Bio:

Elli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. Research in her group focuses on equity in higher education STEM classes, with a particular focus on the student experience in introductory STEM courses. They use quantitative and sometimes qualitative approaches to: 1) describe inequities; 2) identify instructor and systemic practices that disrupt inequities; and 3) scale equitable practices to all classes in all STEM disciplines. Elli received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Colby College in Maine, earned a Master’s in Education from Alliant International University in San Francisco, and earned a PhD in ecology, from the University of Washington in Seattle. After her PhD, she transitioned to discipline-based education research as a postdoc, then served as a Teaching Professor in Biology for four years. Prior to working in higher education, Elli was a middle school and high school teacher, where she taught 7th, 8th, and 9th grade math and science.