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Stephanie -Halmo

Stephanie Halmo
Assistant Professor
halmo@uw.edu
241 LSB
Halmo Lab Website
Accepting graduate students
Fields of interest
Biology Education, Cell and Molecular Biology

student thinking and learning in the undergraduate life sciences, metacognition, problem solving, group work and group dynamics

2025 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington

2020 - 2025 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, mentor: Dr. Julie Stanton

2020 | Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, co-mentors: Dr. Paula Lemons and Dr. Lance Wells

2014 - 2015 | Lab Technician, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, mentor: Dr. Lance Wells

2012 - 2014 | Middle School Science Teacher, Greeleyville, SC

2012 | B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Georgia

Opportunities for guiding development: insights from first-year life science majors’ use of metacognition, Stanton, Julie Dangremond, Halmo Stephanie M., Carter Rayna J., Yamini Kira A., and Ososanya Deborah , Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, Volume 25, p.e00053–24, (2024)
Metacognition and self-efficacy in action: How first-year students monitor and use self-coaching to move past metacognitive discomfort during problem solving, Halmo, Stephanie M., Yamini Kira A., and Stanton Julie Dangremond , CBE—Life Sciences Education, Volume 23, p.ar13, (2024)
“Oh, that makes sense”: social metacognition in small-group problem solving, Halmo, Stephanie M., Bremers Emily K., Fuller Sammantha, and Stanton Julie Dangremond , CBE—Life Sciences Education, Volume 21, p.ar58, (2022)
Advancing the guidance debate: Lessons from educational psychology and implications for biochemistry learning, Halmo, Stephanie M., Sensibaugh Cheryl A., Reinhart Peter, Stogniy Oleksandra, Fiorella Logan, and Lemons Paula P. , CBE—Life Sciences Education, Volume 19, p.ar41, (2020)
Student difficulties during structure–function problem solving, Halmo, Stephanie M., Sensibaugh Cheryl A., Bhatia Kush S., Howell Alexandra, Ferryanto Ersta P., Choe Bryant, Kehoe Kaitlin, Watson Morgan, and Lemons Paula P. , Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Volume 46, p.453–463, (2018)