Teaching
Socratic method, discussion-based teaching— extended internationally through a COIL partnership.
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
Socrates (470-399 BCE, Athens)
Discussion-based courses
Guided questioning that builds independent scientific reasoning rather than rote recall.
A systems-level view of biology
Curriculum bridging microbiology, system biology, neurobiology, biotechnology, and evolution biology.
Collaborative Online International Learning
An intercontinental COIL program connecting UFV students with Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa, linking classrooms across continents around shared research questions.
From Teaching and Learning centers
Thank you istructor: Recognized by Teaching and Learning center at UFV.
Thank A Prof: Recognized by Center of Teaching and Laerning at UBC Okanagan.
Hands-on lab supervision
Direct mentorship of trainees through applied research.
ConnectED workshops for secondary and post secondary educators
1. Discussion-based teaching: ConnectED 2024
2. Inclusive Sylabus: ConnectED 2025
3. Socratic Discussion with Collaborative Learning: ConnectED 2025
4. Rethinking Biology Instruction: Using the Socratic Method to Transform How Students Think and Learn: ConnectED 2026
Courses taught at UFV
Applied Biotechnology
[Biotechnology utilizes biological processes, organisms, or systems for human use. This course examines the application of biotechnology to disciplines such as genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and molecular biology, and the impact these technologies have on medicine, industry, the environment, and agriculture.]
Environmental Microbiology
[An examination of pathogenesis, pollution remediation, energy conservation, and the symbiotic relationships between microorganisms and higher organisms which are important to life. This course will use an interdisciplinary approach to study the physiology, ecology, biochemistry, and genetics of microorganisms as they interface with us and our environment, including soil, aquatics, and the atmosphere. ]
Medical Microbiology
[Focuses on the relationship between human health and microbes. The functioning of the immune system, the normal human flora, and diseases caused by microbial pathogens will be studied.]
Microbiology
[Examines advanced concepts in modern microbiology including the fundamentals of microbial structure, bioenergetics, growth, and genetics, predominately by considering a variety of bacteria and other microbes.]