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1、 1 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. 1230 Stardust Lane San Francisco, CA 91111 123-456-7890 (home) 123-456-7890 (cell) SNBgladstone.ucsf.edu Dr. Maureen Conway Chair, Department of Biology Box 123 Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 November 1, 2003 Dear Dr. Conwa

2、y: I am writing to apply for the position of Assistant Professor of Biology in the areas of bioinformatics and molecular biology. My graduate work at the University of California, Davis centered around the mechanism of translation initiation in prokaryotes; I am currently pursuing postdoctoral resea

3、rch in bioinformatics at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco. Having benefited from close interactions with faculty as an undergraduate at Xavier University, I wish to give back as a teacher and mentor to the next generation. As can be seen from my curriculum vita

4、e, I am deeply committed to community outreach and undergraduate teaching. The two must go hand in hand to improve science education for all. As a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, I organized my fellow students to volunteer at a local junior high school. This culminated in my

5、 teaching a special hands-on science elective for girls. I have continued to do science outreach as a postdoctoral fellow, volunteering with the University of California, San Francisco Science and Health Education Partnership to lead an after school science club at a local middle school. The experie

6、nce and training I have gained in inquiry-based science at the K-12 level translates directly into concrete strategies I can use with undergraduates. I had the opportunity to use these strategies when I taught a molecular biology course at San Domingo University in between my graduate and postdoctor

7、al work. Having complete freedom to develop both the lecture and lab for the course, I created a lab exercise based on my graduate work where students cloned different mutations in 16S rRNA into an E. coli expression vector and analyzed the growth phenotype of the mutant cells. Students were excited

8、 about the project, coming into the lab at night and on weekends to see their results, which were unknown at the start, even to me. I also developed a bioinformatics lab exercise where students analyzed a proteins sequence and structure using tools available on the web. The synergy between my resear

9、ch and teaching interests extends to my postdoctoral work on the Chien-Shiung described her postdoc work here. UCSF Office of Career & Professional Development TEACHING PACKAGE I: Academic format with a teaching institution emphasis. Contains: Cover Letter CV Teaching Philosophy These are real docum

10、ents, with identifying information removed. Comment boxes designed to help you learn from these documents are provided by OCPD staff. 2 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Here, Chien-Shiung wrote one paragraph that discusses her current/future research interests. Finally, my interest in teach

11、ing and research at Williams College stems not just from my commitment to quality science education, but also from my desire to enrich the lives of my students. The mentoring skills I have developed as a leader in the Palo Alto chapter of the Association for Women in Science and Lion II Seminars (a

12、leadership training company) will make a positive impact on the life choices of my students. In short, my mission is to impart my passion for biology to students in such a way that it contributes to the entire community. I have enclosed my curriculum vitae, statements of teaching philosophy and rese

13、arch interests, selected reprints, and letters of reference from C.V. Ramen and J.C. Bose (a letter from Srinivasa Ramanujan has been sent directly). Please let me know if you would like any other materials. I look forward to hearing from the committee. Thank you for your consideration, Chien-Shiung

14、 Wu, Ph.D. Because the reader may not know what these groups are (or Chien-Shiungs role within them), it is unclear how these experiences relate to mentoring. Another line of explanation here would be useful; or Chien-Shiungs mentoring efforts & these experiences could be further discussed in the CV

15、 or teaching statement. It is a good idea to list the names of referees sending letters: if one letter gets lost, it will be clear to the person administering the search which of your letters is missing. We recommend including in your application package only items that were requested in the job ann

16、ouncement, unless special circumstances dictate that other items should be included (e.g., an extra letter of recommendation from a unique referee, or a draft of a manuscript in preparation). 3 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Dis

17、ease 1230 Stardust Lane University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 91111 P.O. Box 419100 123-456-7890 (home) San Francisco, CA 94141-9100 123-456-7890 (cell) 415-826-7500 (office) SNBgladstone.ucsf.edu _ EDUCATION Ph.D. University of California, Davis March 1998 Molecular, Cellular, a

18、nd Developmental Biology Program Advisor: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ph.D. Committee: C.V. Raman, Ph.D., J. Sarabhai, Jr., Ph.D. Thesis: Name of thesis here. B.A. Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH May 1991 Biology, cum laude University College, Oxford University, Oxford, England Fall 1989 Study Abroad Pro

19、gram Specialized tutorial in Philosophy of Science HONORS & AWARDS GAANN Fellowship, UC Davis 19931995 Phi Beta Kappa 1991 Thom Prize in Biology, Xavier University 1991 Senior Service Award, Xavier University 1991 Lydia Jones Library Prize, Xavier University 1991 Sigma Xi 1990 Best Seminar in Plant

