Date:
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Ballard Room, Countway Library
SPRING 2018
HMS Curriculum Fellows Program
Graduate Science Education Series
Joya Mukerji, PhD
Research Scientist
Biology Education Research Group
University of Washington
Joya Mukerji earned her PhD from Harvard Medical School's Division of Medical Sciences, Program in Virology, in the laboratory of Dana Gabuzda, at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dual passions for investigating molecular mechanisms in biology and facilitating effective student-centered learning led her to join the HMS Curriculum Fellows Program (CFP), where she served as the Lecturer and Curriculum Fellow for Translational Science.
Currently, as a Research Scientist in Scott Freeman's group at UW-Seattle, Joya has collaborated with Ben Kerr's lab to create new lab modules in which freshman and sophomores evolve antibiotic resistant strains and characterize the molecular basis for the observed resistance, to empirically observe and explore connections amongst genotype, phenotype, and fitness. After teaching the first 4 pilots of the CURE and refining the curriculum, Joya transferred her focus to investigating how the CURE affects its main participants: undergraduate students in UW's Intro Bio Series, graduate TAs, and undergraduate peer facilitators. Goals of the CURE include: 1) promoting retention of students in science-related fields, 2) improving students' achievement in biology and experimental design, and 3) cultivating students' positive affect, such as self-efficacy and sense of belonging in the scientific community.
Currently, as a Research Scientist in Scott Freeman's group at UW-Seattle, Joya has collaborated with Ben Kerr's lab to create new lab modules in which freshman and sophomores evolve antibiotic resistant strains and characterize the molecular basis for the observed resistance, to empirically observe and explore connections amongst genotype, phenotype, and fitness. After teaching the first 4 pilots of the CURE and refining the curriculum, Joya transferred her focus to investigating how the CURE affects its main participants: undergraduate students in UW's Intro Bio Series, graduate TAs, and undergraduate peer facilitators. Goals of the CURE include: 1) promoting retention of students in science-related fields, 2) improving students' achievement in biology and experimental design, and 3) cultivating students' positive affect, such as self-efficacy and sense of belonging in the scientific community.
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