Jennifer S Stanford

Dr. Jennifer Stanford is a Professor in Biology, Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE), Co-Chair of a National Learning Community Cluster that is part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded Inclusive Excellence 3 Community, and Administrative Lead for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) community at Drexel.

Dr. Stanford conducts research on effective and inclusive teaching, emphasizing areas including improving STEM student retention and academic success, experiential learning, and promoting the use of effective and inclusive teaching practices. She is also overseeing work to understand epigenetic mechanisms controlling learning and memory using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.

Dr. Stanford is committed to inclusive excellence in STEM education, demonstrated in part by her receipt of both the Allen Rothwarf Award for Teaching Excellence and the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research has been continually funded from organizations including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Science Foundation and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.