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

