Tara Jo (Tj) Holmberg Email & Phone Number

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

• Teacher Ambassador for HHMI BioInteractive Programming throughout the US.
• Promote and support evidence-based teaching practices;
• Provide professional development and coaching nationally to high school, 2- and 4-year life science faculty;
• Develop cutting-edge classroom resources based in effective pedagogy;
• Lead and drive positive change in science education;
• Elevate the professional and scholarly profile of science teaching;

New York, New York, United States

• Author of more than 400 interactive questions with accompanying feedback;
• Questions included in the student learning tools for "Ecology in a Changing World".

• Curate content and creatives for a variety of platforms while maintaining branding.
• Develop, boost, and manage ad campaigns for varied college departments.
• Gather information from varied entities to maximize messaging.

Winsted, Connecticut

• Full-time, tenured senior faculty member with rank of Professor;
• Primary faculty, promoter, and advisor for the Natural Resources AS program, including program reviews and strategic planning;
• Extensive experience developing courses in a wide variety of formats;
• National Faculty Mentor;
• Master online educator
• Recognized for sustainability, service-learning, and citizen science curriculum in majors/non-majors science courses;

Winsted, Connecticut

• Provide support and emphasize academic integrity in assigned fields;
• Coordinate and administer budgets;
• Integrate full-time faculty into the hiring, evaluation, and mentoring of part-time faculty;
• Evaluate full-time/part-time faculty and provide input to program reviews;
• Assist in preparing class schedules and course offerings;
• Identify challenges/solutions, mediate conflicts, and assist in curriculum and course redesigns.

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

• Develop online course for BIOL 1213 using Backwards Design principles;
• Curate and write course textbook in LibreText;
• Develop a detailed framework including learning outcomes and Indigenization principles;
• Develop and revise course modules, active learning projects, and assessments based on feedback;
• Incorporate multimedia and web resources where appropriate.

New York, New York, United States

• Course Developer for online sections of courses;
• Hold regular office hours and support all students as needed;
• Develop courses using Backwards Design, Universal Design for Learning, and Open Educational Resources;
• Facilitate learning through Blackboard among students in a remote learning General Biology I and II lecture and lab;
• Prepare appropriate and scaffolded active learning opportunities;
• Submit timely feedback and grades;

Ph.D., Environmental Studies

M.S., Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies

M.S., Education - Curriculum And Instruction

M.A., Marine Biology

Activities and Societies: Marine research in deep-water epibenthic reef communities off of the Mississippi-Alabama continental shelf..

B.S., Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Activities and Societies: Caribbean Coral Reef Studies (Cozumel, Mexico)Magna cum laude