Publications: open teaching resources:
Cahill, A. E. 2020. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource. Make Teaching with R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating 2020, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/ZQSM-5S44
Cahill, A. E. 2020. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource. Make Teaching with R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating 2020, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/ZQSM-5S44
Courses taught at Albion College:
BIO 195: Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity
Catalog description: Focuses on whole organisms and their evolutionary and ecological relationships. Evolutionary processes, biological diversity, conservation biology and human impacts on ecology and biodiversity are major themes. Skills introduced are hypothesis testing, experimental design, use of primary literature in writing assignments and basic statistics. Lecture and laboratory.
Catalog description: Focuses on whole organisms and their evolutionary and ecological relationships. Evolutionary processes, biological diversity, conservation biology and human impacts on ecology and biodiversity are major themes. Skills introduced are hypothesis testing, experimental design, use of primary literature in writing assignments and basic statistics. Lecture and laboratory.
BIO 225: Invertebrate Biology
Catalog description: Field-oriented course emphasizing evolution, classification, ecology, behavior and natural history of invertebrate animals. Class involves field trips and use of the Whitehouse Nature Center. Lecture and laboratory.
Students in this class learn about the enormous diversity of terrestrial and marine invertebrates. They complete their own independent research projects, sample for earthworms (as part of the EREN project sampling earthworms at undergraduate institutions around the country), study stream macroinvertebrates, and get hands-on experience with marine invertebrates in the lab.
Catalog description: Field-oriented course emphasizing evolution, classification, ecology, behavior and natural history of invertebrate animals. Class involves field trips and use of the Whitehouse Nature Center. Lecture and laboratory.
Students in this class learn about the enormous diversity of terrestrial and marine invertebrates. They complete their own independent research projects, sample for earthworms (as part of the EREN project sampling earthworms at undergraduate institutions around the country), study stream macroinvertebrates, and get hands-on experience with marine invertebrates in the lab.
BIO 245: Marine Biology
Students in this course study the marine environment: its physical and chemical properties, the organisms that live there, and the ways in which humans are both served by and threatening this environment. The course involves reading and discussing the primary literature, as well as writing and presenting about marine biology. Lecture only.
Students in this course study the marine environment: its physical and chemical properties, the organisms that live there, and the ways in which humans are both served by and threatening this environment. The course involves reading and discussing the primary literature, as well as writing and presenting about marine biology. Lecture only.
BIO 296: Ecological Genetics
An introduction to ecological genetics: the study of gene frequencies and selection pressures within natural or managed populations, with a focus on how ecology impacts gene frequencies. Topics include understanding concepts of genetic variation, recombination, linkage disequilibrium, selection, gene flow, genetic drift and mutation, as well as quantitative genetics. Lecture only.
An introduction to ecological genetics: the study of gene frequencies and selection pressures within natural or managed populations, with a focus on how ecology impacts gene frequencies. Topics include understanding concepts of genetic variation, recombination, linkage disequilibrium, selection, gene flow, genetic drift and mutation, as well as quantitative genetics. Lecture only.
ENVN 101: Fundamentals of Environmental Studies
A theoretical and practical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Studies. Cultivates both a broad understanding of ecological principles and the creative capacity to imagine and enact individual and social change that takes those principles into account. Co-taught.
A theoretical and practical introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Studies. Cultivates both a broad understanding of ecological principles and the creative capacity to imagine and enact individual and social change that takes those principles into account. Co-taught.
Courses taught at Stony Brook University:
Statistics and Data Analysis: A Conceptual Approach
Catalog description: A conceptually-focused introduction to probability and data analysis emphasizing statistical literacy and critical thinking. Topics will include probability, t-tests, chi-squared tests, correlation, regression, and Analysis of Variance, as well as special topics of interest to undergraduate Biology majors such as case-control studies and meta-analysis.
Catalog description: A conceptually-focused introduction to probability and data analysis emphasizing statistical literacy and critical thinking. Topics will include probability, t-tests, chi-squared tests, correlation, regression, and Analysis of Variance, as well as special topics of interest to undergraduate Biology majors such as case-control studies and meta-analysis.
Evolution (online version via Blackboard)
Catalog description: A detailed discussion of the mechanisms of evolution, focusing on the ways in which genetic changes in populations lead to adaptation, speciation, and historical patterns of evolutionary change.
Catalog description: A detailed discussion of the mechanisms of evolution, focusing on the ways in which genetic changes in populations lead to adaptation, speciation, and historical patterns of evolutionary change.