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2019 Seminars

	*PAST SEMINARS:*
Thursday June 6th 2019 12:30pm-1:30pm PSB 240 - UCSC	Speaker: Professor John Matsui Assistant Dean, Biological Sciences and Director, Biology Scholars Program University of California, Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology Topic: UC Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program – Return on Investment and the Economics of Scaling Student Success
Thursday May 9th 2019 12:30pm-1:30pm PSB 240 - UCSC	Speaker: Benjamin Storm Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UCSC Topic: Memory, Metacognition, and Learning
Thursday, April 11 2019 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: PSB 240	Speaker: Bryan Dewsbury Assistant Professor, College of the Environment and Life Sciences The University of Rhode Island Topic: Teaching for meaning and purpose - Inclusive practices in academe
Thursday, March 14 2019 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Biomed 300	Speaker: Beth Shapiro Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Environmental DNA for Science Investigation & Education
Thursday, Feb 14 2019 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Biomed 300	Speaker: Dr. Norbert Reich Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara Principal Investigator, Reich Group Topic: Highly Effective Active Learning in a One-Year Biochemistry Series with Limited Resources
Thursday, Jan 17th 2019 12:30pm-1:30pm, location Biomed 300	Speakers: Campbell Leaper & Christy Starr Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Helping and Hindering Undergraduate Women’s STEM Motivation: Experiences with STEM Encouragement, STEM-Related Gender Bias, and Sexual Harassment
Thursday, Nov 8 2018 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Biomed 300	Speaker: Kimberly Tanner, Professor; Director of SEPAL Tenured Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University Topic: Collectively Improving Our Teaching: Department-wide Efforts in Scientific Teaching that Produced Classroom Transformations, Unanticipated Discoveries, and Scholarly Publications
Thursday, Oct 11 2018 12:30PM-1:30PM Location: Biomed 300	Speaker: Jody Greene, Director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning. UCSC Topic: Building a 21st century teaching center at UCSC
Thursday, May 10 2018 12:30PM-1:30PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Jordan Moberg Parker, Assistant Adjunct Professor. UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Topic: Designing, refining, and assessing CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences) Host: Robin Dunkin, UCSC
Thursday, April 12 2018 12:30PM-1:30PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Erika Zavaleta, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCSC Topic: An Inclusive, Inquiry-Based Pathway for Undergraduate Retention and Research Readiness in Ecology and Conservation Biology Host: Susan Strome
Thursday, March 8 2018 12:30PM-1:30PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Nancy Cox-Konopelski, Academic Excellence Program Director Topic: ACE: Collaboration to Community
Thursday, February 8 2018 12PM-1PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Jenny Knight, Associate Professor, MCD Bio, CU-Boulder Topic: Improving student learning through understanding reasoning and problem solving practices
Thursday, December 14 2017 12PM-1PM PSB 240	Speakers: Lisa Hunter, Director ISEE and Christy Starr, PhD Candidate - Psychology Dept Topic: Doing science makes a difference: Engaging students in science practices increases science identity, motivation, and career interest over time. Host: Susy Honig
Thursday, November 9 2017 12PM-1PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Leslie Kern, Canvas Service Manager and Operations Manager for the Faculty Instructional Technology Center (FITC) Topic: Canvas and Active Learning Host: Tammy Bye
Thursday, October 12 2017 12PM-1PM Biomed 300	Speaker: Manny Ares, Professor PSB Topic: Active Learning Infusion into Introductory Molecular and Cell Biology Hosts: Susy Honig and Gabe Mednick

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