Suzanne Thuecks
- 800-422-1782 ext. 5756
- sthuecks2FREEwashcoll
- Toll S124
Office Hours
Change each semester, please email for scheduling
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
- 蜜桃传媒 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.