Walter Research Lab
Established 2015
In the Walter Research group, we examine biology teaching practices at universities, the factors that influence these practices,
and how to innovate university-level STEM learning environments to achieve
more student success.
Our Story
Every lab has a story, and you may be interested in ours.
Our research lab started in 2015 when Dr. Walter started her career
as a college professor in the Department of Biology
at California State University, Fresno.
We are a biology education research lab in a Biology department.
This is why we call ourselves a "lab."
A biology department is a unique home for a STEM education lab,
as many of our colleagues do pure STEM research.
However, being in a biology department allows us to be close
to the very place we want to make better --
the college STEM classroom.
Since 2015, the Walter Lab has been home to almost 50 students,
including high school, undergraduate,
Smittcamp and Biology honors program students,
and graduate students.
In our lab, we are a family.
We look out for each other.
We give it our all.
We do everything we can for our research to be outstanding,
with the highest standards in mind.
And we fight for what's right -
making STEM a place for everyone.
