STEM Education

Department of Biology

Drexel biology majors gain autonomy and build skills through hands-on experiential learning opportunities.

STEM Education research in Drexel's biology department makes use of cross-campus and national collaborations. We address questions focused on promoting the use of evidence-based pedagogical approaches in STEM classrooms; factors that affect student retention in STEM disciplines; approaches to promote incorporation of effective authentic STEM learning environments; and frameworks to promote institutional change surrounding STEM teaching and learning.

Faculty Members

	Faculty Member	Expertise
	Laura Duwel Assistant Department Head, Teaching Professor PISB 219 l.duwel@drexel.edu	Immunology & Microbiology
	Meshagae Hunte-Brown Teaching Professor PISB 221 G meh27@drexel.edu	I am broadly interested in food web and ecosystem ecology. I have used stable isotopes as a tool for understanding aspects of food webs and ecosystem ecology like community structure and dynamics ecology, with a view to develop better understanding of solutions to problems such as predicting biological concentrations of contaminants. I am also interested in Science Education.
	Alison E. Moyer Assistant Teaching Professor PISB 221 aem442@drexel.edu	Molecular paleontology Anatomy Microbiology SEA-PHAGES Bacteriophages STEM education
	Jerome Ricard Assistant Teaching Professor PISB 413 jjr325@drexel.edu	Ephrins Spinal cord injury Neuroinflammation Cell death Dependence receptors Pain
	Manuel Seman-Senderos Assistant Teaching Professor PISB 221 mas952@drexel.edu	Cell Biology Genetics History of Science Synthetic Biology Drug Discovery
	Kevin Smith Associate Teaching Professor PISB 221 A kps43@drexel.edu
	Jennifer S. Stanford Professor; Department Head; Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE); Institutional Leader for CIRTL at Drexel PISB123 jss75@drexel.edu	STEM Education Effective and Inclusive Teaching Evidence-Based Teaching Faculty and Future Faculty Pedagogical Development Experiential Learning Epigenetics Learning and Memory
	Monica Togna Teaching Professor PISB 221 F mmt73@drexel.edu	My research interests largely revolve around methods of implementing my teaching goals of how to provide individualized learning to large groups of students, developing and utilizing active learning instructional strategies, and making connections between the material and students’ lives. Within that context, my primary research interest is in developing methods to effectively teach ecology and various aspects of biology in an urban setting. Intertwined with these goals, I also investigate and encourage both community based learning and reflective analysis as tools to broaden the horizons of science students.

Faculty Member

Expertise

Laura Duwel

Assistant Department Head, Teaching Professor
PISB 219
l.duwel@drexel.edu

Immunology & Microbiology

Meshagae Hunte-Brown

Teaching Professor
PISB 221 G
meh27@drexel.edu

I am broadly interested in food web and ecosystem ecology. I have used stable isotopes as a tool for understanding aspects of food webs and ecosystem ecology like community structure and dynamics ecology, with a view to develop better understanding of solutions to problems such as predicting biological concentrations of contaminants. I am also interested in Science Education.

Alison Moyer, PhD, assistant teaching professor of Biology, Drexel University

Alison E. Moyer

Assistant Teaching Professor
PISB 221
aem442@drexel.edu

Molecular paleontology
Anatomy
Microbiology
SEA-PHAGES
Bacteriophages
STEM education

Jerome Ricard

Assistant Teaching Professor
PISB 413
jjr325@drexel.edu

Ephrins
Spinal cord injury
Neuroinflammation
Cell death
Dependence receptors
Pain

Manuel Seman-Senderos

Assistant Teaching Professor
PISB 221
mas952@drexel.edu

Cell Biology
Genetics
History of Science
Synthetic Biology
Drug Discovery

Kevin Smith

Associate Teaching Professor
PISB 221 A
kps43@drexel.edu

Jennifer S. Stanford

Professor; Department Head; Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE); Institutional Leader for CIRTL at Drexel
PISB123
jss75@drexel.edu

STEM Education
Effective and Inclusive Teaching
Evidence-Based Teaching
Faculty and Future Faculty Pedagogical Development
Experiential Learning
Epigenetics
Learning and Memory

Monica Togna

Teaching Professor
PISB 221 F
mmt73@drexel.edu

My research interests largely revolve around methods of implementing my teaching goals of how to provide individualized learning to large groups of students, developing and utilizing active learning instructional strategies, and making connections between the material and students’ lives. Within that context, my primary research interest is in developing methods to effectively teach ecology and various aspects of biology in an urban setting. Intertwined with these goals, I also investigate and encourage both community based learning and reflective analysis as tools to broaden the horizons of science students.