Associate Professor of Teaching
Academic History
- B.S.A. University of Saskatchewan, Honours in Crop Science
- Ph. D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Postdoc University of British Columbia
Contact Information
- jklenz@mail.ubc.ca
- Office Phone: 604-822-0043
- Lab Phone: 604-822-6285
- Office: Room 4045 Biosciences
- Lab Location: Room 2115 Biosciences
My Links
Coral Resilience Lab and Restore With Resilience Coral Lab
Teaching Interests
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, -specifically related to Genetics
- Indigenous Ways of Knowing
- Creative Ways of Visualizing Cells and Microscopic Organisms
- Climate change
- Assisted Evolution of Coral Reefs
Courses Taught/Teaching
- BIOL 111 Introduction to Modern Biology
- BIOL 180 (formerly BIOL 140) Thinking Like a Life Scientist
- BIOL 234 Fundamentals of Genetics
- BIOL 337 Introductory Genetics Lab
- SCIE 300 Science Communication
Community Work
Growing Chefs, a local initiative to teach children about growing, cooking and eating plants
Jennifer wearing plants used in cooking during lesson AND student’s aesthetic salad plate
Selected Publications
Klenz JE. 2024. Characterizing an Organism Through a Highly Adaptable Lab Jigsaw Activity. Article 30 In: Boone E and
Thuecks S, eds. Advances in Biology Laboratory Education. Volume 44. Publication of the 44th Conference of the Association for
Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). DOI: https://www.ableweb.org/biologylabs/wp-content/uploads/volumes/vol-44/30_Klenz.pdf
Klenz, J. 2021. A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Using Pictorial Expression Data in Bioinformatics Assignments. Advances in Biology Laboratory Education Publication of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education Volume 42, Article 33, (K. McMahon, Editor) Proceedings of the 42nd (virtual) Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ViABLE).
Klenz, J. and Couch, B. 2021. Teach it to Children: Placemat Posters. Volume 42, Article 63, (K. McMahon, Editor) Proceedings of the 42nd (virtual) Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ViABLE).
Klenz, J. Leander, C. and McDonnell, L. 2021. Alternative Assessments for Online Teaching That Are Bulletproof (Cheat-resistant) Advances in Biology Laboratory Education Publication of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education Volume 42, Article 45, (K. McMahon, Editor) Proceedings of the 42nd (virtual) Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ViABLE).
Klenz, J., M. Chow and T. Fontana. 2015. Are You a Hidden Heterozygote? Use of PCR to Genotype Brown vs. Blue- Eye-Color Alleles. Article 61 in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 36 (K. McMahon, Editor). Proceedings of the 36th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE). https://www.ableweb.org/biologylabs/wp-content/uploads/volumes/vol-36/61_Klenz.pdf
McDonnell, L. and Klenz, J. 2015. Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers. CourseSource. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2015.13