Goheun Kim

My instruction at the University of Texas at Austin began in the spring term of 2016 when I organized a research stream within the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI). I was a post-doctoral fellow at the time, and my advisor Dr. David Stein supported my interest in teaching by allowing me to supervise a small group of students in a research project that I started in his laboratory. Alongside my teaching assistantship that I enjoyed during my graduate degree, this unique experience of working with undergraduates laid the groundwork to my educational career. Since then, I have taught Genetics and an introductory biology course in the Biology Instructional Office. I strive to improve the course organization, content, delivery, and assessment by experimenting new teaching strategies and evidence-based models and by adopting innovations in technology and flexibility in affordable course materials. Through collaboration and contribution in different committees at departmental and college levels, I have been able to use my skills, experience, and teaching perspective to enhance student learning and help my department meet its goals. I believe and hope that my teaching career will continue to evolve and flourish as I explore great opportunities for professional development and grow through mentorship and teamwork with wonderful colleagues and mentors I have encountered. 

I studied body patterning in Drosophila with the goal of better understanding post-transcriptional gene regulation critical in oogenesis (doctoral research) and an essential signaling pathway in early embryos (postdoctoral). Drosophila is a useful genetic tool to study conserved molecular mechanisms and biological processes. Although I am not currently active in research, I have a desire to complement instruction with research in the future.