School of Humanities and Sciences
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Shizuka Yamada-Hunter
Lecturer
BioI earned my B.S. and M.S. from the University of Arizona in Cell and Molecular Biology. At the University of Arizona, I conducted research and my dissertation in Daniela Zarnescu’s lab studying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using fruit flies as a model system. I then continued to study ALS at Stanford University in Aaron Gitler’s lab where I earned my Ph.D. in Biology.
I am passionate about teaching science to diverse groups of students and have now transitioned to full-time teaching. I have taught first year liberal arts classes at Stanford including Our Genome (THINK68), Living with Viruses (THINK61), and The Cancer Problem (THINK23). In the Biology department at Stanford, I have taught Problem Solving with Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry, Genetics, and microbiology and introductory biology lab series. At Foothill College as tenure-track faculty, I teach the Anatomy and Physiology series and Microbiology Lab and Lecture. -
Mason Yearian
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
BioMason received his PhD in physics at Stanford University. Later, he served as an assistant professor, associate professor, and professor at Stanford. Past research includes developing detectors for X-ray and gamma ray astronomy, and work on the GRO/EGRET experiments. Mason also developed a computer-based curriculum for teaching introductory physics courses in high schools and universities.