Mary Kostalos
PROJECT AFFILIATION:
- MSP of SW Pennsylvania
- Roles: Co-PI, Project Participant, Academy Facilitator
PROFESSIONAL ROLES
- Higher Ed: Science
BIO
I am an aquatic ecologist by training. I teach many of our ecology and environmental courses, including Ecology, Aquatic Biology, Toxicology, and Introduction to Environmental Issues. In addition, I teach a number of human health type courses such as Immunology, Nutrition, and Healthy Women. I also team-teach The Organism (part of the introductory Biology sequence) with Dr. Roxanne Fisher. In my upper level courses I like to have students read original research papers, both classic and current, along with the textbook. I also like to have students do independent lab projects as a part of the lab portion of my courses. I think this helps students learn about science as a process and also prepares them for their tutorials. Every student at Chatham has the opportunity to conduct a year-long research project (the tutorial) as a requirement in their senior year. I tend to supervise tutorial research in ecology and nutrition as well as some other areas.EXPERTISE
aquatic ecology
