Roxann Schroeder has been a lecturer at Humboldt State University in the departments of Biology and Environmental Sciences Management since 2010. She earned her BS in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, her MS in Biology from the University of Houston, and her PhD in Cellular and Developmental Biology from Stony Brook University. After a post doc at the University of California – Davis, she left academia for a few years, first as the Managing Editor of the MethodsFinder newsletter and database at BIOSIS in Philadelphia, then as a freelance science writer and editor after moving to Humboldt county. A stint working in the elementary school computer lab reminder her that she loves teaching, and propelled her back to the academic setting.

Roxann has taught a variety of biology courses over the years, and currently teaches Grant Proposal Writing and Human Biology labs in addition to the Human Genetics course, a general education class for non-science majors. As a first-generation college student herself, Roxann strives to make her classes accessible to all students, and she loves connecting with students who enter the class apprehensive of science classes. Her interest in human genetics is long-standing, and was strengthened when she was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a genetic connective tissue disorder. The challenges of teaching online during a pandemic have helped her stretch her “teaching muscles” in new ways, and she looks forward to becoming more effective teaching online.