Katie Southard, Ph.D.

As an educational developer, Katie's work in general education includes curricular and pedagogical support for instructors across disciplines. She has published topics such as instructors’ conceptual change during instructional reform, the benefits of instructional-team models in undergraduate STEM classrooms, and knowledge building and generative mechanistic explanations in undergraduate biology education. Her training and disciplinary background includes a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology (specializing in Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER)) and BA degrees in Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology and Biochemistry. Her postdoctoral work focused on instructor change and innovative instructional team models.