STEM Faculty

San Jose State University, San Jose, California

Department of Biological Sciences

Fellowships, Grants and Awards 

Innovation for Student Success Award

2020 San Jose State University 

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Student Success Analytics Research Cohort

2020 California State University System 

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Outstanding Faculty Award San Jose State University Disability Resource Center (DRC)

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Research, Scholarship & Creativty Activity Grant 2019 

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Open Educational Resource Initiative Grant 2019

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges 

Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality in the Classroom Research 2018

Cohort Innovations in STEM Teaching Incubator Program UC Berkeley

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New Author Award for Write, Present, Create: Science Communication for Undergraduates 

San Jose State University

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Quality Assurance Professional Development Grant

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Salzburg Global Fellow Salzburg

Global Seminar, U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy 

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ETS Criterion Implementation Grant

Principal Investigator 

Affordable Textbook Alternatives Project Grant

Principal Investigator

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eCampus Online Course Development Grant

Principal Investigator 

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Independent Film Award, Advocacy & Conservation International Wildlife Film Festival 

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Honorable Mention

Education 

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Ph.D., Psychology (Candidate, 2021) 

Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California

Research focus: augmented reality, immersion, engagement 

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M.S., Psychology

2020 Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California

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M.Sc., Science Communication with Merit Honors

2017 Imperial College London 

Research Focus: Fear appeals, persuasion, fear science, climate change communication 

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M.S., Biological Sciences

Concentration in Organismal, Conservation and Ecology 

2006 San Jose State University

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B.A., Biological Sciences

2002 San Jose State University

Teaching Highlights

• Designed and implemented 7 inaugural, lower division general education courses in the online environment since 2008 with original digital content (Bio 10-The Living World, Bio 21- Human Biology, Bio 54 -Human Understanding, UNVS 96GB - Global Citizenship, GLST 1B - Global Studies in the Life Sciences, ES01-Intro to Environmental Studies, ESCi-19 Environmental Biology).

• Selected by CSU Chancellor’s Office for the CourseMatch Program (Biology 10).
  Achieved official Quality Matters Certification of Online Education Excellence (Biology 10)

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• Created an outdoor volunteer program in 2009 with roughly 5,000 students contributing nearly 20,000 work hours to local, environmental non-profit organizations to date.
   

• Specializing in large (100 student) to mega lecture (400 student) science courses; in person, hybrid and fully digital.