EDUCATION TEACHING ACTIVITIES. DEVELOPMENT and ASSESSMENT

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1 JENNIFER M. LANDIN, Teaching Assistant Professor Department of Biology North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC www4.ncsu.edu/~jmlandin Home contact: 309 Webster Street Cary, NC Goal: To combine creative education techniques with sound research practices to extend an understanding of biology, scientific practice, and conservation among diverse populations. EDUCATION Ph.D., North Carolina State University (Science Education) M.S., Marshall University (Biology / Herpetology) B.S.F.R., University of Georgia (Forestry / Wildlife Biology) TEACHING ACTIVITIES Biological Illustration: Developed course to offer a creative approach in teaching biological diversity and comparative anatomy. Collaborated with state museums to exhibit student illustrations, which garnered regional and national attention for science outreach. Introductory Biology: Expanded course from an HHMI funded experimental course to large scale when evaluations indicated strongly positive results from students. It remains a favored class, scoring higher than departmental averages Critical and Creative Thinking (Instructor: 36 students/semester) Biological Illustration (Instructor: students/semester) Introductory Biology for non science majors (Instructor: 250 students/semester) 2011 NeuroEducation (Co Instructor: 14 students) Introductory Biology Labs (TA) 2009 General Biology for middle school teachers (Instructor The Science House) DEVELOPMENT and ASSESSMENT Program Assessment (develop objectives and outcomes for the Biological Sciences Department; create assessments by coordinating with University assessment personnel and all stakeholders; test outcomes to evaluate student progress and record quantitative data for evidence based promotion of Departmental performance) 2011 NeuroEducation course co development ($20,000 grant) Introductory Biology for non science majors lab redevelopment and evaluation of new online and in class labs; write and publish lab manual 2010 Biological Illustration course development 2009 Issues in Biology course/lab co development

2 2007 Evaluator for new Introductory Biology laboratory units with a student focus group; prepare quantitative and qualitative measures for HHMI review RESEARCH FOCUS Visual Communication & Infographics Analysis Communicating Science with Non Scientists PUBLICATIONS 2015 Rediscovering the Forgotten Benefits of Drawing (Symbiartic, a Scientific American blog) 2015 Do Viewers Understand our Illustrations? (JNSI 2015(2)) 2015 How bio illustration produces better scientists (Sciences at NC State, Winter) 2015 In Press: Cell Anatomy Infographics in Biology Textbooks: An Historical Analysis 2014 Book: Dr. Landin s 89 Essential Tips for New College Students 2013 Did Goethe Say you really do not see a plant until you draw it? (JNSI 45(1)) 2011 Dissertation: ʺPerceptual Drawing as a Learning Tool in a College Biology Laboratoryʺ PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2015 ʺNon science Majorsʹ Views on Climate Change Over Timeʺ; Global Change Symposium, Raleigh NC 2014 Teaching Illustration as a Biology Course ; GNSI Annual Conference, Boulder CO 2014 Using the Common Reading : NCSU Office of Faculty Development 2013 Historical Drawings and the Confusing Folklore behind Them ; GNSI Annual Conference, Bar Harbor ME 2013 Stylized Textbook Graphics of Cell Anatomy and Associated Student Misconceptions ; NARST Annual International Conference, Puerto Rico 2012 ʺIllustrating Misconceptions: How scientific graphics can mislead studentsʺ; GNSI Annual Conference, Savannah GA 2010 ʺDrawing to Learn: Educational Research on Scientific Illustration as a Learning Toolʺ; GNSI Annual Conference, Raleigh NC 2010 ʺDevelopment of an Observational Skills Assessmentʺ; NARST Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA AWARDS 2015 Alt Textbook Grant Thank a Teacher awards 2011 Innovative Summer Course Grant for development of NeuroEducation course

3 2010 Nomination for Outstanding Teaching Award (CALS) 2008 Preparing the Professoriate OUTREACH ACTIVITIES Outreach Events Darwin Day coordinator; evolution education outreach events at NCSU and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences 2014 Coordinator for Convergent Sciences lecture: Sex, Flies & Videotape by James Gorman, New York Times Science Writer/Editor Electronic Outreach RedNewtGallery blog with re posts on YourWildLife blog and Ecological Society of America blog Evolution FAQ: compilation of every student question, with answers, on evolution 2013 Featured guest (September) on ArtPlantae blog ( landin/) 2013 Post on The Abstract ( on real life/) Public Lectures 2014 Sketching Nature: Biological Illustration in History ; NC Botanical Gardens ( Following in the Bartrams Footsteps Exhibit) 2014 Picturing Evolution ; NC Museum of Natural Science 2012 ʺHow Botanical Illustration Changed the Worldʺ; invited speaker, South Carolina Native Plant Society Interviews 2013 Field Ops (JNSI 45(1) 2013) 2013 NCSU s The Bulletin ( CoastWatch magazine (Spring 2013) 2013 NCSU Alumni magazine (June 2013) 2013 UGA Alumni magazine (Dec 2013) Scientific Reviews Peer Reviewer for International Journal of Science Education Peer Reviewer for National Association for Research in Science Teaching Reviewer for H.H. Norton, Pearson, Oxford Press (textbook chapters)

4 Student Exhibits 2014 NC Museum of Life and Science; online at NC Museum of Natural Sciences; online at NC State Aquarium on Roanoke Island Nature in Black & White ; online at html LEADERSHIP ROLES Founder and Leader of Education & Outreach Network (EON), NCSU Department of Biological Sciences; Coordinate weekly seminar series Board Member of Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, regional chapter PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Society for the Study of Evolution Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research MISCELLANEOUS Advising Mentoring Honors Students projects and Student Researchers Guest lectures on Textbook Figures and Drawing in the Classroom for College of Education Faculty advisor for NCSU Herpetology Club Service on Common Reading Committee and First Year Biology Committee RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Senior Laboratory Manager, Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Prepare tissue samples and solutions for immunohistochemistry. Provide equipment support for teaching laboratory. Perform surgery and collect cardiovascular data and electrical output from neurophysiology experiments Amphibian Researcher, Biology Department, Marshall University Monitor population of salamanders for health, migration, reproductive status and development Fish Behaviorist, Savannah River Site Monitor parental guarding behavior of male fish on nests. Analyze data and present results of study Zooplankton Researcher, Forestry Department, University of Georgia

5 Identify and record species diversity and number of zooplankton from Savannah River test sites. Create illustrations and dichotomous key for field guide Corn/Fungus Interaction Researcher, Botany Dept., University of Georgia Inoculate corn with fungus solution. Harvest and record fungal growth patterns Laboratory Animal Technician, Nutrition Department, University of Georgia Prepare diets for control and treatment groups. Record data in long term diet study on diabetic rats Research Intern, Forestry Department, University of Georgia Trap and radio telemetry track reintroduced bobcats on Cumberland Island National Seashore.