Teaching/Mentoring

Pictured above: An undergraduate research assistant helping to mow around a field plot in Durham, NC (top left), 3 undergraduate research assistants conducting a population census in the field (bottom left), and a Donohue lab gathering with 10 of Brandie's undergraduate research assistants (right).

Teaching Experience

FRS 004-005 CA Wildflower Climate Adaptation: Intro to Evolutionary Ecology Research, Freshman CURE Seminar, Co-Designer and Lead Instructor, 2024

Plant Ecology, Undergraduate Class, Guest Lecturer, 2024

R Data Processing and Analysis, Graduate and Undergraduate Workshop Series, Co-Instructor, 2023-2024

BIOLOGY 202L Genetics and Evolution, Undergraduate Class, Lab TA, 2022

Biological Responses to Climate Change, Undergraduate Class, Guest Lecturer, 2019, 2021

Duke University Certificate in College Teaching, 2023

Duke TA training, completed 2022

Brandie instructing students in the field as part of the CA Wldflower Climate Adaptation CURE course.

Mentoring Experience

Senior Thesis Student: Xavier Heidelberg

Independent Study Students: Devan Wainright, Jonathan Pertile, Yoni Eini, Marley Kaplan

Research Assistants: Seale Guo, Brielle Machado, Adam Mhassen, Rachel Harris, Alex Willis, Chloe Montgomery, Olivia Horstman, Sophia Dodson, Ben Davis, Panka Kernacs, Yong Xie, Victoria Mattson, Sammie Yee, Megan Wong, Christina Chen, Samantha Swan, Sophie Benefiel, Hugo Mahatdejkul, Cat Xia, Eric Zhao, Zhamilya Karashukeyeva, Abbey Munn, Erin Greig, Yujin Kim, Stephany Perez-Sanchez, Henry Sun, Caroline Fiore, Jacob Carnes, Coleman Davis, Nick Doak, Sibani Ram, Sydney Hunt, Philippe Izedian, Maya Lytie, Lindy Pittman, Annie Roberts, Angel Shi, Gabriela McDonald, Arthi Vaidyanathan

My mentorship has been recognized through The Duke Graduate School 2023 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Brandie with 6 of her undergraduate research assistants at the end of the 2024 field season.

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