Karen Myhr
Full Professor of Teaching
313-577-1504
2113 Biological Sciences
Department
Karen Myhr
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
- Biology education
- Cellular neurophysiology
Education
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 1997
- B.S., Biology, University of Michigan, 1990
Awards and grants
- NSF Grant 1524878 (Co-PI); WSU - Student Success Through Evidence-based Pedagogies (WSU-SSTEP); $2,905,143 (2015-2020)
Selected publications
- Chen, X., Kirn-Safran, C. B., van der Meulen, T., Myhr, K. L., Savitzky, A. H., & Fleegal-DeMotta, M. A. (2021). Physiology labs during a pandemic: What did we learn?. Advances in physiology education, 45(4), 803-809
Other qualifications directly relevant to courses taught
- National Academies Biology Education Mentor
- PKAL Summer Leadership Institute
- National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
Courses taught by Karen Myhr
Winter Term 2025 (current)
- BIO3200 - Human Physiology
- BIO5890 - Neuroplasticity
- BIO7890 - Neuroplasticity
- BIO2550 - Fundamentals of Cell Biology for Neuroscience
Fall Term 2024
- RSE2010 - STEM Learning Assistant Pedagogy
- BIO1050 - An Introduction to Life
- BIO4120 - Comparative Physiology
Winter Term 2024
- BIO5890 - Neuroplasticity
- BIO7890 - Neuroplasticity
- BIO1510 - Basic Life Mechanisms
- BIO2550 - Fundamentals of Cell Biology for Neuroscience
Fall Term 2023
- RSE2010 - STEM Learning Assistant Pedagogy
- BIO4120 - Comparative Physiology
- BIO1050 - An Introduction to Life