I incorporate bits of my own research into my teaching whenever it's appropriate. I want my students to leave my courses sharing some of the enthusiasm I have for my academic discipline, but also having personal skills that will make them more critical thinkers and observers as they pursue any career path. My laboratory has undergraduates working side by side with graduate students and myself. Wake Forest now represents an ideal blend of small college attributes with resources and opportunities typically associated only with large, impersonal research universities. Office doors are open, there are very few prima donnas among the faculty.
Many departments actively promote extracurricular interactions among faculty and students.
This all happens amid an atmosphere of high academic expectation, coupled with willing mentoring of students. Visit the Department of Biology web site. Send e-mail to Cherin Poovey or write a note in the Guestbook .