My roles as a Teaching Professor are guided by three principles: evidence-based teaching, a holistic approach to education, and a commitment to an inclusivity. My instruction is evidence-based, using backward design to align course objectives with activities and assessments. I implement a variety of active learning, reflection, and team-based learning strategies to facilitate deeper learning and I incorporate Service-Learning in a freshman course to develop key professional skills in my students. My holistic approach to teaching focuses not only on content specific objectives, but also teaching students ‘how to learn’ and ‘how to study’ for future academic success.
I am committed to inclusive instruction. With the Biology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, I designed, improved, and assessed our undergraduate programs to ensure that ALL students feel a part of our community and are exceedingly well-prepared to address the emerging challenges in medicine, biotechnology, and life science research upon their graduation.
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Student Spotlight
Undergraduate Student Experience Spotlight: JeTaury Davis
My name is JeTaury Davis but I go by Jet for short. I will graduate in the spring of 2024 with a Cellular and Molecular Biology major and a minor in Africana Studies. -
They inspire women to code and teach lifelong learning skills
When Laney Strange began her career in computer science as an undergraduate student at Simmons College, a women’s college, she almost forgot she was entering into a male-dominated field. “My first four years of computer science were collaborative and not competitive,” says Strange, an associate teaching professor of computer science at Northeastern. “I never felt...