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A Codon Convo with Kelsey Metzger: Mindfulness, Wellbeing, and Self-regulated Learning: How High-structure Course Design Supports a "Trailmix Teaching Philosophy"

Join us at 3:00 PM EASTERN (12:00 PM PACIFIC) on Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 for a convo with Dr. Kelsey Metzger.

Abstract coming soon.

Dr. Kelsey Metzger is a tenured Associate Professor in the Center for Learning Innovation at the University of Minnesota Rochester and is a broadly trained educator-scholar with expertise in genetics, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, and biology education. Her recent education research has focused on how course-level interventions impact students' sense of community and the development of students' science identity. In addition to teaching undergraduate courses such as introductory biology and genetics, she teaches graduate seminars in pedagogy, curriculum design, and assessment of student learning. Kelsey also serves as Director of Faculty Development for the Rochester campus.