Lower Division Instruction
The Lower Division Instruction Program provides first and second year biology courses designed for life science majors, as well as for the “core science” requirements for Texas A&M University. Housed on the 3rd floor of Heldenfels Hall, the Lower Division Instruction Program is dedicated to fulfilling the educational needs of its students and has recently been awarded a 3-star sustainability rating from the Office of Sustainability.
CONTACT
Office
HOURS: Monday – Friday 8 am to 5 pm
LOCATION: 315 Heldenfels
PHONE: (979) 845-4651
FAX: (979) 458-2030
E-MAIL: introbio@bio.tamu.edu
Biology Help Desk:
Students needing help with material presented in one of the 100 level biology courses can get one-on-one help from a Teaching Assistant.
LOCATION: HELD 317A
E-MAIL: introbio@bio.tamu.edu
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), does not permit faculty or staff to report grades by phone or e-mail. Please use the forms linked in the menu above to request grade checks or exam challenges.
Name | Title | Office | |
Lower Division Office | 845-4651 | introbio@bio.tamu.edu | |
Dr. Andy Tag | Director | 845-1994 | atag@bio.tamu.edu |
Camy Sturdivant | Associate Director | 845-4605 | csturdivant@bio.tamu.edu |
Chris Lee | Teaching Coordinator | 458-3399 | clee@bio.tamu.edu |
Bethany Willett | Technical Laboratory Coordinator | 845-8650 | bwalker@bio.tamu.edu |
Urania Wells | Administrative Assistant | 845-6225 | uwells@bio.tamu.edu |
Tylesha Ramirez | Senior Office Assistant | 845-4651 | tramirez@bio.tamu.edu |
Brittany White | Technician II | 845-4679 | bawhite@bio.tamu.edu |
Brittany Cornell | Technician I | 845-4679 | bcornell@bio.tamu.edu |
Galina Cunningham | Technician I | 845-4679 | gcunningham@bio.tamu.edu |
K’shawn Smith | Technician I | 845-4679 | ksmith@bio.tamu.edu |
Faculty
Phone numbers & email addresses
Name | Title | Office | Course | |
Adams, Amanda | Senior Lecturer | BSBE 201A | Biology 314 | aadams@bio.tamu.edu |
Fletcher, Samantha | Senior Lecturer | HELD 320D | Biology 111, 112 | sfletcher@bio.tamu.edu |
Harty, Breanne | Senior Lecturer | HELD 307 | Biology 111 | bharty@bio.tamu.edu |
Janes, Donna | Senior Lecturer | HELD 319 | Biology 112 | djanes@bio.tamu.edu |
Lee, Christopher | Senior Lecturer | HELD 315, 458-3399 |
Biology 107, 112 | clee@bio.tamu.edu |
Erickson, James | Associate Professor | BSBW 348C | Biology 111, 112 | jerickson@bio.tamu.edu |
Hawkins, Angela | Senior Lecturer | HELD 320C, 862-7707 |
Biology 111 | ahawkins@bio.tamu.edu |
MacKenzie, Duncan | Associate Professor | BSBE 306E | Biology 112 Honors | duncan@bio.tamu.edu |
Rao, Asha | Instructional Associate Professor | HELD 320A, 845-7766 |
Biology 111, 113 | arao@bio.tamu.edu |
Ryan, Kathy | Instructional Associate Professor | BSBW 435D | Biology 111, 112 | kryan@bio.tamu.edu |
Tag, Andrew | Director of Lower Division, Instructional Associate Professor | HELD 320B, 845-1944 |
Biology 111, 112 | atag@bio.tamu.edu |
Fall 2021
Teaching Assistants & Lab Instructors
Phone numbers & email addresses
Students should use the information below to contact their Teaching Assistant, Lab Instructor or Lecturer. If unable to do so, please call 845-4651 or e-mail the Introductory Biology Program Office at introbio@bio.tamu.edu to leave your message.
