Experience

• Pacific Lutheran University

  Assistant Professor

  Shannon worked at Pacific Lutheran University as a Assistant Professor

• Salk Institute for Biological Studies

  Ph.D. in Biological Sciences

  My thesis work aimed at understanding the role of cellular factors in infection and disease pathogenesis of retroviruses. The retrovirus family includes important human pathogens such as HIV. My work, being completed in the laboratory of Dr. John Young at the Salk Institute may lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms retroviruses use to cause diseases such as cancer and AIDS.

• University of California at San Diego

  Teaching Assistant Consultant

  Classroom observation, consultation of graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, organization of materials, new teaching assistant training.

• San Francisco State University

  SEPAL Postdoctoral Fellow

  The Science Education Partnership and Assessment Laboratory (SEPAL) at San Francisco State University is a community of researchers and educators interested in how students learn biology and how we can more effectively teach. I joined SEPAL as a postdoc in February 2013 to study how faculty development programs such as CCB FEST impact faculty and the students they teach.

• UC San Diego

  IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology Education Research

  Shannon worked at UC San Diego as a IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology Education Research