20、or Microbial Biology 1990 West Coast Undergraduate Research Conference in the Biological Sciences It is not necessary to include your home address. But if in the future you will want documents sent to that address due to special circumstances, then including it here ensures that the department has t

21、he address. Note her name is large and in bold. Remember to include your hard-earned degree(s)! Chien-Shiung right-justified all of her dates throughout the CV. Aligning all dates along the right side gives the document a very clean look. To do this in MicrosoftWord, go to menu “Format” “Tabs”. Choo

22、se “right” for alignment of your right-most tab. If the honors you list are not self-explanatory or well-known, give a short description (ex., how you were selected as an awardee). Remember to define acronyms (GAANN = ?) The first page of your CV is “prime real estate.” Unless you have a particular

23、honor/award/grant you want to highlight on the first page, consider moving this section to later in your CV, and instead use the first page to highlight more important sections (eg., teaching experience if the application is for a teaching-focused position). 4 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided

24、by TEACHING EXPERIENCE College Level Adjunct Lecturer Molecular Biology Spring 1998 Department of Biology University of San Domingo Taught lecture and lab to 20 upper-division biology majors; was solely responsible for course content Developed lab exercise based on thesis research where students clo

25、ned different mutations in 16S rRNA into an E. coli expression vector and analyzed the growth phenotype of the mutant cells Developed bioinformatics lab exercise based on tools publicly available on the web Evaluated highly by students for stimulating independent thinking and for demonstrating an in

26、terest in them Course Assistant Cell Biology Winter 1996 Department of Biology University of San Domingo Led discussion of research articles Teaching Assistant Concepts in Biology Fall 1992 Department of Biology U.C. Davis Lectured when professor was out of town Teaching Assistant Molecular and Cell

27、 Biology Laboratory Summer 1992 Howard Hughes Summer Institute U.C. Davis Supervised semi-independent research projects on the cloning of frequency homologues in different species of fungi K-12 Scientist Volunteer Triad Science Club 19982000 Science and Health Education Partnership Thomas Mann Middl

28、e School, U.C. San Francisco Developed and led hands-on activities Practiced strategies to promote gender equity Elective Teacher Project SAME: Science and Math Equity Fall 1992 Wilma Mankiller Junior High School, U.C. Davis Taught a girl-only elective class on building simple machines with the Lego

29、-Logo system Chien-Shiung used bold and spacing to highlight the titles of each of her teaching positions. This highlights her independent teaching experience as an Adjunct Lecturer. She highlighted the topic of the classes taught with italics. She used bullet points to describe her role in each pos

30、ition and her accomplishments (including specific feedback from students). If you have evaluations or emails containing comments about your teaching from students, you can quote the 1-3 most appropriate comment(s) in your CV, cover letter, or statement of teaching philosophy. By sub-dividing her tea

31、ching experience into two subheadings (College Level & K-12), Chien-Shiung accomplishes two things: (1) highlights the breadth of her teaching experience (2) is able to place her most relevant teaching experience (Adjunct Lecturer) at the top of the page, while still abiding by reverse-chronological

32、 order within each sub-section. 5 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Teaching Interests cell and molecular biology, bioinformatics and genomics, RNA and protein structure and function, scientific writing and speaking, gender and science, ethical issues in biotechnology RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Pos

33、tdoctoral Fellow 19982000 Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease U.C. San Francisco Advisor: Birbal Sahni, M.D. Topic: Title of Topic Here. Graduate Student Researcher 19951998 Department of Structural Biology CSU Hayward Advisor: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ph.D. Research Assistant 19931995 Departm

34、ent of Biology U.C. Davis Advisor: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ph.D. Undergraduate Researcher Summer 1991 Howard Hughes Summer Institute U.C. Davis Advisor: Shanti - Swarup Bhatnagar, Ph.D. Topic: Title of Topic Here. Undergraduate Researcher 19891990 Department of Biology Xavier University Advisor: J.J. R

35、awal, Ph.D. Topic: Title of Topic Here. Research Interests One line statement of research interests. This section is not necessary, but could be useful. Note that including a “Teaching Interests” section in the CV is not a substitute for a written “Teaching Interests” essay if such a statement is re

36、quested in the job announcement. It is important to have your name clearly marked on every page of your application, either in a header or footer. Page numbers are also very useful. This is important in case the pages of your document get mixed up with others applicants. 6 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sam

37、ple provided by PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT Association for Women in Science (AWIS) 19962000 Chair, Programs Committee, Davis Chapter 19992001 Organized and led monthly chapter meetings attended by 50-75 people Invited speakers (women scientists, career development) Postdoctoral Women Peer-mentoring Gr

