Meeting Abstract
While Sally Woodin is best known for her many contributions to marine benthic ecology, her students and colleagues know her as both a scientist and as a committed, passionate teacher. Sally has long approached teaching with the same rigor and focus that she brings to research. Her pedagogical interests drove her to implement fresh approaches in the USC biology curriculum, always staying current in new developments in the field of science education. She provided a model for her students of an active researcher who is also an engaged, innovative, and thoughtful teacher. Sally’s full-throated support of science education as an interesting and critical endeavor helped encourage many of her students to pursue teaching careers and to value teaching as an important complement to our research agendas. In this talk, we will honor Sally’s role as teacher by illustrating some ways that her scholarship and mentorship continue to influence our own approaches with our students.
