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Tessa Andrews

Monday July 15, 2024

Bio:

Tessa Andrews is a Meigs Distinguished Professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia. She earned a PhD in Biological Sciences, with a focus on conservation genetics and education research. Her research group, which includes undergraduate researchers, graduate students, and postdocs, specializes in biology education research and studies faculty and departments in their pursuit to use evidence-based and inclusive practices.

 


Robin Greenler and Evangeline Su

Bio:

Robin Greenler engages faculty, future faculty and national learning communities to support creation of equitable and evidenced-based practices for STEM faculty and more socially just and inclusive experiences for undergraduate students.  She serves as Assistant Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) at University of Wisconsin Madison, as well as PI or CoPI on several STEM education projects including the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, the Postdoc Academy, the Aspire Alliance and a Research Coordination Network project focused on diversifying scientific societies. 

Prior to these roles, Robin was an adjunct professor of biology at Beloit College and worked closely with BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium.  Her efforts to reform and revolutionize STEM education have employed leverage points including recycled soda bottles, kimchi, and deans.

Co-presenting with Robin is Evangeline Su, a member of the NSF E.B. Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance National Change Team and SEER Institute at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. In those roles, she works with STEM faculty, administrators, staff, postdocs to sustain and create inclusive environments in teaching, mentoring, and advising through the Inclusive Professional Framework and its applications with institutions, schools, departments, and professional societies. Dr. Su has raised awareness of the experiences of non-dominant identity students while advising students underrepresented in STEM and teaching chemistry, entering research, inclusive STEM teaching, and culturally-aware research mentorship courses. She also brings an extensive knowledge of restorative justice practices, trauma-informed facilitation, and DEI change implementation from her consulting work.