Dr. Carly Jordan

B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Director of the EJS Women's Leadership Program, Program Coordinator for the Science, Health, and Medicine Cohort

Associate Professor of Biology

School: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

Department: Department of Biological Sciences

Contact:

Email: Dr. Carly Jordan

Office Phone: 202-242-6692

Academic Building & Post Hall 2100 Foxhall Road NW Washington DC 20007

Dr. Carly Jordan (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. She joined the GW faculty as the Science, Health and Medicine Cohort Program Coordinator in 2013, before becoming the Women's Leadership Program Director in 2022. She teaches biology for the Women’s Leadership Program, and previously the University Honors Program, striving to create inclusive classroom environments and challenging courses. She is committed to actively engaging her students using evidence-based approaches to teaching, and was awarded the Morton A. Bender Teaching Award in 2019. She also contributes to the scholarship of science education as an author of case studies and curriculum materials for use in biology courses. She is PI for BCEENET, the Biological Collections in Ecology & Evolution Network, whose mission is to connect educators and collection professionals to form collaborations supporting undergraduate education and research. Since 2020, they have supported faculty at more than 40 institutions, allowing over 3000 students to participate in undergraduate research using digitized natural history collections.

Education

B.S., Biology, Virginia Tech, 2003

M.S., Biomedical & Veterinary Sciences, Virginia Tech, 2005

Graduate Certificate in University Teaching, University of Georgia, 2010

Ph.D., Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, 2011

Classes Taught

BISC 1111- Introductory Biology: Cell and Molecules (fall, WLP only)

BISC 1112- The Biology of Organisms (spring, WLP only)

Previously:

BISC 1005- The Biology of Nutrition and Health (summer, online)

HONR 1033/1034- Scientific Discovery & Reasoning: Science of Nutrition

HONR 1033/1034- Scientific Discovery & Reasoning: Biology of Sex and Reproduction

Intro to Medicine (Pre-College Summer Immersion)

Publications

*Krumm, J. L., *Jordan, C. N., Bronson, C. D., Weglarz, K. M., Genet, K., Johnson, M., Phillips, M., Flemming, A., Shea, E., Hewlett, J., Soltis, P. S., McCarthy, J. L., Trillo, P. A., & Woods, J. (In press). Improving access to undergraduate research using digitized natural history collections course-based research experiences. Ecosphere. *Co-first authors.

Trillo, P. A., Sorojsrisom, E. S., Jordan, C. N., & Krumm, J. L. (2022). Sexual dimorphism CURE: Exploring melanized wing patterns of Pieridae butterflies. BCEENET- Biological Collections in Ecology & Evolution Network, QUBES Educational Resources. https://doi.org/10.25334/YSQZ-0J68

Bronson, C. D., Jordan, C. N., & Krumm, J. L. (2022). Incorporating digitized natural history collections data into virtual ecology and evolution course-based research experiences. Advances in Biology Laboratory Education, 42. https://doi.org/10.37590/able.v42.extabs20

Jordan, C. N., Krumm, J. L., Doan, T. M., Kilgore, J. S., & Linton, D. (2019). How many critters can an island hold? Using digitized natural history collections to test real hypotheses about island biogeography. Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 40.

Jordan, C. N. (2016). Getting out of the lab: Creating inquiry biology labs for use in online or blended classes. Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 379-382. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Jordan, C. N. (2015). More than just a cough: Exploring the role of the cytoskeleton in fertility. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Online Collection. Accompanying video: Cytoskeleton Structure and Function.

Jordan, C. N., Flaherty, E. A., & Prather, J. (2014). A curious mission: An analysis of Martian molecules. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Online Collection.

Jordan, C. N., Seliga, A. M., & Flaherty, E. A. (2014). GTA boot camp: A training program to prepare first-time graduate student teaching assistants. Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 35.

Francia, M. E., Jordan, C. N., Patel, J. D., Sheiner, L., Fellows, J., de Leon, J., Morrisette, N., Dubremetz, J. F., & Striepen, B. (2012). Cell division in apicomplexan parasites is organized by a homolog of the rootlet fiber of algal flagella. PLoS Biol, 10(12),e1001444. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444

Brickman, P., Gormally, C. L., Francom, G. M., Jardeleza, S. E., Schutte, V. G. W., Jordan, C. N., & Kanizay, L. (2011). Media-savvy scientific literacy: Developing critical evaluation skills by investigating scientific claims. Am Biol Teach, 74(6), 374–379. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2012.74.6.4

Striepen, B. S., Jordan, C. N., Reiff, S., & van Dooren, G. (2007). Building the perfect parasite: Apicomplexan cell division and budding. PLoS Pathog, 3(6), e78. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030078

Jordan, C. N., Snowden, K. F., Zajac, A. M., & Lindsay, D. S. (2006). Encephalitozoon cuniculi infections in rabbits (review). Compend Contin Educ Pract Vet, 28, 108-116.

Distinctions

GW Morton A. Bender Teaching Award, 2019

National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences, 2012-2013