Office Address

420 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

Sehoya

Cotner

Affiliated Faculty
Biology Teaching and Learning

Sehoya is now serving BTL as an adjunct professor. She is working full-time as a Professor in Biological Sciences at the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway. At UiB, she is directing a National Centre for Excellence in Biology Education (bioCEED), while continuing to lead the EDU-STEM Network in the United States. 

Degrees earned
  • PhD Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 1999: Anuran response to habitat degradation in the neotropics
  • BS Biological Sciences (magna cum laude), North Carolina State University, 1992

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Research interests

Strategies for effective teaching of evolution and ecology; Science (especially biology) for the non-scientist; Using sex to teach biology; Inclusivity in the sciences; In-class assessment techniques; Technology in the classroom

Awards and honors
  • H.T. Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, 2014
  • GLBTA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Ally Community, University of Minnesota) Breaking the Silence Award, 2014.
  • President’s Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Program, University of Minnesota, 2010-current.
  • GLBTA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Ally Community, University of Minnesota) Faculty Leadership Award, 2012.
  • Office of Information Technology (University of Minnesota) Faculty Fellow, 2010-2011.
  • Dagley-Kirkwood Undergraduate Education Award, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2009.