Dr. Jennifer Ciaccio

Office: Science Building, Room 122
Phone: (435) 652-7779
E-mail: ciaccio@dixie.edu

Degrees:
- Ph.D. in Biology
        University of Miami, 2008
- M.S. in Entomology
       University of Arizona, 1993
- B.S. in Biology
       Villanova University, 1991

Fall 2011 Courses Taught:
- BIOL 1010 - General Biology
- BIOL 1625 - Principles of Biology II Lab
- BIOL 4260 - Herpetology
- BIOL 4265 - Herpetology Lab

Statement:
I have been teaching at Dixie State College since the fall of 2008. I have taught many courses during my time here: General Biology, Principles of Biology 1 and 2, Ichthyology, Entomology, Herpetology, Marine Biology, and Oceanography. In my classes, I emphasize experimentation and active learning by students.

I have loved biology since I was a child. When I was five, I saw JAWS and told my parents I wanted to be Matt Hooper when I grew up. I suppose they were just glad that I chose someone who didn't get eaten by the shark. So for my PhD dissertation, I studied the development of feeding behavior in sharks. I had several wonderful summers spent on a boat off the south Florida coast catching sharks (and I still have all of my limbs intact).