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Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer
Justin Shaffer | STEM Education Expert and Professor
Fréquence : 1 épisode/7j. Total Éps: 11
This is not your typical higher education interview podcast.
Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours is a call-in advice show dedicated to YOU, the instructors, professors, TAs, and administrators in the trenches of STEM higher education. Whether you are teaching a large gateway STEM course or a small senior seminar, this show is for you.
With over 13 years of experience and having taught more than 10,000 students, your host, Dr. Justin Shaffer, has seen it all. Each week, he (and sometimes with guest co-hosts) unpacks your listener-submitted questions to provide practical and actionable strategies on STEM pedagogy, student success, academic careers, and everything in between. Let’s work together to keep on improving STEM education.
Have a question? Click the "Submit a Question" link to be featured on the show.
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How do I teach STEM students AND business students in the same class?
Épisode 6
mercredi 18 mars 2026 • Durée 13:10
Justin is joined by Pankaj Mehrotra to figure out how to teach both health sciences and business students about biotechnology - in the same class!
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Pankaj Mehrotra is an instructor at the University of the People in Pasadena, CA. Check out Pankaj's publication on his biotechnology course here.
Check out CourseSource where you can publish peer-reviewed curricula and teaching activities.
What are the foundational skills students need to succeed?
Épisode 5
mercredi 11 mars 2026 • Durée 11:36
Justin is joined by Colleen Kelley to discuss the importance of foundational skills that lead to student success. What skill do you think they focus on? Hint: you just used that skill as you are perusing these show notes!
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Colleen Kelley, PhD, is a retired chemistry professor and current elementary school science teacher. You can learn more about her and her efforts to improve chemistry education for all ages at the links below.
Check out Justin's reading guides and other free teaching materials on his website.
Read the paper on the development of the TOSLS and Justin's paper showing that reading comprehension is the number one predictor of TOSLS scores.
How can I use high structure in an exercise physiology course? [International edition!]
Épisode 4
mercredi 4 mars 2026 • Durée 10:21
Justin answers a question from a sports science faculty member in Portugal about how to apply evidence-based STEM education principles to an exercise physiology course.
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Our question comes from João Paulo Brito at the Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior | Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal.
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Check out Justin's templates and other free teaching materials on his website.
https://www.recombinanteducation.com/materials/
Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.
My students don't come to class prepared!
Épisode 3
mercredi 25 février 2026 • Durée 09:50
Justin answers a question from a biology faculty member about getting their students to prepare ahead of time for a flipped classroom. Could it be that the word "flipped" is contributing to the issue?
Want to be a part of the show?
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Our question comes from Shaun Martins who is a biology professor at Cabrillo College in California.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshaunmartins/
Check out Justin's reading guides and other free teaching materials on his website.
https://www.recombinanteducation.com/materials/
Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.
How can I use active learning in large classes?
Épisode 2
dimanche 15 février 2026 • Durée 10:24
Carter Moulton joins the show and Justin answers the question about how to help faculty use active learning in large classes. TLDR - yes, you can!! :)
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Carter Moulton is a faculty developer at the Colorado School of Mines and the creator of the Analog Inspiration card deck.
https://www.analoginspiration.ai/
Listen to Carter on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and read him on Inside Higher Ed
Link to Justin's interview with Amanda Irvin discussing active learning in large classes on the Dead Ideas in Teaching podcast.
https://podcast.show/dead-ideas/episode/148741887/
See Justin in action with active learning in his 440 student intro bio course at UC Irvine (back in the day!).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNSiUqB7tA
Link to the active learning resource REALISE at the University of Georgia.
https://seercenter.uga.edu/realisevideos/
Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.
What to do about genAI? Ah!
Épisode 1
jeudi 12 février 2026 • Durée 10:26
Justin tackles a question about how to handle genAI with take-home assignments.
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Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.
How can courses be designed to support neurodivergent learners?
Épisode 11
mercredi 22 avril 2026 • Durée 13:14
Justin is joined by Christin Monroe to discuss how courses can be designed best to support neurodivergent learners. This is not Justin's area of expertise, so it was a good challenge to think through this idea together with Christin!
Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question!
Dr. Christin Monroe holds a PhD in Chemistry from Princeton University and is an Educational Research Associate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning. Her work is grounded in education research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), with a focus on partnering with faculty to use evidence-based, data-informed approaches to examine and improve teaching and learning. Learn more about Christin on her LinkedIn page.
Check out this infographic on neurodiversity from Landmark College.
A great article from Northern Illinois University about teaching for neurodiverse learners.
How can structure help everyone thrive in college STEM courses?
Épisode 10
mercredi 15 avril 2026 • Durée 15:19
Jessamyn Neuhaus joins the show to ask Justin how adding structure to college STEM courses can help everyone, students and faculty alike, do better and feel like they belong. Lots of great tips and advice in this one!
Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question!
Jessamyn Neuhaus is Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Education at Syracuse University. Jessamyn holds an PhD in history and has over twenty years of college classroom teaching experience. She is the author, most recently of Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom (University of Oklahoma Press); editor of Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning; and author of Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers (West Virginia University Press).
Check out all that Jessamyn is up to at her website and on her LinkedIn.
Check out Episode 4 of this podcast for Justin's overview of high structure course design.
Read Mike Wilton's paper showing that belonging improves when adding structure to intro bio.
Check out Inclusive Teaching by Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathay.
How do you help faculty who can't/won't use active learning?
Épisode 9
mercredi 8 avril 2026 • Durée 12:55
Justin is joined by Kate Ireton Walker to answer Kate's question of how to approach faculty who are reluctant to using active learning in their courses.
Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question!
Kate Ireton Walker is a Biology Instructor at the University of Arkansas. Her teaching philosophy centers on innovative, student-centered learning strategies that advance science education initiatives aligned with AAAS Vision and Change. She mentors faculty across disciplines to integrate best practices in cross-curricular teaching. Her research investigates science communication. Currently this includes examining how students from diverse academic backgrounds articulate and internalize complex scientific concepts. You can find her on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/in/kate-ireton-walker
Check out Episode 2 of this podcast for Justin's discussion with Carter Moulton on how to use active learning in large classes.
Here is a link to the paper Justin referenced on barriers to using EBIPs for community college biology faculty.
Here is another paper on the "tyranny of content coverage" and how to overcome it to use EBIPs in your courses.
STEM or STEAM? Does the "A" belong?
Épisode 8
mercredi 1 avril 2026 • Durée 12:51
Justin is joined by Jane Harrington to figure out how the "A" (ART!) fits into STEM education.
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Jane Harrington, PhD, is a former microbiology professor and founder of MedMicroMaps, a company that provides XR gaming for STEAM experiences.
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