38、oup 19992001 U.C. San Francisco Alumni Volunteer Admissions Interviewer 19931995, 1999 Xavier University Lion II Seminars, Cincinnati, OH Graduate, Leadership Program 1992 Staff volunteer for courses and exit interviews 19921993 MEMBERSHIPS International Society for Computational Biology 2000present

39、 American Physiological Society 2000present American Association for the Advancement of Science 1993present PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Research Wu, C.S., Saha, M., Jehangir Bhabha, H, & Singh, J. (2000) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here. Name of Journal Here 31: 19-20

40、. Ramanna, R., Wu, C.S., & Singh, J. (2001) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text. submitted. Saha, M ., Wu, C.S., Jehangir Bhabha, & Singh, J. (2001) MAPPFinder) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a

41、 Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here 4: R7.1-R7.12. Wu, C.S. & Chandra Bose, J. (2000) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here. Name of Journal Here 299: 1-15. It may have been useful to provide a more specific title for this section. In the cov

42、er letter (second page), Chien-Shiung refers to her involvement with AWIS and Lion II as “mentoring” experience. Therefore, perhaps this section could be entitled “Mentoring Experience”? Note that it is unclear what some of these experiences entailed. The bullet points Chien-Shiung included for her

43、AWIS experience (above) are a great example of describing what she did, how many people were involved, how much time she spent. Chien-Shiungs leadership training may best be highlighted if grouped along with her other training, which appears in a separate heading later in the CV. Chien-Shiung listed

44、 this article first, taking it out of reverse-chronological order (year 2000). Perhaps she did this to highlight this paper in particular (first author, published in a prominent journal). If you list an article as “submitted,” indicate the journal to which you submitted it (i.e., “submitted to Natur

45、e.”) Consider listing articles “submitted” or “in preparation” under a separate sub-heading (“Manuscripts in preparation or submitted”). 7 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Peer-reviewed Research (continued) Wu, C.S., & Chandra Bose, J. (1999) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious

46、 Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here 286: 33-43. Wu, C.S., & Chandra Bose, J. (1996) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here 262: 421-436

47、. Reviews, Book Chapters, Conference Proceedings Wu, C.S. & Singh, J. (2003) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here (Brown, J and Smith, S. eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, N.Y., in prep

48、aration. Chandra Bose, J., Sarabhai, V., Wu, C.S., Bhagvantam, S. (1999) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here (Jones, B. and Ford, H, eds.), pp. 419-429. ASM Press, Washington, D.C. Wu, C.S. &

49、Chandra Bose, J. (1995) Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Prestigious Publication Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex. Name of Journal Here 33: 170-171. PRESENTATIONS Research TalksExternal Advanced Topics in Microarray Analysis, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Ma

50、ryland, January 2003 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2002 Tutorial: Name of Tutorial Here Seminar: Name of Seminar Here Chien-Shiung used b

51、old to highlight the conference/location where she gave the talk. Chien-Shiung provided the subheading again, to indicate that this section continues from the prior page. 8 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Research TalksExternal (continued) The Fourth BioPathways Consortium Meeting, Intelli

52、gent Systems for Molecular Biology Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 2002 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Physiological Genomics of Cardiovascular Disease: from Technology to Physiology San Francisco, California, February

53、 2002 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Bay Area Bioinformatics Discussion Group Stanford, California, January 2002 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Comp

54、lex NIH-NHLBI Programs for Genomic Applications, External Scientific Panel Review Bethesda, Maryland, June 2001 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Iconix Pharmaceuticals Mountain View, California, June 2001 Typically a Fairl

55、y Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2000 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation National Center for Genome Resources Sant

56、a Fe, New Mexico, October 2000 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Bay Area RNA Club San Francisco, California, June 1996 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Research TalksInternal Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Scientists Meeting San Francisco, California,

57、 May 2002 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex With the large number of external talks that Chien-Shiung has on her CV, listing internal talks is optional. If you choose not to list internal talks, you can instead call your ex

58、ternal talk section “Research Talks Highlights”. This implies that you have given additional talks as well. Remember, use your CV to highlight what you want the search committee to know about you; the CV does not have to be all-inclusive. 9 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Research TalksInt

59、ernal (continued) U.C. San Francisco, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Program Retreat Marshall, California, November 2001 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex The J. David Gladstone Institutes Joint Scientific Ret

60、reat Pacific Grove, California, May 2001 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Weekly Seminar San Francisco, California, November 2000 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentatio

61、n Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex U.C. Davis, Structural Biology Department Retreat Pacific Grove, California, November 1998 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex U.C. Davis, Molecular Biophysics Cl

