Teaching

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Biochemistry courses and laboratories

• Advanced Biochemistry courses and laboratories

• General Chemistry courses and laboratories

Chemistry 106L - General Chemistry II Laboratory

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 15 undergraduate students

Chemistry 106 - General Chemistry II

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 25 undergraduate students

Chemistry 109 - Emerging Scholars Program

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 10 undergraduate students

Chemistry 420L - Biochemistry I Laboratory

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 10 undergraduate students

• At times, also the lab coordinator across all sections of this course

Chemistry 420 - Biochemistry I

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 20 undergraduate students

Chemistry 425 - Biochemistry II

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 15 undergraduate students

Chemistry 426 - Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory

• Instructor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, St. Mary's College of Maryland

• Classroom size: ~ 3 undergraduate students

Biochemistry 766 - Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids

• Teaching Assistant for the Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

• Classroom size: ~ 40 graduate students

• Graded coursework and exams, and proctored exams

Biochemistry 521 - Introduction to Biological Chemistry: Laboratory

• Teaching Assistant for the Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

• Classroom: ~ 25 undergraduate students

• Graded coursework, laboratory reports and exams. Facilitated laboratory sections and proctored exams

Biochemistry 511 - Introduction to Biological Chemistry

• Head Teaching Assistant for the Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

• Classroom size: > 400 undergraduate and graduate students

• Organized grading of coursework and exams, and proctored exams

Current works cited in Google Scholar

Sherrer, S.M. (2020) Using Scientific Poster Presentations to Scaffold Professional Communication Skill Experiences into Biochemistry Courses, In Integrating Professional Skills into Undergraduate Chemistry Curricula. Neiles, K.Y., Mertz, P.M., and Fair, J.D. (Eds.). American Chemical Society Symposium Book Series 1365, 165 – 178.
Sherrer, S.M. (2020) A virtual laboratory module exploring photosynthesis during COVID-19. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 48, 659 – 661. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21464