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Linda McPheron

Adjunct Professor

Part-Time Faculty

Biography

Linda McPheron has a Master’s in entomology from Kansas State University and a PhD in Entomology from UC Berkeley. She has taught a variety of biology courses at several colleges in the Bay Area including UC Berkeley, SF State, and Berkeley City College. She has a strong interest in science pedagogy and is actively conducting research on student learning. Her 2 favorite things are teaching biology and thinking up new and engaging ways to engage students. She also enjoys coffee, pastries, soccer, insects, spiders, (actually, anything that is creepy or crawly), and her new sport, pickleball.

Expertise

  • Science pedagogy
  • Undergraduate non-majors education
  • Ecology & evolution
  • Animal behavior

Research Areas

  • Undergraduate education / pedagogy
  • Foraging and learning behavior in paper wasps

Education

  • UC Berkeley, PhD 1996

Prior Experience

  • Biology Scholars Program Research Resident; American Society for Microbiology & National Science Foundation
  • SEPAL Alum (The Science Education Partnership & Assessment Lab), San Francisco State University
  • PACE (Program for Adult College Education) Coordinator, Berkeley City College

Awards & Distinctions

  • Biology Scholar’s Program recipient, 2014 – 2015
  • Faculty Enhancement Program Award, ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators, May 2015

Selected Publications