Summary

Dr. Elena Pravosudova is originally from St. Petersburg, Russia and has lived in the US since 1991. Her training is in Ornithology and Behavioral Ecology. However, her real npassion is undergraduate education. She is devoted to supporting student success and fostering learning and teaching skills in her students. University of Nevada has been her home since 2007. Dr. Pravosudova is a co-founder of the Peer Instruction Program in the w88 online sports betting of Biology in 2008. She has been involved in undergraduate curriculum development at the w88 online sports betting and university levels and served as University Curriculum Committee Chair for five years. Dr. Pravosudova has received several teaching and advising awards and has been recognized as a Westfall Scholar Mentor and a Senior Scholar Mentor multiple times.

Courses taught

• BIOL 190/A – Introduction to Cell and Molecular w88 online sports betting
• BIOL 189A &w88 online sports betting; Fundamentals of Life Science
• BIOL 192 &w88 online sports betting; Principles of Biological Investigation
• BIOL 498 &w88 online sports betting; Senior Evaluation
• SCI 110 &w88 online sports betting; Freshmen Experience
• SCI 499 &w88 online sports betting; Leadership in Science
• BIOL 495 – Peer Leadership in w88 online sports betting

Education

• Ph.D. in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal w88 online sports betting, Ohio State University, 1999
• M.S. and B.S. in Zoology, Leningrad w88 online sports betting (Presently St. Petersburg w88 online sports betting), Russia, 1983

Awards

• NSHE Regents’ Academic Advising Award (w88 online sports betting), 2013
• F Donald Tibbitts Distinguished Teacher Award, 2020
• NSHE Regents’ Teaching Award, 2023

Presentations on Scholarship of Teaching and w88 online sports betting

• Pamela Sandstrom and E. Pravosudova. Peer Instruction Pandemic Adaptations Helped Us Improve Teaching and Learning. Pearson w88 online sports betting Leadership Community Summit. Raleigh, NC, Marh 31- April 2, 2023.
• Pravosudova, E. Peer Instruction Under COVID-induced Remote Learning Mode: Struggles and Solutions. Pearson w88 online sports betting Leadership Community Summit. Online, March 5-7, 2021.
• Jon Reddick-Lau, Laura Briggs – Truckee Meadows Community College, Biology w88 online sports betting, Elena Pravosudova, Pamela Sandstrom – University of Nevada, Reno, w88 online sports betting of Biology, Biology Leadership Community Summit, Expanding Introductory Biology Peer Instruction Across Two Institutions in Northern Nevada", February 28, 2020.
• Pravosudova, E. and P. Sandstrom Peer Instruction and Active Learning Enhance Student Success. Pearson w88 online sports betting Leadership Community Summit. Henderson, NV, March 8-10, 2019.
• P. Sandstrom, E. w88 online sports betting. Peer-led Discussion Groups and Active Learning Enhance Student Involvement and Success, Pearson Learning Makes Us, October 2016. Webinar
• Pravosudova, E. and P. Sandstrom. Active learning approach enhances student involvement and success in high-enrollment w88 online sports betting courses. STEM Teaching and Education Conference, April 2016, Reno, NV.
• Pravosudova, E. and P. Sandstrom. “w88 online sports betting Discussion Groups and Flipped Classroom in Majors’ Introductory w88 online sports betting Course.” – a poster and a short presentation. Pearson w88 online sports betting Leadership Community workshop, Austin, TX. March 27-29, 2015
• Pravosudova, E. and P. Sandstrom. “w88 online sports betting Discussion Group Program at University of Nevada.” 6th International Learning Assistant Workshop. November 2014, Boulder CO
• Solovyova-Vincent, A., E. w88 online sports betting, and M. Pelter. “From Ordinary to Exemplary Courses: Transforming. Online Learning One Course at a Time” March 2011, Pomona CA

Selected publications

• w88 online sports betting, E.V., P.G. Parker, and A.S. Gaunt. 2002. Genetic evidence of extrapair paternity in the Tufted Titmice. Wilson Bulletin. 114:279-281.
• w88 online sports betting, E.V., T.C. Grubb, and P.G. Parker. 2001. The influence of kinship on nutritional condition and aggression levels in winter social groups of Tufted Titmice. Condor. 103:821-828
• w88 online sports betting, E.V. and T.C. Grubb, Jr. 2000. An experimental test of the prolonged brood care model in the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). Behavioral Ecology. 11:309-314.
• w88 online sports betting, E.V., T.C. Grubb, Jr., P.G. Parker, and P.F. Doherty, Jr. 1999. Patch size and composition of social groups in wintering Tufted Titmice. The Auk. 116:1153-1156.
• Pravosudov, V. V., Grubb, T. C., Jr., Doherty, P.F., Jr., Bronson, C. L., w88 online sports betting, E. V., and Dolby, A. S. 1999. Social dominance and energy reserves in wintering woodland birds. The Condor 101: 880-884.
• Pravosudov, V.V. and E.V. Pravosudova. 1996. The breeding w88 online sports betting of Willow Tits (Parus montanus ) in Northeastern Siberia. Wilson Bulletin. 108(1): 80-93.
• Pravosudov, V.V., w88 online sports betting, E.V., and E.Yu. Zimireva. 1996. The diet of nestling Eurasian Nuthatches. Journal of Field Ornithology 67(1):114-118.