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Marcus Ammerlaan
Lecturer IV
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1994
U-M affiliation(s)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Contact information
University of Michigan
1037 Chemistry
930 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055
Phone: (734) 764-4431
Email: mcammer@umich.edu
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In charge of labs and graduate student instructors for the department's introductory courses. Along with the introductory biology office staff, Ammerlaan handles course administration (grades, regrades, and make-ups). He is not currently running a research program.
Academic background
Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. Lecturer for one year at the University of Texas before coming to the University of Michigan in 1995.
News
Learning about teaching: Ammerlaan awarded Teagle Fellowship
Dr. Marc Ammerlaan was awarded the Teagle Fellowship for the 2009-10 academic year to examine the way students learn, funded by a grant through the U-M Center for Research and Learning on Teaching. Fellowship recipients include five instructors from the sciences, and five from humanities and social sciences who will form the Colloquium on the Science of Learning. Fellows are selected based on their commitment to teaching and collegiality.
The fellows read key articles, discuss papers critically and in relation to their own teaching and their students' learning, attend presentations by relevant experts, and trade perspectives. This year begins a new focus on multiculturalism and diversity. He finds it invigorating and rejuvenating to connect with faculty from across campus to share ideas, especially about how to reach students and learn new ways to present challenging, stimulating material to them. He’s excited about attending seminars that keep him thinking about teaching. At the end of the academic year, CRLT will host a forum for panels of Teagle Fellows to present commentary based on the literature and discussions.
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