Lorena Harris
(La Profe)
Office: ELSTON 313
email: harrislb@sunysccc.edu
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I am Lorena Harris, Assistant Professor in Biology, Educator Developer, CSTEP + STEM Programs Director at SUNY Schenectady.
I am Lorena Harris, Assistant Professor in Biology, Educator Developer, CSTEP + STEM Programs Director at SUNY Schenectady.
Doctor in Biological Sciences and Educator with ten years of Faculty experience and seven years of experience as Administrator of STEM Programs (CSTEP +LSAMP) at SUNY Schenectady. As a Director of CSTEP I enjoy serving / supporting intercultural, multicultural, and underrepresented populations.
Doctor in Biological Sciences and Educator with ten years of Faculty experience and seven years of experience as Administrator of STEM Programs (CSTEP +LSAMP) at SUNY Schenectady. As a Director of CSTEP I enjoy serving / supporting intercultural, multicultural, and underrepresented populations.
Lorena Harris is Assistant Professor of Biology and former Director of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and STEM programs in the Math, Science, Technology and Health Division at SUNY Schenectady County Community College. She is also an Educator Developer and Math Science Technology and Health (MSTH) Faculty lead of the Nutrition program. Lorena first joined SUNY Schenectady in 2012 as the Coordinator of the Spanish Lab and was a participant in the 2013-2014 Internship Program for the Development of Minority Faculty, after a year teaching in the Boston Area, and two years as NIH Postdoctoral Fellow working on Cancer Research and Genome instability at the University of South Florida. She is Bilingual communicator in English and Spanish.
Lorena Harris is Assistant Professor of Biology and former Director of the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and STEM programs in the Math, Science, Technology and Health Division at SUNY Schenectady County Community College. She is also an Educator Developer and Math Science Technology and Health (MSTH) Faculty lead of the Nutrition program. Lorena first joined SUNY Schenectady in 2012 as the Coordinator of the Spanish Lab and was a participant in the 2013-2014 Internship Program for the Development of Minority Faculty, after a year teaching in the Boston Area, and two years as NIH Postdoctoral Fellow working on Cancer Research and Genome instability at the University of South Florida. She is Bilingual communicator in English and Spanish.
Lorena Harris, Ph.D., Doctor in Biological Sciences. Assistant Professor in Biology and Educator Developer at SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Doctor in Biological Sciences. She led the CSTEP program for eight years as STEM Director, Latina educational developer. She is a member of NY STEAM Girls Collaborative, NGCP (National Girls Collaborative Project), AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), APACS (Association for Program Administrators of CSTEP and STEP) and ACS (American Chemical Society). She is the 2024 Dr. John Staley Award for Outstanding Service; 2019 Margaret Ashida STEM Leadership Award recipient, educator, mom and a STEM Latina Role Model.
Scientific Publication
Viboud, G., Harris, L., Gonzalez, E., Macaluso, A., Skerritt, M., Justin, E., Eagan, J.R., and Fukuto, H. (2026). Empowering Community College Biology Education Through a Hands-On Bioinformatics Module. Submission under review in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (Jmbe00271-26).
Hernandez, C,. and Harris, L. (2025). Perspectives of Educational Developers of Color (1st ed., p. 211). Routledge. https://doi.org/1032581662
Cox, T., Stafford, E., Early, E., Caldwell, A., Chick, P., Harris, L., James, S., & Pickar, H. (2024). Collaborative decision-making tool for equitably scaling informal STEM programs. National Girls Collaborative Project.
Rivera, EM., Zorqane, H., Simons, RR., Harris, L. (2021). Applied learning through the scope of SUNY Schenectady CSTEP/LSAMP community that hopes to use research geared scientific projects to better our environment and community through education. The Umbrella SUNY Applied Learning Newsletter.
Harris, L., Ryvarden, L., and Iturriaga, TM. (2020). Studies in Neotropical polypores 47, Diversity of Wood Decay Fungi from H. Pittier Nat. Park, Aragua-Venezuela. Fungorum 42 V3.
Harris, L. (2018) Nutrition Science Principles. SUNY-OER, Creative Common, Attribution-Share Alike CC BY-SA. In press Online Open Access
Harris, L., and Rogers, SO. (2014). Finding and characterizing small group I introns. In: Genomics III: Methods, Techniques, and Applications. iConcept Press, Hong Kong, China, pp. 327-341.
Harris, L., and Rogers, SO. (2011) Evolution of small putative group I introns in fungi. BMC Research Notes, 4:258.
Doerfler L, Harris L, Viebranz E, Schmidt KH. (2011) Differential genetic interactions between Sgs1, DNA-damage checkpoint components and DNA repair factors in the maintenance of chromosome stability. Genome Integr. Oct.2:8. Pubmedid: 22040455. Pmcid: PMC3231943
Schmidt KH, Viebranz EB, Harris L, Mirzaei-Souderjani H, Syed S, Medicus R. (2010). Defects in DNA lesion bypass lead to spontaneous chromosomal rearrangements and increased cell death. Eukaryot Cell. Feb.9(2):315-324. Pubmedid: 20008080. Pmcid: PMC2823012.
Harris, L., Rogers, S.O. (2008) Splicing and evolution of an unusually small group I intron. Curr Genet 54, 213–222 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-008-0213-y
Get in touch at harrislb (at) sunysccc.edu or harrislb430 (at) gmail.com
Get in touch at harrislb (at) sunysccc.edu or harrislb430 (at) gmail.com
MSCHE Conference 2022 with Casiel A and Parmesh T
Role Model and Mentor Volunteer since 2022
23-24 Techbridge Educator
2023 Summer AI /ML Bootcamp
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