NMSU GK12 DISSECT Program

I am currently supported by a fellowship from the NSF GK12 Program. My particular fellowship is funded through the New Mexico State University Computer Science Department to promote "computational thinking" in grade school classrooms. I am working with Mrs. Rachel Knight. In 2011-2012, I worked with Rachel's 7th and 8th grade Agriscience class. This year, we continue our teaching partnership, but at a new school and new grade level, and with new classes: I will be working with her Biology, Environmental Science, and Introduction to Agriculture classes.

I will be updating this page with summaries of the activities that I develop for the class.

About me

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biology at New Mexico State University. I received my B.A. in Environmental Studies in 2004 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Before beginning my studies at NMSU, I spent a several years working as a field technician for various biology research projects around the world.

My dissertation research focuses on the social structure of a small species of parrot (the Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus). My goals are to determine how social structure forms, how individuals invest in social strategies, and the benefits that individuals get from their associations with others (click here for more details on the lab, or here for my personal research page). This type of research could help us understand the evolution of complex sociality in our own species.

I am currently supported by a graduate fellowship through the NSF GK12 Program via the NMSU Computer Science Department. I will be working with Mrs. Rachel Knight to incorporate inquiry-based active learning and computational thinking into the curriculum.

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