During each seamster, I administer one or two informal, anonymous evaluations during the semester. I find that this process gives me honest feedback and I have all students present complete the evaluation. I ask students to answer the following on a blank sheet of paper:
What is one thing that you enjoy about this class?
What is one thing you would change if you were the professor?
Real talk - are you putting in study time outside of class?
What assignments need more clarification?
Do you feel supported?
These evaluations give me a broader set of responses. I tabulate the responses and we discuss them in the next class period. WE have changed assignments, due dates, and I have clarified assignments to ensure students are achieving the learning objectives. And for the assignments they would change but I don’t end up changing, I explain why I have the assignment and recognize they don’t like it. This process allows the students to be active in the planning and execution of the learning objectives. I have observed that when I conduct the informal evals, the students in the class are more committed to the work.
Course evals at the end of the semester tend to yield responses from students who either LOVE or HATE the class. There is also several sources of data that demonstrate end of course student evaluations are biased against women and minorities. As a female, the data from course evals may not help me actually improve learning outcomes in my courses, and so I do not encourage students to complete the course eval at the end of the semester.
Individual Course Evaluations. Click on the Course name and number to view the evaluation for that course. If a research class was less than 5 students (the BIO 440s or the Senior Honors Thesis), a course evaluation was not given. If a course does not have a hyperlink, there were less than 5 students who turned in the evaluation.
13th year: Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
BIO 110, Fall 2024, Integrative Biology
BIO 350, Fall 2024, Cellular Neurosceince
BIO 318, Fall 2024, Developmental Biology
BIO 216, Spring 2025, Molecular Biology
BIO 351, Spring 2025, Systems Neuroscience
BIO 351 Lab, Spring 2025, Research in Systems Neuroscience
12th Year: Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
BIO 110, Fall 2023, Integrative Biology
BIO 350, Fall 2023, Cellular Neuroscience
BIO 350 Lab, Fall 2023, Research in Neuroscience 1
BIO 330, Fall 2023, Diseases of the Nervous System
GLB 102, Spring 2024, Contentment in a World of Anxiety
BIO 216, Spring 2024, Molecular Biology
BIO 216 Lab, Spring 2024, Research in Molecular Biology
BIO 351, Spring 2024, Systems Neuroscience
BIO 351 Lab, Spring 2024, Research in Neuroscience 2
11th Year: Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
BIO 110, Fall 2022, Integrative Biology 1
BIO 405, Fall 2022, Professional Development in Neuroscience
BIO 350, Fall 2022, Foundations of Neuroscience 1 (no evaluation)
LDR 201: SCALE - Sophomore Class Atlanta Leadership Experience
BIO 216, Spring 2023, Molecular Biology
BIO 216 Lab, Spring 2023, Research in Molecular Biology (no evaluation)
BIO 351, Spring 2023, Foundations of Neuroscience 2 (no evaluation)
BIO 351 Lab, Spring 2023, Research in Neuroscience 2
10th Year: Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
BIO 110, Fall 2021, Integrative Biology
BIO 111 PMPB, Fall2021, Integrative Biology 2
BIO 350, Fall 2021, Foundations of Neuroscience 1
LDR 201: SCALE - Sophomore Class Atlanta Leadership Experience
BIO 351, Spring 2022, Foundations of Neuroscience 2
BIO 351 Lab, Spring 2022, Research in Neuroscience 2
BIO 216, Spring 2022, Molecular Biology
BIO 216 Lab, Spring 2022, Research in Molecular Biology
9th Year: Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 - ONLINE
BIO 110 ON2, Fall 2020, Integrative Biology 1
BIO 110 ON3, Fall 2020, Integrative Biology
BIO 350, Fall 2020, Foundations of Neuroscience 1
BIO 350 Lab, Fall 2020, Research in Neuroscience 1 Lab
BIO 351, Spring 2021, Foundations of Neuroscience 2 (no evaluation)
BIO 351 L, Spring 2021, Research in Neuroscience 2 Lab (no evaluation)
BIO 216, Spring 2021, Molecular Biology
BIO 216 Lab, Spring 2021, Research in Molecular Biology
BIO 330, Spring 2021, Diseases of the Nervous System
8th Year: Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
BIO 110 B, Fall 2019, Integrative Biology I
BIO 110 C, Fall 2019, Integrative Biology I
BIO 350, Fall 2019, Foundations of Neuroscience 1
BIO 351, Spring 2020, Foundations of Neuroscience 2
BIO 351L, Spring 2020, Research in Neuroscience 2 Lab
BIO 216, Spring 2020, Molecular Biology
BIO 216L, Spring 2020, Research in Molecular Biology Lab
7th Year: Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Fall Sabbatical
BIO 330, Spring 2019, Diseases of the Nervous System
BIO 351, Spring 2019, Foundations of Neuroscience 2
BIO 216, Spring 2019, Molecular Biology
BIO 216L, Spring 2019, Research in Molecular Biology. Lab
6th year: Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
BIO 250, Fall 2017, Foundations of Neuroscience 1
BIO 330, Fall 2017, Diseases of the Nervous System
BIO 216, Spring 2018, Molecular Biology
BIO 251, Spring 2018, Foundations of Neuroscience 2
5th Year: Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
Biology 110, Fall2016, Integrative Biology I
Biology 250, Fall 2016, Foundations of Neuroscience 1
Biology 440, Fall 2016, Directed Research
Biology 216, Spring 2017, Molecular Biology
Biology 216, Spring 2017, Molecular Biology Lab (Monday)
Biology 216, Spring 2017, Molecular Biology Lab (Wednesday)
Biology 330, Spring 2017, Diseases of the Nervous System
Biology 492, Spring 2017, Senior Seminar in Neurobiology
Biology 440, Spring 2017, Directed Research
Biology 490, Spring 2017, Senior Honors Thesis
4th Year: Fall 2015 (Spring 2016 was pre-Tenure Leave)
Biology 110, Fall 2015, Integrative Biology I
Biology 216, Fall 2015, Molecular Biology
3rd Year: Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Spring 2015: Biology 316, Molecular Biology
Fall 2014 Including : Biology 330, Fall 2014, Diseases of the Nervous System and Biology 110, Fall 2014, Integrative Biology I
2nd Year: Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
Spring 2014: Biology 192, Molecular Biology and Genetics
Fall 2013, Including: Biology 210, Scientific Inquiry and Communication and Biology 316, Molecular Biology
1st Year: Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
Spring 2013, Including: Biology 250, Introduction to Neuroscience and Biology 492, Senior Seminar in Learning and Memory
Fall 2012,Including: Biology 330, Diseases of the Nervous System and Biology 210, Scientific Inquiry and Communication
Below are links to the tabulated course evaluations. Click on the tabulated course evaluation to view it.