Suzanne Thuecks

Faculty
  • Lab Instructor in Biology; BIO113/114 Lab Coordinator

Suzanne Thuecks

Suzanne Thuecks

 

Office Hours

Posted by my door and by appointment

My professional interests include teaching writing in the science classroom, curricular design, and instructional coaching.
 

I teach ballet technique classes for Dance Club.


EDUCATION

Master of Arts in Teaching, Science Education, University of Iowa, 2004

Bachelor of Arts, Lawrence University, 2002, majors in interdisciplinary science (Biology/Chemistry) and French, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

RESEARCH

Conference Presentations:

  • National ABLE conference, University of Maryland, June 2024, with Dan Johnson from Wake Forest University, 鈥淭ake this grading and bin it: Simplify lab report grading with the bins-based grading system鈥; 45-minute workshop 
  • National ABLE conference, University of California-San Diego, June 2023, 鈥淚nquiring minds want to know: Incorporating inquiry and experimental design into existing labs鈥; 45-minute workshop 
  • National ABLE conference, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, June 2022, 鈥淢aking grating less grating鈥; 45-minute workshop 
  • National ABLE conference, University of Ottawa, Canada, June 2019, 鈥淒o the write thing: Eight mini-activities to refine students鈥 writing鈥; 3 hour teaching workshop presented twice  
  • Invited workshop, Biology Department, Shenandoah University, September 2019, 鈥淎 Hard Day鈥檚 Write: Teaching Writing in the Lab with a Minimum of Pain and Suffering鈥; 3-hour workshop  
  • National ABLE conference, The Ohio State University, June 2018, 鈥淎 Hard Day鈥檚 Write: Teaching Writing in the Lab with a Minimum of Pain and Suffering鈥; 45-minute workshop 
  • National ABLE conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 2017, 鈥淭he Write Stuff: A stations-based activity to teach scientific reading, writing, and revision鈥 鈥搖pdated version of the activity presented in October and used in BIO112; 3-hour teaching workshop presented twice  
  • 今晚六合彩开奖结果 Faculty Institute, April 2017, 鈥淟et鈥檚 Give 鈥楨m Something to Talk About: Encouraging Thoughtful, Engaged Classroom Discussions鈥濃45-minute workshop co-presented with Raven Bishop 
PUBLICATIONS
  • Thuecks SE. 2020. Do the write thing: Eight mini-activities to refine students鈥 writing. Article 18 in: McMahon K, editor. Tested studies for laboratory teaching. Volume 41. Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).  
     
  • Thuecks SE. 2018. The Write Stuff: A stations-based activity to teach scientific reading, writing, and revision. Article 18 in:
    McMahon K, editor. Tested studies for laboratory teaching. Volume 39. Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Association
    for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).  ()
  • Thuecks SE. 2019. A Hard Day鈥檚 Write: Teaching writing in the lab with a minimum of pain and suffering. Article 53 In: McMahon K, editor. Tested studies for laboratory teaching. Volume 40. Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). ()
Professional Experience
  • 11 years of previous experience as a classroom teacher and teacher mentor in grades 8-12, the last year of which included instructional coaching.
  • Workshop: September 2019, Shenandoah University invited workshop for biology faculty. A Hard Day鈥檚 Write: Teaching writing in the lab with a minimum of pain and suffering.