Name | Sections | |
Bukola Adegbite | 496, 497, 565 | bukkycece@tamu.edu |
Mohammad Al Hasan | 573, 589, 592 | malhasan@tamu.edu |
Rhiannon Belcher | 525, 549 | rbelcher@tamu.edu |
Carolina Bertuol | 570, 586 | cbertuol@bio.tamu.edu |
Griffin Best | 501, 579 | gbest@bio.tamu.edu |
Francisca Cid-Rojas | 551, 588 | fcidrojas@bio.tamu.edu |
Arani Cuevas-Sanchez | 555, 556 | arani.cuevassanchez@tamu.edu |
Gabrielle Dampf | 541, 580, 590 | gdampf@bio.tamu.edu |
Nolan Dittenhauser | 553, 557 | ndittenhauser@bio.tamu.edu |
Raymond Peter Dorn | 528, 594 | rdorn@tamu.edu |
Madelyn Dotson | 504, 511 | mdotson@bio.tamu.edu |
Bolaji Durodola | 521, 522, 534, 535, 536, 572 | bdurodola@bio.tamu.edu |
Jorja Elliot | 559, 568, 569 | jelliot@bio.tamu.edu |
Sharon Epps | 518, 519, 527, 531, 538, 540 | sepps@bio.tamu.edu |
Paola Fascinetto-Zago | 505, 552 | pfascinetto@bio.tamu.edu |
Benton Fry | 490, 506 | bfry@tamu.edu |
Briana Garcia | 513, 532, 533 | bgarcia@bio.tamu.edu |
Chante Guy | 542, 548 | cguy@bio.tamu.edu |
Kyle Hudson | 491, 566, 584 | khudson@bio.tamu.edu |
Maria Alejandra Hurtado | 493, 561 | maria.h.m_1995@tamu.edu |
Elena Iacono Duran | 550, 564 | emiduran@tamu.edu |
Vipin Jagrit | 537, 596 | vjagrit@bio.tamu.edu |
Young-Ho Jung | 517, 543 | yjung@bio.tamu.edu |
Celeste Langlinais | 512, 515, 539 | clanglinais@bio.tamu.edu |
Marina Maale | 498, 560, 575 | mmaale@bio.tamu.edu |
Ryne Maness | 576, 577 | rmaness@bio.tamu.edu |
Matthew Marano | 591, 598 | mmarano@bio.tamu.edu |
Travis Mosley | 524, 547 | tmosley@bio.tamu.edu |
Erin Nguyen | 578 | enguyen@bio.tamu.edu |
Xinyu Nie | 558, 563 | xnie@bio.tamu.edu |
Yeka Nmadu | 502, 503, 507, 508, 509, 510 | ynmadu@bio.tamu.edu |
Brenda Ramirez | 492, 529, 546 | brenda121418@bio.tamu.edu |
Javier Sanchez | 554, 581 | jsanchez@bio.tamu.edu |
Ankura Sitaula | 583 | asitaula@bio.tamu.edu |
Nicole Stevens | 520, 582 | nstevens@tamu.edu |
Cody Taylor | 530, 571, 585 | cody.taylor@tamu.edu |
Chelsea Thorn | 544, 595 | cthorn@bio.tamu.edu |
Brooke Torjman | 514, 567 | btorjman@tamu.edu |
Wilson | 545, 593 | |
Runshi Xie | 523, 526, 562 | rxie@bio.tamu.edu |
Tristen Yeager | 516, 587, 597 | tyeager@bio.tamu.edu |
Name | Sections | |
Ben Alexander | 516, 518, 521, 522, 524, 528 | malexander@bio.tamu.edu |
Michael Debrah | 501, 508 | mdebrah@bio.tamu.edu |
Lami Jiwo Habibah | 515, 525 | |
Inui Lee | 509, 517, 530 | leeinui0120@tamu.edu |
Jacob Lyons | 504, 505, 506, 512, 513, 514 | jlyons@bio.tamu.edu |
Alanna Noland | 510, 523 | anoland@bio.tamu.edu |
Adaeze Nwufo | 519, 520, 526 | adaeze@tamu.edu |
Jordan Salomon | 529 | jsalomon@bio.tamu.edu |
Dinuki Siriwardana | 503, 507 | dsiriwardana@bio.tamu.edu |
Nusrat Trisha | 502, 511, 527 | nusrat@tamu.edu |
Name | Sections | |
Arthur Igbo | 503, 509 | arthurigbo@tamu.edu |
Simon Kiacz | 511, 512 | skiacz@bio.tamu.edu |
Josh Lerner | 504, 510 | jlerner@bio.tamu.edu |
Jorge Medina | 501, 502 | jmedina@bio.tamu.edu |
Breann Richey | 507, 508 | brichey@tamu.edu |
Kelley Sampeck | 505, 506 | ksampeck@bio.tamu.edu |
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