# positions[].label
Assistant Department Head for Academic Affairs

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5002 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Innovative Learning Classroom Building (ILCB) Faculty Fellow

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Dr. Karl J. Aufderheidi Award for Teaching Excellence - Department of Biology

# awardsAndHonors[].label
Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award

# publications[].label
The Initial Behavioral Sequences and Strategies of Various Ant Species During Individual Interactions With Solenopsis invicta

# publications[].label
Novel Factors of Viral Origin Inhibit TOR Pathway Gene Expression.

# publications[].label
Response of an aphid parasitoid, Aphelinus asychis to its host, plant, host-plant complex, and to malathion

# publications[].label
Mating flight initiation and nutritional status (protein and lipid) of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with Thelohania solenopsae (Microsporidia: Thelohaniidae)

# publications[].label
Invasion of red imported fire ant nests by selected predatory ants: Prospects of utilizing native ants in fire ant management

# publications[].label
Biological Control in China: Past, present and future - An introduction to this special issue

# publications[].label
Ecdysteroidogenesis and development in Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Focus on PTTH-stimulated pathways.

# publications[].label
Ability of resident ants to destruct small colonies of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

# publications[].label
Interactions between Solenopsis invicta (Buren) and Monomorium minimum (Buckley) under varying distance and feeding status

# publications[].label
Socioscientific Issues Thinking and Action in the Midst of Science-in-the-Making.

# publications[].label
The probable significance of tracheal tufts in the 8th abdominal segment of Heliothis virescens (F.) on the development of its parasitoid, Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck).

# publications[].label
The importance of odor in nest site selection by a lodger bee, Centris Bicornuta Mocsry (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the dry forest of Costa Rica.

# publications[].label
Field behavior of parasitic Coelioxys chichimeca (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) toward the host bee Centris bicornuta (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

# publications[].label
Inability of incipient Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) colonies to establish in a plot with a high density of Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) colonies

# researcherOn[].label
Placement of BioFirst freshmen in research laboratories – a high impact practice to enhance student learning and diversity.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
A Vertically Integrated Learning Community for 1st Generation College Students. Development Grant, Office of the Provost for Academic Affairs.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Laboratory Course Redesign to Enhance Learning and Improve Student Outcomes in Introductory Biology I & II.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Story Behind the Pseudoscience: Promoting Informed Socioscientific Decision-making.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Student Success Faculty Fellow Grant - Integrating open access resources and Just-in-Time teaching to improve student success in gateway biology courses

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Development of online tools to enhance learning in Introductory Biology II- a core curriculum course in Life and Physical Sciences.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Academic Innovation Grant - Video vignettes for an online non- majors biology course (BIOL 113).

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Academic Innovation Grant – Re-designing OpenStax textbook illustrations to enhance student learning in gateway biology courses.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# researcherOn[].label
Responsible Action through COVID-19 Education (RACE)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.preferredLabel
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE), NSF-RAPID Grant.

# researcherOn[].label
Innovative Pedagogy Grant. Developing an online biology course (BIOL 113) for non-majors.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

# inTheNews[].label
Former Ph.D. Student Receives Presidential Professor Award

# inTheNews[].label
Texas A&M President Honors 2020 Presidential Professors For Teaching Excellence

# inTheNews[].label
Texas A&M Science Transforms Educational Experience Under COVID-19

# inTheNews[].label
A&M’s new learning center houses innovative tech for students

# inTheNews[].label
Texas A&M Biology’s Asha Rao Earns Presidential Professor Award