Teaching Philosophy
I strive to be an educator that can engage and spark curiosity in anyone regardless of their background knowledge or initial interest in the topic.
COURSES
Course-based research in physiology (VPHY 3995-3995L) – 4 credits
This is a non-traditional course is focused on research skill development while learning about the chicken embryo as a model system. You will gain research experience while investigating the effects of pharmacological drugs on an embryonic heart rate and contractility. The course is designed to train you in the elements of research, including lab safety, ethics, reading primary literature, generating questions, forming hypotheses, designing experiments, collecting data, simple data analysis, and presenting results. This course includes lecture and lab components.
Check out the course website: https://sites.google.com/view/vphy3995/home
SCIENTIFIC WRITING (VPHY 4330W/6330W) – 3 credits
This writing intensive course is designed to develop and refine scientific writing skills in order to effectively communicate findings to a variety of audiences. Students are encouraged to work on writing a manuscript for their thesis, dissertation, or side project and advance toward the publication of their manuscript. Classes are interactive and the majority of time in class will be spent working with peers in small groups. This course is co-taught by Dr. Christopher Cleveland from CVM Population Health.
One Health in poland maymester- 4 credits
This three-week program is intended for undergraduate students interested in human and veterinary medicine who want to expand their knowledge by the topic of one health.
The program will be held on the campus of University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM) in Olsztyn, Poland. UWM in Olsztyn is the biggest public university in north-eastern Poland. UWM is the only university in Poland with the campus (Kortowo) surrounded by lakes and beautiful nature.
Poland is home to one of the largest wild European bison (an endangered species) herds, which offers a glimpse into livestock-wildlife health issues and challenges for wild herd health given degradation and loss of habitat and climate change. This offers a unique practical experience and exposure to how issues are approached and priorities in another culture.
The Majewska lab 