Eva Nyutu
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Assistant Professor of Biology
           
        
        Contact Info:
        
                    Campus: McNichols Campus
                            Building: Life Sciences
                            Room: 210
                                    Phone: 313-993-1415
                            Email: nyutuen@udmercy.edu
        
                        
    
                    
        
                            Courses Taught:
                    
        
                                            General Biology Lab I and II
                                                General Biology Lecture I and II
                                                Biology and Social Issues
                            
    Degrees
- Ph.D. in Science Education -Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
 - M.S. in Plant Biology, North Carolina State University
 - M.S. in Biology/Zoology, Western Kentucky University
 - B.S. in Botany/Zoology, University of Nairobi
 
Biography
Eva Nyutu is an assistant professor of Biology at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. She has expertise in the areas of ecology and zoology, plant biology and discipline-based education research (science education biological sciences). Dr. Nyutu’s research focuses on incorporating evidence-based classroom practices and assessments and developing assessment tools to measure effective instruction in undergraduate STEM classrooms to improve student persistence and retention. She is also interested in assessing Course Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CUREs) courses and developing active learning pedagogical techniques. Dr. Nyutu is also interested in understanding the impacts of human activity on aquatic ecosystems. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and presented at regional and national conferences.- 
                        
                                                    
                                                
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Areas of Research
- Aquatic Ecology
 - Biology Education Research
 
 
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