Taproot S6E3: Classroom Cosplay: Applying Creative and Scientific Approaches to Teaching
In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Robison, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Manchester University in Indiana. Jennifer received her Bachelor\u2019s degree from Dickinson College, her Master\u2019s degree from the University of Delaware and her PhD from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. For her thesis, she studied how thermal stress impact gene expression and physiology in soybean. After getting her PhD, she moved directly to a faculty position, just in time to get her feet wet before the pandemic hit.\n\nWe discuss Jen\u2019s paper, \u201cUsing a Student-Generated Mock Magazine Issue to Improve Students\u2019 Awareness of Diverse Scientists\u201d, which was published in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education in 2020. We discuss the importance of approaching our teaching as scientifically and quantitatively as we approach our research. Jen describes the many important (and amusing!) ways she engaged students during pandemic-related remote instruction and the philosophies she\u2019ll be carrying forward as we return to in-person instruction.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nPaper: Jennifer Robison. J Microbiol Biol Educ. (2020). 21:21/3/75. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33384763/\n\nBlog post: https://jenniferrobison.weebly.com/blog/covid-pivot-turned-me-into-the-cosplay-professor\n\nTwitter Handles \nLiz Haswell Twitter @ehaswell\nIvan Baxter Twitter @baxtertwi\nJen Robison Twitter @JenRobiSci\nTaproot Podcast Twitter @taprootpodcast