2022-2023
Fall 2022
BSCI 1510: Introduction to Biological Sciences
Jim Patton
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences | 
Todd Graham
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences | How the LAs were integrated
Flipped classroom. Open
question and answer at
the beginning of class and
then LAs discussed new
problems with students in
small groups afterwards.
LAs hosted Zoom
meetings on Fridays to go
over questions from the
lectures each week. |
Thomas Clements
Senior lecturer and
LA Director
Biological Sciences | 
Katherine Friedman
Associate professor
and Vice Chair of
Biological Sciences | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos
and completing a
worksheet for participation
credit; each LA led a
discussion of the
worksheet in a separate
room in a small group, with
faculty members visiting
each room. |
CHEM 1601: General Chemistry
Tara Todd
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
Adam List
Prinicipal senior lecturer
in Chemistry | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
CHEM 2222: Organic Chemistry
Katie Clements
Senior lecturer of Chemistry | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos.
Class is interspersed with
short lectures. LAs led a
discussion of material in
small groups with faculty
member walking around. |
EES 1510: The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geological Sciences
Lily Claiborne
Principal senior lecturer
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
BSCI 1103: Green Earth: The Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants
Amanda Benson
Senior lecturer of
Biological Sciences | How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
NSC 3269: Developmental Neuroscience
Elizabeth Catania
Assistant professor
in Neuroscience
and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for class
by watching lecture videos.
In class, LA’s led small
groups of students through
assignments reviewing or
extending the lecture
videos. Assignments
ranged from worksheets, to
review of data and figures
from papers to short
problem based learning
type questions. |
PHYS 1501: Physics
Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |
PSY 2100: Quantitative Methods
Ashleigh Maxcey
Senior lecturer and
research assistant
professor of Psychology | How the LAs were integrated
LAs lead data
visualization activities
once a week. They
assisted students in
learning data
visualization techniques
on Excel. |
SCED 2330: Pedagogy Seminar
Cynthia Brame
Associate director,
Center for Teaching | How the LAs were integrated |
Amy Palmeri
Associate professor of the
Practice, Early Childhood
and Elementary Education | How the LAs were integrated |
Spring 2023
BSCI 1511: Introduction to Biological Sciences II
Larisa DeSantis
Associate professor of
Biological Sciences | 
Julián Hillyer
Professor of Biological
Sciences and Director
of Graduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Zoe Abel
Ugonna Adugba
Priya Bhatt
Hannah Chen
Vignesh Chennupati
Joel Elasy
Tristen Gittens
Victoria Li
Natalie Loveridge
Gian Luca Lupica-Tondo
Cheryl Quartey
Henoc Zinga
Brina Ratangee | How the LAs were integrated
Traditional lectures interspersed with short discussion periods Mondays and Wednesdays. Small group, LA-led problem-solving on Fridays.
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CHEM 1601: General Chemistry
Tara Todd
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Marisa Albarran
Kyle Davis
Jasmin Elnaggar
Mason Engle
Camilla Guel
Hailey Kramer
Tristan Sealy
Soumya Vytla
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
Adam List
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Shani Israel
Abisola Lawal
Joey Lu
Cierra Lyons
Jalil Mitchell
Jazlyn Selvasingh
Kenny Ta
Chloe Tzau
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group
discussion during the
last third of class. |
BSCI 2210: Principles of Genetics
Thomas Clements
Senior lecturer and
LA Director
Biological Sciences | 
Cynthia Brame
Assistant professor of the practice of in
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Cassandra Ztzrodt
Weixi (Vincent) Kang
Mary Wilson Screws
Yufan (Fiona) Shan
Kate Spears
Yuhan Wang
Helen Yang | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for class
by watching videos and
completing a worksheet for
participation credit; Class
began with a short lecture
and then each LA led a
discussion of the
worksheet in an active
learning classroom. |
PHYS 1502: Intro Physics for the Life Sciences II
Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Makenzie Baker
Chris Bozorgmehr
Sriya Jonnakuti
Grace Lee
Amelia Shaddinger
Harrison Stuart | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |
Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Leen Alabdalla
Minoli Fernando
Samantha Josephson
Olivia Ward
Jack Yarnall | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |
Shane Hutson
Professor and Chair of
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Tucker Apgar
Marina He
Isra Shuster | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |