I’m Carissa,
Founder of Spirit of Inquiry
Tutoring
Bio
Carissa Shipman is an experienced high school science teacher with a demonstrated history of working in secondary and higher education and research in the natural sciences. She has been tutoring students online and in person since October 2017. She is skilled in teaching high school biology, AP biology, environmental science, chemistry, marine biology, college biology and electives. In addition, she has experience in public museum engagement, is known worldwide for her research on colorful, nudibranch sea slugs, and has described new species. She possesses a Masters in Biology, with a concentration in Marine Biology from the California Academy of Sciences and San Francisco State University and a secondary science teaching certification from the University of West Florida.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Science, Biology
May 2008
Temple University, College of Science and Technology, Philadelphia, PA
Master's Degree of Science, Biology: Marine Biology
January 2014
San Francisco State University, College of Science and Engineering, and the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.
TeacherReady Professional Secondary Science Teaching Certification
June 2019
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University of West Florida, Pensacola
Experience
Science Tutor
Varsity Tutors Online
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Tutor AP Biology, college biology introductory and elective courses online.
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Created lesson plans and taught the Under the Sea: Ocean Explorations virtual course to thousands of elementary students all over the world.
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Created lesson plans and taught paleontology to a prodigy pre-kindergarten student.
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Assisted a 9th grade USA Biology Olympiad prepare for his Biology Olympiad exam, which contains undergraduate and graduate-level multiple-choice questions, which must be answered rapidly.
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Helped the youngest participant in the prestigious iResearch Institute Summer Camp dissect scRNA-seq and data science articles and provided her background articles on small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC).
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Bio
Christopher Sernaqué is a Nationally Certified Psychiatric Technician, former Telescribe for the Urology Clinic of the University of Michigan, and Crisis Counselor who studied Psychology and Forensic Science at Ashworth College, Integrative Mental Health at Texas State University-San Marcos, and Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has obtained a Higher Education Teaching Certification from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University and is a member of the Delta Epsilon Tau International Honor Society. He will soon graduate from the Educational Psychology Doctoral Program at the European International University-Paris.