Graduate education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Category: Alumni from the Life Sciences
Delta alumni from the life sciences including cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, botany, microbiology, zoology, evolution, ecology, and physiology.
Samantha, Visiting Professor at Roanoke College:
“My internship gave me the confidence required to walk into the classroom and be a new professor. Beyond all the literature background I gained, I think I value the confidence boost even more!”
Assistant Professor of Biology at Salem State University:
“Inclusive teaching is a main area of my scholarly activity as a professor on the tenuretrack, and my Delta internship project definitely set me on that path.”
Program Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources:
“Delta was immensely important in developing my mentoring skills, which I used in several dozen mentoring relationships over the past decade.”
Postdoc in Jean-Michel Ané Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison:
“I feel better equipped to make my teaching inclusive and reflect on these experiences.”
Assistant Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Breeding and Genetics Section at Cornell University:
“As a new faculty member, I will be teaching two intro-level courses and anticipate drawing heavily on my experiences in Delta.”
Instructor and Research Mentor at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery:
“The Delta Program has afforded me opportunities to continue doing what I love.”
Education Specialist, the Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning and Education (CIRCLE), Washington University in St. Louis:
“Delta provided many opportunities for me to learn about evidence-based pedagogies.”
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst:
“The Delta Internship helped me to apply scientific inquiry to the classroom in ways I’d never considered.”
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University:
“Without the Delta program at UW–Madison, the only teaching experience I would have gained as a graduate student was serving as a Teaching Assistant”