Zoe T. Kulik
TEACHING
Courses
Bio 310: Human Anatomy Survey
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This course covers the major systems of the human body and teaches students human anatomy and physiology through clinical and evolutionary applications. The lab portion of the course applies lecture materials in a medical school-like setting with prosected donors and a dissection project for students to gain hands-on experience with human anatomy.
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Bio 453: Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
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This course surveys vertebrate anatomy from an evolutionary perspective and includes an extensive dissection-based lab portion. In lectures and in labs, students learn embryonic development and compare the structure of vertebrate systems including: integumentary, skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, and reproductive.
Bio 450: Vertebrate Paleontology
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In this course, students learn the diversity of the vertebrate fossil record, beginning with early vertebrate evolution and extending to Mesozoic diversity, including dinosaurs. The lecture portion is split into three main aims: (1) learning the synapomorphies that define major vertebrate groups, (2) understanding macroevolutionary trends and hypothesis-based reasoning through small-group discussions and reading the primary literature, and (3) special topics in the field, including the ethics of fossil collecting, calling BS on popular science articles, and other topics that students suggest. The lab portion uses specimen-based applications of lecture material from the Burke Museum collections.
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Bio 417: Comparative Reproductive Physiology of Vertebrates​​
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In this special-topics course, students learn the various ways that vertebrates reproduce. Life history traits, reproductive strategies, asexual and sexual reproduction are some of the many themes that are introduced. Statistical inference and hypothesis-based reasoning using the primary literature are core components of the lab section which functions as a reading group.
Bio 180: Introductory Biology, Ecology and Evoltuion
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This introductory course is the largest at the University of Washington with class sizes ranging from 800-1200 students. This course brings together students from across disciplines to introduce fundamental concepts of evolution and ecology as well as hypothesis-based reasoning. ​
Undergraduates Researchers​
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Incorporating undergraduate researchers in all aspects of labwork, fieldwork, and museum collections work is an integral part of my research. This has included co-authorship on publications, conference abstracts, fieldwork, and advising an NSF REU internship at the American Museum of Natural History.
