When Genetics, Development and Cell Biology Associate Teaching Professor Karri Haen Whitmer was a young person, she had a profound fear of public speaking. Yet Haen Whitmer conquered her fear. In 2019, she received the Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Excellence in Teaching by Lecturers and Adjunct Faculty Award.

Read the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences article, "Classroom Connections Bolster Scientific Understanding," by Susan Thompson.