Director of Instructional Labs; Director of the Learning Assistant Program; Master Lecturer, CAS Biology
Interests
During the fall 2011 semester, I brought the Learning Assistant Program to the Introductory Biology course at Boston University. The LA program is an initiative to improve undergraduate STEM education that was developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder with National Science Foundation funding. I employ high-performing undergraduate students to help with teaching Introductory Biology labs after they have successfully completed the course. LAs assist course staff in teaching the lab sections, while being trained how to teach by School of Education Faculty. More information about the LA program can be found here.
Selected Publications
- Spilios KE, Kieswetter CM, and Sekor M, eds (2023). Principles of Biology II. Hayden-McNeil. Plymouth, MI.
- Hill CJ, Barrasso AP and Spilios KE (2023). A mixed methods analysis of perspectives towards LA-faculty relationships. Journal of College Science Teaching. Journal of College Science Teaching, 52(3).
- Spilios KE and Kieswetter CM, eds (2022). Principles of Biology I. Hayden-McNeil. Plymouth, MI.