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Teaching

I teach a wide range of class formats, including large introductory-level courses, small upper-level and graduate courses, training experiences for upper-level undergraduates, and online courses. I am also the course director of introductory-level, multi-section lab courses. I have participated in education research with multi-disciplinary teams that have explored how recall and testing affects student learning, how beliefs on learning affects student achievement, and how student-led digitization aids in observational skills.

Courses

Biology 1550 - Human Biology 

Biology 2120 - Principles of Biology II 

Biology 2120L - Principles of Biology II Lab 

Biology 2550 - Fundamentals of Human Anatomy

Biology 2550L - Fundamentals of Human Anatomy Lab 

Biology 4910/Genetics 4920 - Undergraduate Teaching Experience

Anthropology 3190/5190 - Skeletal Biology

Publications

Manz, CL (2024) Fundamentals of Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual. Iowa State University Digital Press: Ames, Iowa. **Open education resource

Skelton CS, Tawes B, Yang B, Manz CL (2021) Investigating Biology: Tools, Form, and Function (5th ed.). Minneapolis: Bluedoor. 

Lamm MH, Yan S, Coffman CR, Manz CL, Reason RD (2018) A study of the testing effect in an engineering classroom. Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference Presentations and Proceedings. 20.

Geller J, Toftness A, Armstrong PI, Carpenter SK, Manz CL, Coffman CR, Lamm MH (2018) Study Strategies and Beliefs about Learning as a Function of Academic Achievement and Achievement Goals. Memory, 26(5): 683-690.

Manz CL, Bloch JI (2015) Systematics and Phylogeny of Paleocene-Eocene Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla?) with description of a new species from the late Paleocene of the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, USA. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 22(3): 307-342.

Manz CL, Chester SGB, Bloch JI, Silcox MT, Sargis EJ (2015) New partial skeletons of Palaeocene Nyctitheriidae and evaluation of proposed euarchontan affinities. Biology Letters, 11: 20140911.