62、ub Davis, California, February 1998 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex U.C. Davis, MCD Biology Seminar Davis, California, May 1996 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since S

63、cience is Complex U.C. Davis, RNA Club Davis, California, December 1994 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Presentation Research PostersExternal Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 2002 Name of Poster Title Here Physiological Genomics of Cardiovascular Disea

64、se: from Technology to Physiology San Francisco, California, February 2002 Name of Poster Title Here MCD = ? Remember to write the full name for acronyms which seem obvious to you but may not be known by your reader. 10 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Research PostersExternal (continued) T

65、he Third International Meeting on Microarray Data Standards, Annotations, Ontologies and Databases Stanford, California, March 2001 Typically a Fairly Long Title of Her Poster Here, Taking Up a Full Line of Text Since Science is Complex The Ribosome: Structure, Function, Antibiotics, and Cellular In

66、teractions Helsingr, Denmark, June 1999 Name of Poster Title Here RNA Society Meeting Madison, Wisconsin, May 1996 Name of Poster Title Here RNA Structure Meeting Santa Cruz, California, June 1995 Name of Poster Title Here RNA Society Meeting Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 1995 Name of Poster Title Her

67、e Keystone Symposium: RNA-Protein Interactions Taos, New Mexico, February 1997 Name of Poster Title Here RNA Society Meeting Madison, Wisconsin, May 1994 Name of Poster Title Here Symposium on RNA Biology I: RNA-Protein Interactions Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, October 1993 Name of Poster

68、 Title Here Frontiers in Translation Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 1993 Name of Poster Title Here Research PostersInternal The J. David Gladstone Institutes Joint Scientific Retreat Pacific Grove, California, May 2000 Name of Poster Title Here 11 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by R

69、esearch PostersInternal (continued) U.C. San Francisco, Cardiovascular Research Institute Retreat Tahoe City, California, November 2001 Name of Poster Title Here U.C. San Francisco, Biomedical Sciences Program Retreat Tahoe City, California, November 1999 Name of Poster Title Here U.C. San Francisco

70、, Tetrad Retreat Tahoe City, California, September 1998 Name of Poster Title Here Other Presentations U.C. Berkeley, History of Science Graduate Student Workshop Berkeley, California, January 1995 Panel Discussion: Name of Title Here Sigma Xi Forum: Scientists, Educators, and National Standards: Act

71、ion at the Local Level Atlanta, Georgia, April 1992 Poster: Name of Title Here ADDITIONAL TRAINING Strategies in Gender Equitable Teaching 19961998 U.C. Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, California Biostatistics 183: Introduction to Statistical Analysis Fall 1997 U.C. San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif

72、ornia Advanced Microsoft Access 97 August 1997 New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc., San Francisco, California Art of Lecturing Summer 1997 Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California Scientific Writing Spring 1997 Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California Give a more specific head

73、ing for this section that will better explain the experiences here. For example, “Presentations in Science Education.” These experiences could be better highlighted by a more specific heading (rather than “Additional Training”). Chien-Shiung could consider giving a sub-heading for training most rele

74、vant to a faculty position: Teaching, Scientific Writing, and Other Technical Training. It would be fine to leave out training in Microsoft Access and Dreamweaver, as they are unlikely to contribute towards Chien-Shiung getting a teaching position. Instead, in this case they may even distract from t

75、he much more relevant training in teaching, etc. 12 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by ADDITIONAL TRAINING (continued) Beginning Dreamweaver 4 April 1997 Ciber Training Center, San Francisco, California Microarray Academy Fall 1996 Genomics Core, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, Californi

76、a REFERENCES C.V. Ramen, M.D. Associate Investigator Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease University of California, San Francisco P.O. Box 100 San Francisco, CA 94100-9100 123-456-7890 cvramengladstone.ucsf.edu Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology University

77、of Maryland School of Medicine 112 Shoe Center College Park, MD 20815 123-456-7890 sriumar.edu J.C. Bose, M.A. Lecturer in Scientific Writing and Lecturing Cardiovascular Research Institute Gladstone Institutes University of California, San Francisco 505 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143-0130

78、 123-456-7890 jcitsa.ucsf.edu 13 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Teaching Philosophy Above all other considerations, study biology because it is “irrelevant”that is, study it for its own sake, because, like art and music and literature, it is an adventure for the min

79、d and nourishment for the spirit. (Helena Curtis, 1983) _ Inspiration The above quotation from my Advanced Placement Biology text book in high school is what inspired me to become a biologist. It spoke volumes about the wonderment and joy I felt when learning about the intricate inner workings of ce

