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Kristine Prahl

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin–Marathon County (now UW–Stevens Point at Wausau), August 2016-Present
  • Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County (Aug. 2010-Aug. 2016)
  • Adjunct Instructor, Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin (Fall 2009; Spring 2010)
  • Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, Department of Biological Sciences (1997-2010)
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Spring 1993 and Spring 1994)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Active learning in biology education
  • Yeast fermentation and biofuel production

CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT

  • Executive Committee of the UWSP Common Council, Wausau campus representative (2020-present)
  • Wausau campus Steering Committee Co-Chair (2018-present)
  • Branch Campus Recruitment Liaison working group member (2020-present)
  • Wausau campus retention working group member (2018-present)
  • Science Olympiad volunteer (2008, 2010-2020)

PUBLICATIONS

Prahl, Kristine (2017) Best Practices for the Think-Pair-Share Active Learning Technique. The American Biology Teacher, 79(1), 3-8. https://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/79/1/3/18887/Best-Practices-for-the-Think-Pair-Share-Active

TEACHING HONORS

  • University of Wisconsin Colleges Arthur M. Kaplan Award (2011)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • National Association of Biology Teachers, Member (2016-present)
Associate Professor of Biology

Office:
285B Wausau campus

Education

Ph.D. - Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.A. - Biology
Concordia University Chicago

Courses

Anatomy and Physiology
Biology of Women
General Biology
Molecular Biology