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Elli-Theobald

Elli Theobald
Assistant Professor
ellij@uw.edu
269 LSB
Theobald Lab Website
Accepting graduate students
Fields of interest
Biology Education, Ecology

As an educator and ecologist, I am intrigued by the natural world, perplexed by the impact humans are having on it, and optimistic that we can change course. Research in the Theobald Lab focuses on equity in higher education STEM classes. We use quantitative and sometimes qualitative approaches to: 1) describe inequities; 2) identify instructor and systemic practices that disrupt inequities; and 3) scale equitable practices to all classes in all STEM disciplines.

2024 - present; Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Biology

2023 - 2024; Associate Teaching Professor, University of Washington, Biology

2020 - 2023; Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Washington, Biology

2016 - 2020  Postdoc, University of Washington, Biology - Advisor: Scott Freeman and Alison Crowe

2016  PhD, University of Washington, Biology - Advisor: Janneke HilleRisLambers

2009  MA Ed, Alliant International University

2006 - 2010  Middle school and High school Science Teacher, Oakland, CA

2005 BA in Biology, Colby College, Maine

Climate change impacts on natural icons: Do phenological shifts threaten the relationship between peak wildflowers and visitor satisfaction?, Lambers, Janneke Hille Ris, Cannistra Anthony F., John Aji, Lia Emmi, Manzanedo Rubén D., Sethi Meera, Sevigny Jordana, Theobald Elli J., and Waugh Jazzmine K. , Climate Change Ecology, Volume 2, p.100008, (2021)
Active learning:“Hands-on” meets “minds-on”, Yannier, Nesra, Hudson Scott E., Koedinger Kenneth R., Hirsh-Pasek Kathy, Golinkoff Roberta Michnick, Munakata Yuko, Doebel Sabine, Schwartz Daniel L., Deslauriers Louis, McCarty Logan, et al. , Science, Volume 374, p.26–30, (2021)
Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math, Theobald, Elli J., Hill Mariah J., Tran Elisa, Agrawal Sweta, E Arroyo Nicole, Behling Shawn, Chambwe Nyasha, Cintrón Dianne Laboy, Cooper Jacob D., Dunster Gideon, et al. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 117, p.6476–6483, (2020)
Student perception of group dynamics predicts individual performance: Comfort and equity matter, Theobald, Elli J., Eddy Sarah L., Grunspan Daniel Z., Wiggins Benjamin L., and Crowe Alison J. , PloS one, Volume 12, p.e0181336, (2017)
Global change and local solutions: Tapping the unrealized potential of citizen science for biodiversity research, Theobald, Ellinore J., Ettinger Ailene K., Burgess Hillary K., DeBey Lauren B., Schmidt Natalie R., Froehlich Halley E., Wagner Christian, HilleRisLambers Janneke, Tewksbury Joshua, Harsch Melanie A., et al. , Biological Conservation, Volume 181, p.236–244, (2015)
How will biotic interactions influence climate change–induced range shifts?, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Harsch Melanie A., Ettinger Ailene K., Ford Kevin R., and Theobald Elinore J. , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1297, p.112–125, (2013)