211 MELVILLE LOOP, APT. 12 • CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514
PHONE: (919) 370-9155 • E-MAIL: Emily Fraker
Emily Fraker
Education/Certification:
Master of Arts in Teaching, Secondary Science
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, expected June 2007
- Awards: NSF Robert Noyce Fellowship
- Relevant Coursework: Educating Adolescents; Effective Teaching Strategies; Waves, Beaches and Coastline Dynamics; Ecology and Global Change; Advanced High School Biology
- Additional Training: Cooperative Discipline; Cooperative Learning; Instructing ESL Students
B.S. in Plant Science, cum laude with Distinction in Research
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2004
- Awards: Honor’s Thesis in Plant Breeding, which resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in Rice Genetics Newsletter; Cornell Presidential Research Scholar; Dean’s List for five semesters
- Cumulative G.P.A. 3.5
- Study Abroad: Seville, Spain, Spring 2003
- Relevant Coursework Includes: Botany, Mycology, Taxonomy of Vascular Plants, Plant Function and Growth, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Geology, Genetics, Soil Science, Plant Ecology, Genetic Improvement of Crop Plants, Stream Ecology, Biochemistry
North Carolina M Licensure, Secondary Science, expected June 2007
Work Experience:
Jordan High School, Durham, North Carolina, January 2007 – April 2007Teaching Intern – ESL Earth Science and AP Environmental Science
- Developed and implemented units, lessons, laboratory activities and assessment strategies
- Implemented English language acquisition strategies within the ESL Earth Science curriculum
Riverside High School, Durham, North Carolina, August 2006 – January 2007
Teaching Intern – Standard Biology and AP Biology
- Designed and implemented lessons, laboratory activities and assessment strategies
- Developed and carried out a unit on plant biology for Standard Biology
- Worked with EC (exceptional children) students within the context of an inclusion classroom
Department of Biology, Duke University, September 2004 – July 2006
Associate in Research
- Collected DNA sequence data for lichenized fungi as part of a fungal tree of life project
- Trained visiting students/collaborators in molecular biology techniques
- Co-authored peer-reviewed publications appearing in the journals Nature and Mycologia
Cornell Plantations, Cornell University, May 2004 – August 2004
Cornell Plantations Intern
- Completed an inventory of the lichens at a Cornell University natural area
- Designed and led a lesson on basic lichen biology for other interns
Community Activities:
SEEDS Community Garden, Durham, North Carolina, March 2005 – May 2006- Volunteered with two after-school programs, one at Urban Ministries homeless shelter
- Assisted with educational activities centered around gardening; also provided tutoring
Family Literacy Night, Burton Elementary School, Durham, North Carolina, September 2005 – May 2006
- Volunteered with a reading program for students and their parents