EDUCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
Doctor of Philosophy, December 2017
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Major), James A. Fordyce (Advisor)
Thesis: Morphological and gene expression plasticity in Neotropical cichlid fishes.
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Master of Science, August 2010
Entomology (Major), Daniel A. Hahn (Advisor)
Thesis: Seasonal consequences for temperature-size relationships in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science, May 2007
Biology (Major) & Education (Minor)
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN
College of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor, Fall 2022 - current
PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Knoxville TN
Adjunct Faculty, January 2019 – Summer 2022
Responsibilities:
Instructor for Anatomy & Physiology I & II lectures and labs. Designed lecture material & exams, demonstrated cadaveric material, and managed students using D2L Brightspace LMS & Microsoft Teams.
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN
Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2019 - Spring 2022
Responsibilities:
Lead instructor for Clinical Anatomy in the DNP Nurse Anesthesia program (N617 & N618, fall semesters). Designed lecture & lab and managed students using Canvas LMS & Zoom.
Instructor for Human Anatomy (EEB 240) in Spring 2022. Lead undergraduate lab sections; including cadaver demonstrations and laboratory assessments.
ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Knoxville, TN
Anatomy Laboratory Demonstrator
Responsibilities:
February 2018 – December 2018: Guided 1st-semester medical students in dissection of human cadavers; including performing prosections, leading demonstrations, editing a custom dissector, and creating laboratory practicals.
January 2019 – August 2019: Designed and edited lab activities for students to use in self-guided learning with the Sectra virtual dissection table.
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2010 – December 2017
Responsibilities:
Instructor of Record for Human Anatomy (EEB 240) Fall 2017. In other semesters generally as assigned by course instructor, including 5+ semesters teaching Human Anatomy labs. Position concurrent with Doctoral program.
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, FL
Graduate Assistant, Outreach Coordinator, August 2008 – August 2010
Responsibilities: Managed outreach activities of the Department of Entomology & Nematology. Position concurrent with Master’s program.
AWARDS/HONORS
2012 – 2013 Exceptional Performance as a Graduate Student, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
2010 – 2014 J. Wallace and Katie Dean Multi-Year Graduate Fellowship, University of Tennessee, $12,000/year for 4 years
2010 Pauline O. Lawrence Scholarship in Physiology/Biochemistry/Toxicology, Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, $1,000
2009 Entomology & Nematology Student Organization Research Presentation Competition, University of Florida, $100
2008 SCA AmeriCorps Education Award, Corporation for National and Community Service, $4,725
GRANTS
EEB, University of Tennessee: Summer Research Funding, April 2014. $1,200
National Science Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, July 2013. “DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Phenotypic Plasticity and Evolution in the Pharyngeal Jaw Apparatus” (PI: C.D. Hulsey) $19,221
EEB, University of Tennessee: Summer Research Funding, April 2011 ($1,500), April 2012 ($1,125), & April 2013 ($1,500).
Graduate Student Council, University of Tennessee: Travel Grant
Received for travel to Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in San Francisco, CA, January 3 -7, 2013. $150
GREBE, University of Tennessee EEB: Travel Grant
Received for travel to Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Salt Lake City, UT, January 3 -7, 2011. $250
Graduate Student Council, University of Florida: Travel Grant
Received for travel to Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Seattle WA, January 3-8, 2010. $235
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Society for the Study of Evolution 2011 – 2014
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2010 – 2017
PUBLICATIONS
Clemmensen, S.F., Hahn, D.A. 2015. Dormancy cues alter insect temperature-size relationships. Oecologia. 177 (1): 113-121.
Callis, K.L., Christ, L.R., Resasco, J., Armitage, D.W., Ash, J.D., Caughlin, T.T., Clemmensen, S.F., Copeland, S.M., Fullman, T.J., Lynch, R.L., Olson, C., Pruner, R.A., Vieira-Neto, E.H.M., West-Singh, R., Bruna, E.M. 20009. Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24 (4): 177-179.
INVITED LECTURES
Ross University School of Medicine, Foundations of Medicine 1: “Osteology of the Skull and Cranial Fossa”. Course Coordinator Sheila Nunn. November 1, 2018.
Ross University School of Medicine, Foundations of Medicine 1: “Breast, Pectoral, and Axillary Regions”. Course Coordinator Sheila Nunn. September 11, 2018.
Ross University School of Medicine, Foundations of Medicine 1: “Biomechanics of Human Locomotion”. Course Coordinator Sheila Nunn. April 9, 2018, July 30, 2018, and November 26, 2018.
University of Tennessee, EEB 240 Human Anatomy: “Skeletal Articulations”. Instructor of Record Mark Alston. February 6, 2017.
University of Tennessee, BIO 281 Evolution Discussion: “Human Evolution”. Instructor of Record Cassie Dresser April 16, 2015.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Clemmensen, S.F. Mechanical stress and plasticity in the Blackbelt cichlid. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2017 Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA; January 2017.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hulsey, C.D. Morphological convergence in durophagous Heroine cichlids. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2015 Annual Meeting. West Palm Beach, FL; January 2015.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hulsey, C.D. Linking dynamic gene expression in a cichlid key innovation to adaptive molecular evolution. Society for the Study of Evolution 2014 Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC; June 2014.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hulsey, C.D. Dynamic gene expression and rates of gene evolution underlying divergence in a cichlid key innovation. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2014 Annual Meeting. Austin, TX; January 2014.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hulsey, C.D. Morphological phenotypic plasticity and cichlid transcriptome expression. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2013 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA; January 2013.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hulsey, C.D. Convergence in pharyngeal dentition in Heroine cichlids. 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Ottawa, O.N., Canada; July 7, 2012.
Clemmensen, S.F., Cervoni, G.E. and Hahn, D.A. Seasonal cues alter the temperature-size relationship in an ectotherm. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2011 Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT; January 6, 2011.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hahn, D.A. Size matters: seasonal plasticity of development in a diapause-destined moth, Helicoverpa zea. Graduate Student Council Interdisciplinary Conference. Gainesville, FL; February 3, 2010.
Clemmensen, S.F. and Hahn, D.A. Size matters: seasonal plasticity of development in a diapause-destined moth, Helicoverpa zea. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2010 Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA; January 2010.
COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
Undergraduate Curriciculum Committee
UTK College of Nursing, August 2022 - current
EEB Department Head Search Committee:
Graduate Student Representative, September 2012 – April 2013
Darwin Day Tennessee
Teacher Workshop Coordinator, 2012 – 2013
Teacher Workshop Committee, 2011
Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (GREBE):
Treasurer, Fall 2012 – Summer 2013
Entomology & Nematology Student Organization (ENSO):
Historian, Fall 2009 – Summer 2010
Entomology & Nematology Outreach Committee
Student Coordinator, Fall 2008 – Summer 2010