坎迪·德贝瑞博士.D.

Candy DeBerry is a Professor in the Department of 生物学 and a member of the 生物化学 Steering Committee. 她教细胞生物学, 生物化学, a senior 生物化学 Seminar on cancer biology, 实验生物学, and the introductory course Foundations in 细胞与分子生物学. She also co-developed and co-teaches the interdisciplinary course Introduction to 法医科学.

Dr. DeBerry’s primary areas of scientific interest are cancer cell biology, 信号转导, 细胞骨架和细胞运动, 以及程序性细胞死亡. She also has long-standing interests in the history and philosophy of science.

在她到达W之前&J博士. DeBerry was a visiting assistant professor of cell biology and genetics at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia; an adjunct instructor of sciences at Frederick Community College in Frederick, 马里兰; Education Director at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, 马里兰; and a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Frederick, 马里兰.

Dr. DeBerry strongly believes that undergraduate science education should involve in-depth research experiences for all students. In her role as Director of Off-campus 生物学-related Research Internships, Dr. DeBerry helps students identify and apply for research internships in all areas of the sciences. 她创建并维护了W&J Science Research Internships wiki as a resource for everything students need to know about research internships. She actively involves students in course-based research projects, and is a co-organizer for the College’s Student Projects Poster Session each semester and organizer for the annual Summer Projects Poster Session each year at 首页coming.

Dr. DeBerry also teaches a JayTerm class, Preparing for a Research Internship in the Sciences, in which students learn how to write CVs, 简历, 求职信, 申请实习项目, and about the culture of science including education and training to become a research scientist, the process of scientific publication, sources of funding for scientific research, 研究伦理.

She is the administrator for two programs which provide funding to W&J students to support summer off-campus research internships: the Merck Internships for Excellence in the Sciences program, and the Linton Endowment for Internships at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole.

Outside of the classroom and the laboratory, Dr. DeBerry is passionate about ecological gardening. 在她郊区的小房子里, 山雀小屋微型农场, she grows a variety of blue-ribbon-winning vegetables, including her beloved heirloom tomatoes and garlic, and keeps a small flock of 鸡. Her property is certified as Backyard Wildlife Habitat #48,330 by the National Wildlife Federation, a Bird Habitat by the Audubon Society of Pennsylvania, and a Native Plant Butterfly Garden by Wild Ones. Dr. DeBerry regularly speaks to community organizations about native plants, 环保的园艺, 为野生动物创造栖息地, 种植蔬菜. She shares her life with her plants, 鸡, 三只猫, 很多书, 和配偶, 卡拉•迈尔斯, who is Serials and Communications Assistant for W&克拉克家庭图书馆.