1. Courses:
BIOL 209 (Introduction to Nonvascular Plants = fungi, algae, and bryophytes): 150 – 190 students
BIOL 210 (Introduction to Vascular Plants): 120 – 150 students
BIOL 321 (Bryology = mosses, liverworts, and hornworts): 30 – 40 students
BIOL 324 (Seed Plant Taxonomy): 40 – 60 students
BIOL 343 (Plants and People): 25 – 30 students
2. Administrative Positions (since 2008):
Associate Head of Biology (July 2011 – present)
Director of General Science (Feb. 2008 – July 2011)
Director of Combine Major in Science (Feb. 2010 – July 2011)
3. Committee Work (since 2008):
Chair of Biology Curriculum Workgroup (July 2010 – Sept 2011)
Chair STLF Hiring Committee (July 2011 – Oct. 2011)
Chair Sustainability in Biology Committee (Sept 2011 – present)
Chair Living Collections Committee, Botany ( – present)
Chair Killam Teaching Award Committee
Chair Killam Teaching Assistant Teaching Award
Chair Biology Website Committee (Sept 2010 – present)
Biology TA Teaching Award Committee (April, 2011)
Biology Curriculum Workgroup (2009 – present)
Search Committee for Instructors (2009, 2010)
Botany Composting Committee (2007 – present)
UBC Farm Committee/Cultivating Place Steering Committee: Sept., 2001 to present
4. Awards:
Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award, Botanical Society of America (2013)
Killam Teaching Award (2001 and 2005)
Just Desserts Award for Service (2000 and 2004)
5. Grants and Funds (since 2008):
Skylight: Video Lessons and Tutorials for Biology Courses, 2010 ($4,000)
– Sharing Bryophytes: updating the Biology 321 Public Website, 2011 ($4,000)
– Website Development for Pathways in Biology, 2012 ($3,500)
TLEF (Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund):
– Communicating Science: development of online resource and interactive learning centre for a new course in the General Science, 2010 ($61,896)
– Sustainability Pathway – Phase 1: Biology, 2012 ($40,000)
Faculty of Science Outreach Grant – Contrasting Landscapes (2008) ($3,300)
CWSEI (Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative) – Life Sciences (funds to hire 5 STLFs, graduate students, and undergraduates)
6. Student Advising (since 2008):
Biology – 2nd Year and Honours (June 2011 – present), General Biology, Plant Biology,
General Science, Combined Major in Science
7. Curriculum Development:
Program: General Science/Combined Major in Science, Biology
Course: SCIE 300, BIOL 210, BIOL 321, BIOL 343
8. Community Service and Outreach:
Scientist in Residence Program, Science 101, Aboriginal Summer Science, CEDAR Day Camp, Dunbar Community, Camosun Bog Restoration Group, Stanley Park Ecological Society, Young Naturalists (Vancouver Natural History Society)