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Jo Kurdziel

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Jo Kurdziel
Lecturer IV and Assistant Research Scientist

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook

U- M affiliation(s)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Contact information
University of Michigan
2037 Kraus Natural Science Bldg.
830 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 763-3684
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: josephak@umich.edu

Fields of study
Evolutionary ecology and science education

Academic background

I completed my B.S. in Biological Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, my M.S. in Zoology at the University of South Florida, and my Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to joining EEB in 2002, I was an NSF postdoctoral fellow in science education at the University of Arizona.

News
U-M biology course wins national honors
Dr. Josephine Kurdziel’s course “Biology for Non-Scientists” was named one of the best practices in a national study of biology courses conducted by the Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) on behalf of the College Board of the University of Oregon.

Way to go Jo

Dr. Jo Kurdziel has been named a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for her work aimed at fostering innovative approaches to teaching undergraduate biology.




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