80、lls. I also recall the twinkle in my undergraduate advisors eye when he described the pluripotency of plant meristem cells during a late-night study session for an exam in introductory biology. It was my enthusiasm about the promise of the human genome project that led my molecular biology students

81、to seek me out during office hours to find out more. In short, it is the inspiration of a great teacher that provides students with the motivation to persist in the hard work to follow. Context A typical biology text book contains over a thousand pages of detailed information, confronting students w

82、ith information overload. The size of text books is symptomatic of the explosion of papers in journals and the wealth of new data generated from high-throughput genomics methods. For example, microarrays measure the expression levels of thousands of genes at a time, producing huge amounts of data fr

83、om a single experiment. Since no one person can be an expert on thousands of genes, analyzing microarray data presents a significant challenge. This challenge led us to develop (Chien-Shiung included one sentence discussing primary research here) Providing a context for the data has revealed new rel

84、ationships between genes and generated new biological insights. Chien-Shiung inserted two/three paragraphs discussing how her research can be woven into the curriculum, both in terms of the design and how she would implement approach as well as the implementation. Communication The scientific proces

85、s includes establishing the relevance and relationship of new research to what has come before, asking a question, designing and executing an experiment to answer the question, and determining whether the results of the experiment really do answer that question. The last and most important step of t

86、he scientific process is communicating the results to other scientists. Good communication skills are essential to giving and receiving feedback and should be taught throughout the biology curriculum. Presenting scientific results, whether they are ones own or derived from the literature, promotes a

87、 deeper understanding. I know that I understand something when I can explain it to someone else. The small average class size at Williams College provides an opportunity to focus on communication skills. Discussions of the primary literature would be an integral part of my Chien-Shiungs quote helps

88、make her statement unique and personal. 14 Chien-Shiung Wu, Ph.D. Sample provided by courses. I would then require students to write a term paper where they critically reviewed one of the articles, as did the students in my molecular biology course. This will give the students practice in both evalu

89、ating the literature and writing about it. Furthermore, when students learn to identify weaknesses in papers from the primary literature, it stimulates their critical thinking skills and empowers them as scientists. Individual consultations and rewrites would allow students to make improvements. The

90、 process of writing and rewriting laboratory reports would hone skills for communicating experimental results. A course could also be devoted to improving more formal speaking skills. Students would give an oral presentation on their own work or on a journal article. The student would leave the room

91、 while the others discussed the presentation. The student would then return to the room to hear a summary of the feedback from the professor. This creates a safe environment for both the speaker and the listeners to give and receive honest feedback. Later on in the course, the student would give ano

92、ther presentation to practice making the changes the others suggested. Biology as a Liberal Art Biology plays a critical role in the liberal arts college for both science majors and non-science majors. Williams College graduates will become tomorrows scientific leaders in academic research, medicine

93、, and industry. As such, our commitment to our majors extends beyond their individual careers to the larger community. Since they will be the ones who understand the science behind genetically modified foods, stem cell research, and environmental problems, to name a few, they will in large part be r

94、esponsible for directing future science. It is essential that they understand the history and ethics of what they do. I plan to incorporate a discussion of the issues as a regular part of all my classes. Just as the students must learn to critically evaluate the science, they must also be able to cr

95、itically evaluate the motivation behind it. Biology as a liberal art is even more important to non-science majors. Critical thinking skills learned through practicing the scientific process broadly apply to reasoning in other academic disciplines. A course for non-science majors should give them an

96、understanding of the principles of genetics and evolution that form the framework for biological thought, but also allow them to explore a subject in some depth so that they can practice the critical evaluation skills they will need as informed citizens. Liberal arts colleges are uniquely suited to

97、foster interdisciplinary study between biology and other fields in the humanities and social sciences. Having performed such interdisciplinary studies myself at the intersection of biology, gender, and philosophy at both the undergraduate and graduate level, I am eager to advise students with these

98、interests and contribute to such courses. In summary, I wish to give back those qualities that meant the most to me during my education: inspiration, putting science in context, communication of that science to the community, and the pursuit of biology as a liberal art. I hope to foster a love of le

99、arning in my students and share innovative pedagogies with my colleagues. To me, biology is both “relevant” and my heartfelt passion. Examples are important. Here, she gives an example of an activity/assignment, and describes how this assignment will help student learning. Chien-Shiung tailored her

100、Statement to the college she was applying to. Take-away message to the reader: This candidate is aware of the careers that Biology majors may pursue. Take-away message to the reader: This candidate has also thought about the needs of undergraduate non-majors. It is important to end with a concluding paragraph that ties together the themes in your statement of teaching philosophy.