Position Title
Professor of Teaching
- Evolution and Ecology
Research Interests
I am interested in activities that promote academic success for STEM undergraduates, in particular first-generation students. I teach two of our Introductory Biology courses (Evolution and Ecology; Phylogenetics and Tree of Life), as well as associated co-classes. As Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs for CBS (2012 to 2018), I hypothesized that gaps in academic performance could be reduced by a combination of support structures. Working with Joel Ledford, we created successful co-classes for first-generation students (2016 to present). Other collaborations with colleagues in Classics, Philosophy, and History led to expanded offerings to support STEM students within the General Education program. The role of visual media in teaching biology underpins my NSF-funded Research Collaborative Network VISABLI (with Jodie Jenkinson and Gael McGill), and I focus on using images and text to increase student understanding as lead author for two textbooks (Animal Diversity and Integrated Principles of Zoology) and their associated lab manuals.
- 1979 B.S. in Biology, University of British Columbia
- 1984 M.S. in Biology, University of Michigan
- 1991 Ph.D. in Biology, University of California, Davis
- Integrated Principles of Zoology, 19th Edition. 2022 (copyright 2024). Hickman, C. P., S. L. Keen, D. J. Eisenhour, A. Larson, and H. I’Anson. McGraw Hill, NY. Texts are also published in Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and Korean.
- Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology, 19th Edition. 2022 (copyright 2024). Hickman, C. P., L. B. Kats, S. L. Keen and D. Eisenhour. McGraw Hill, NY.
- Animal Diversity 9th Edition. 2021. Hickman, L. S., Keen, S. L., Larson, A., and D. J. Eisenhour. McGraw-Hill, NY.
- Laboratory Studies in Animal Diversity, 9th edition, 2021. Hickman, C.P., L. B. Kats, S. L. Keen and D. Eisenhour. McGraw Hill, NY.
- Companion Classes as a Support Model in Introductory Biology and Chemistry. Ledford, J, S. Keen, M. Motika, and X. Hou. 2020. Journal of First Year Experience & Student in Transition 32: 59-76