professions students needing to take Anatomy and Physiology and/or Microbiology

BIOL 201: Biology I: Cellular Biology & Genetics, Lecture and Lab
One half of the introductory course sequence for Biology majors

BIOL 204: Career Planning for the Biologist, Online
Online advising and career planning course for Biology Majors of sophomore standing or above

BIOL 221: Human Anatomy and Physiology, Lab
First semester of a year long majors level Anatomy & Physiology course

BIOL 408: Cell Biology, Lecture & Recitation
Upper level elective for biology majors.

Transfer Advisor, select Summer and Winter Sessions 2009 – present
Provide advising and scheduling assistance to transfer students majoring in Biology during pre-semester orientation

Diet and Cancer Lab, Dr. Petra Tsuji (mentor)
Lead technician for project analyzing enteric microbiome differences in mice with gut inflammation and different dietary exposures.

Towson University

Lecturer

Academic Advisor for incoming transfer students majoring in biology

Departmental Credit Evaluator

Courses taught include:
BIOL 120 Principles of Biology, Lecture and Lab
BIOL 221 Human Anatomy & Physiology 1, Lab

The Ingenuity Project

Biology Teacher

Taught honors level freshman biology with the aim that students would successfully complete the SAT2 exam in biology

Additional Courses Taught:
9th Grade Introduction to Research Methods
10th Grade Science Technology & Society
11th Grade Research Practicum
12th Grade Senior Seminar

The Ingenuity Project

Research Coordinator

Developed and directed a high school research program which placed students with area academic and industrial organizations to conduct undergraduate level research.

Mentored Ryan Harrison to the rank of 5th place in the 2005 Intel Science Talent Search (the first finalist from Baltimore City Schools in 47 years). This met the founding goal of the Ingenuity Project, to develop a research program with the specific aim of achieving finalist status in the Intel Science Talent Search.

Additional program successes included Myers Davis achieving the rank of 7th place in the 2006 Intel Science Talent Search and national recognition for the program’s students from the Siemens Westinghouse Competition, the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and the Young Naturalist Competition.

Community College of Baltimore County

Adjunct Faculty

BIOL 230: Microbiology, Lecture and Lab
Microbiology for Health Professions and Biology Majors

Community College of Baltimore County

Adjunct Faculty

BIOL 109: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Lab
One semester Anatomy & Physiology Course for Allied Health

BIOL 110: Biology: Cell and Molecular, Lecture and Lab
One half of the introductory course sequence for Biology majors

BIOL 220: Anatomy & Physiology I, Lecture and Lab
First half of the year-long Majors level Anatomy & Physiology course

BIOL 221: Anatomy & Physiology II, Lecture and Lab
Second half of the year long majors level Anatomy & Physiology course

Howard Community College

Adjunct Faculty

BIOL 101 General Biology 1, Lab
One half of the introductory course sequence for Biology majors

BIOL 102 General Biology 2, Lecture and Lab
One half of the introductory course sequence for Biology majors

In Vitro efficacy of antimicrobial extracts against the atypical ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. capri

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine