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Moe, Cassandra

Cassandra Moe is a biology instructor in the General Education department. She started teaching at DCTC in 2003 as the first permanent science instructor hired by the college.

Cassandra earned a doctorate in Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences from the University of Maryland in 2001. Her dissertation title was "Chitinase: The Vertebrate Side of the Story."

She also has a Bachelor of Science in ecology from the University of Minnesota.

A faculty advisor to DCTC Coral Reef Ecology Student Club, Cassandra is a member of the Green Instructional Action Team, the Green Steering Committee, the Civic Engagement Committee and the College Awards For Excellence (CAFE) Committee.

"I am a first-generation college graduate," says Cassandra. "My mother and I started
college the same year. In my college days, I was NCAA Division 1 Academic All-American in swimming. In graduate school, I won "Best Student Poster" for a presentation that I made for the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

"I recently traveled to Wee Wee Caye in Belize, Central America, for a college instructor workshop on marine ecosystems. I would like to see students get involved in a civic engagement/service-learning project at this biological field station."

Regarding her teaching philosophy, she says, "The instructor must provide an adequate challenge and sufficient support for the student to be a successful learner."

"I have been fortunate to be part of the development of DCTC's science curriculum," she adds. "Helping chart a course for a new science curriculum is a rare opportunity. I have had the freedom and the responsibility to bring my own ideas to our budding science department."

Her hobbies and interests include spending her weekends on various home improvement projects. Most recently, she tiled her new bathroom and laundry room.

"My next adventure will be installing radiant floor heating and a hardwood floor," she says. "We're thinking hickory, but are still searching for sustainable harvested timber."

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