Dr. Justin Shaffer, PhD, has been a university STEM professor, discipline-based education researcher, and faculty and student mentor since 2012. Over the past 10+ years, Justin has taught 8000+ students using evidence-based pedagogies at a variety of institutions in several disciplines and formats and has worked with faculty to add evidence-based practices to their courses via workshops and 1:1 consulting.
STEM teaching
- Introductory biology
- Anatomy and physiology
- Chemical engineering
- Non-majors STEM courses
- Multiple award winner for effective teaching
- Four different types of institutions
course formats
- Large and small classes (10 to 440 students)
- Face-to-face, hybrid, and online
- Synchronous and asynchronous online
- Lab courses
professional development
- Given workshops to faculty and future faculty on course design, active learning, assessment, and education research
- Worked with many faculty one-on-one to implement evidence-based practices into their courses
education research
- 16 peer-reviewed education research manuscripts
- Four peer-reviewed case studies on NCCSTS and four class activity articles
- 51 conference presentations
- Editor for four STEM education research journals
