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Jodi Goldberg is a Professor of Biology at �Ͼ�Ʒ��. Her scientific career began at a liberal arts college and she is passionate about providing her students with the opportunities she had to explore science through research. She has mentored over fifty undergraduate collaborative researchers who have successfully pursued careers in medicine, biotechnology, and academic research. These collaborative research projects include studying the effects of neurotransmitters on human T cell function, the function of T cells from patients with autism spectrum disorders, the effect of chemotherapeutic drugs on T cells, and the effects of progesterone on macrophages. Her most researched research project is assessing the impact of natural therapies on human cancer cell lines growing in vitro. Her research has been supported by multiple grants she has obtained from agencies such as AAAS/Merck and the National Institutes of Health. Professor Goldberg is the Program Director on the recently funded $1.1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Goldberg received her BA in Biology from Macalester College and her PhD in Immunology from Stanford University.

Professor Goldberg teaches courses that include FYSEM, Integrated Concepts in Biology I, cell biology, and immunology. Her teaching goals include helping students to develop learning strategies that allow them to become critical consumers of scientific information. She emphasizes conceptual learning over memorizing content. She strives to challenge students enrolled in her courses and to use new and varied teaching strategies that bring high-impact learning practices into her classes.