Faculty

Michelle Ziadie

Assistant Professor of Instruction

CONTACT

St. Petersburg campus
Mail Point: DAV 214 
Office: DAIS 215
Email

EDUCATION

University of Georgia

Teaching 

  • Biodiversity
  • General Genetics
  • Organic Evolution

Specialty AREAs

Evolution education, behavior, genetics, evolution, BER

RESEARCH

My background is in evolutionary genetics and undergraduate evolution education research. In my genetics work, I focused on the evolution of parental care and social immune function. In my education work, I focused on resources for teaching and learning topics in evolution at the undergraduate level.

Moving forward, I am interested in further exploring classroom techniques that reveal student learning and change student misconceptions about evolution. In addition to teaching students about evolution I hope to inspire them to think critically and ask questions about the world around them.

Behavior, parental care and the evolution of family are still close to my heart and I strive to incorporate these concepts in my teaching as well as in collaborative research with other faculty on campus.