Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I teach a freshman writing course at the University of Puget Sound that uses symbioses and parasitism as a focal point. Students learn about various associations between organisms, positive and negative, and develop skills in writing, evaluating scientific and popular literature, and creating presentations. As part of this course, several scientists have offered to "tele-visit" my classroom to discuss student questions.
Dr. Newton of Indiana University is our fourth "visitor" for this Fall 2015 course. Her faculty profile is:
http://www.bio.indiana.edu/faculty/directory/profile.php?person=irnewton
And her awesomely named lab website is:
discogenome.wordpress.com
Dr. Newton has an impressive scientific pedigree, and has worked on many fascinating systems (just look at her record!). But for my freshman writing class, Dr. Newton has elected to discuss issues from her graduate work at Harvard: chemosynthetic symbioses in the deep sea. Since this is a big interest of mine, you can imagine my delight.
Dr. Newton suggested my students read the following before her "tele-visit":
1. deepseanews.com/2012/03/what-knowledge-of-the-deep-sea-tell-us-about-life-on-other-planets
2. deepseanews.com/2007/03/from-the-desk-of-zelnio-alviniconcha-hessleri
3. nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v6/n10/full/nrmicro1992.html
I hope that you can join us, or view Dr. Newton's interactions with my class at a later time. It will be remarkable!
I teach a freshman writing course at the University of Puget Sound that uses symbioses and parasitism as a focal point. Students learn about various associations between organisms, positive and negative, and develop skills in writing, evaluating scientific and popular literature, and creating presentations. As part of this course, several scientists have offered to "tele-visit" my classroom to discuss student questions.
Dr. Newton of Indiana University is our fourth "visitor" for this Fall 2015 course. Her faculty profile is:
http://www.bio.indiana.edu/faculty/directory/profile.php?person=irnewton
And her awesomely named lab website is:
discogenome.wordpress.com
Dr. Newton has an impressive scientific pedigree, and has worked on many fascinating systems (just look at her record!). But for my freshman writing class, Dr. Newton has elected to discuss issues from her graduate work at Harvard: chemosynthetic symbioses in the deep sea. Since this is a big interest of mine, you can imagine my delight.
Dr. Newton suggested my students read the following before her "tele-visit":
1. deepseanews.com/2012/03/what-knowledge-of-the-deep-sea-tell-us-about-life-on-other-planets
2. deepseanews.com/2007/03/from-the-desk-of-zelnio-alviniconcha-hessleri
3. nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v6/n10/full/nrmicro1992.html
I hope that you can join us, or view Dr. Newton's interactions with my class at a later time. It will be remarkable!
