2022-2023
Fall 2022
BSCI 1510: Introduction to Biological Sciences

Jim Patton
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences | 
Todd Graham
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Marisa Albarran
Priya Bhatt
Hannah Chen
Joel Elasy
Tristen Gittens
Natalie Loveridge
Gian Luca Lupica-Tondo
Maya Reddy
Kate Spears
Helen Yang | How the LAs were integrated
Flipped classroom. Open
question and answer at
the beginning of class and
then LAs discussed new
problems with students in
small groups afterwards.
LAs hosted Zoom
meetings on Fridays to go
over questions from the
lectures each week. |

Thomas Clements
Senior lecturer and
LA Director
Biological Sciences | 
Katherine Friedman
Associate professor
and Vice Chair of
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Zoe Abel
Tucker Apgar
Vignesh Chennupati
Sriya Jonnakuti
Min Joo Kim
Victoria Li
Robert McCarthy
Cheryl Quartey
Brina Ratangee
Mary Wilson Screws
Tristan Sealy
Henoc Zinga | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos
and completing a
worksheet for participation
credit; each LA led a
discussion of the
worksheet in a separate
room in a small group, with
faculty members visiting
each room. |
CHEM 1601: General Chemistry

Tara Todd
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Heena Cho
Mason Engle
Jasmin Elnaggar
Minoli Fernando
Camilla Guel
Catherine Hobbs
Shani Israel
Weixi (Vincent) Kang
Dev Patel
Alex Ruemmler
Arthur Yu
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
Adam List
Prinicipal senior lecturer
in Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Kyle Davis
Avery Fortier
Hailey Kramer
Joey Lu
Cierra Lyons
Jalil Mitchell
Thu Nguyen
Chloe Tzau
Soumya Vytla
Yuhan Wang | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
CHEM 2222: Organic Chemistry

Katie Clements
Senior lecturer of Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Ugonna Adugba
Cassandra Atzrodt
Abisola Lawal
Jazlyn Selvasingh
Kenny Ta | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos.
Class is interspersed with
short lectures. LAs led a
discussion of material in
small groups with faculty
member walking around. |
EES 1510: The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geological Sciences

Lily Claiborne
Principal senior lecturer
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Rachel Brewer
Lauryn Gayles
Easton Maxey
Bryca Song-Weiss
Jeremy Tallong | How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
BSCI 1103: Green Earth: The Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants

Amanda Benson
Senior lecturer of
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Induja Kumar
Grace Kevin-Aligah
Nora Fellas
Jake Gorham | How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
NSC 3269: Developmental Neuroscience

Elizabeth Catania
Assistant professor
in Neuroscience
and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Malak Elmessiry
Kayla Furney
Quint Gfroerer
Carly Peacock
Yufan (Fiona) Shan
Phoebe Young | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for class
by watching lecture videos.
In class, LA’s led small
groups of students through
assignments reviewing or
extending the lecture
videos. Assignments
ranged from worksheets, to
review of data and figures
from papers to short
problem based learning
type questions. |
PHYS 1501: Physics

Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Leen Alabdalla
Gayatri Aluri
Makenzie Baker
Chris Bozorgmehr
Marina He
Samantha Josephson
Grace Lee
Ismail Mohyuddin
Neeraj Namburu
Sanjana Padala
Amelia Shaddinger
Isra Shuster
Harrison Stuart
Olivia Grace Ward
Jack Yarnall | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |
PSY 2100: Quantitative Methods

Ashleigh Maxcey
Senior lecturer and
research assistant
professor of Psychology | Learning Assistants
Yi-Han Chen
Chloe Hord
Sophia Mueller
Brittany Polevikov | How the LAs were integrated
LAs lead data
visualization activities
once a week. They
assisted students in
learning data
visualization techniques
on Excel. |
SCED 2330: Pedagogy Seminar

Cynthia Brame
Associate director,
Center for Teaching | Learning Assistants
Cassandra Atzrodt
Kate Spears | How the LAs were integrated |

Amy Palmeri
Associate professor of the
Practice, Early Childhood
and Elementary Education | Learning Assistants
Mary Wilson Screws
Jack Yarnall | How the LAs were integrated |
Spring 2023
BSCI 1511: Introduction to Biological Sciences II

Larisa DeSantis
Associate professor of
Biological Sciences | 
Julián Hillyer
Professor of Biological
Sciences and Director
of Graduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Zoe Abel
Ugonna Adugba
Priya Bhatt
Hannah Chen
Vignesh Chennupati
Joel Elasy
Tristen Gittens
Victoria Li
Natalie Loveridge
Gian Luca Lupica-Tondo
Cheryl Quartey
Henoc Zinga
Brina Ratangee | How the LAs were integrated
Traditional lectures interspersed with short discussion periods Mondays and Wednesdays. Small group, LA-led problem-solving on Fridays.
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CHEM 1601: General Chemistry

Tara Todd
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Marisa Albarran
Kyle Davis
Jasmin Elnaggar
Mason Engle
Camilla Guel
Hailey Kramer
Tristan Sealy
Soumya Vytla
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
Adam List
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Shani Israel
Abisola Lawal
Joey Lu
Cierra Lyons
Jalil Mitchell
Jazlyn Selvasingh
Kenny Ta
Chloe Tzau
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group
discussion during the
last third of class. |
BSCI 2210: Principles of Genetics

Thomas Clements
Senior lecturer and
LA Director
Biological Sciences | 
Cynthia Brame
Assistant professor of the practice of in
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Cassandra Ztzrodt
Weixi (Vincent) Kang
Mary Wilson Screws
Yufan (Fiona) Shan
Kate Spears
Yuhan Wang
Helen Yang | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for class
by watching videos and
completing a worksheet for
participation credit; Class
began with a short lecture
and then each LA led a
discussion of the
worksheet in an active
learning classroom. |
PHYS 1502: Intro Physics for the Life Sciences II

Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Makenzie Baker
Chris Bozorgmehr
Sriya Jonnakuti
Grace Lee
Amelia Shaddinger
Harrison Stuart | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |

Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Leen Alabdalla
Minoli Fernando
Samantha Josephson
Olivia Ward
Jack Yarnall | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |

Shane Hutson
Professor and Chair of
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Tucker Apgar
Marina He
Isra Shuster | How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |