CPET Seminar - Putting Theory into Practice as a New Professor

This seminar will focus on tips and guiding principles for getting started, working with students, and refining a course in real-time. Special emphasis will be placed on the value of listening, asking questions, and setting expectations.

Dr. Suzanne Kern joined the W. M. Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the fall of 2014. She teaches microbiology and introductory biology to students from Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps, and Claremont McKenna Colleges. Prior to this role, she spent several years at Caltech as a visiting graduate student, resident associate, and head TA for introductory biology and chemistry courses. Suzanne earned her PhD in Biology from MIT and her BA in Biochemistry from Colorado College and has been pursuing an interest in undergraduate science education for over a decade.