BIO 311 (Moscarella) Undergraduate Teaching Assistants for Spring 2026

Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) for BIO 311 develop their teaching and leadership skills and deepen their understanding of general genetics by attending lectures, facilitating review sessions, tutoring students during office hours, providing feedback on student work, and meeting weekly with me and other TAs.

Name of research group, project, or lab
BIO 311 UTA (Moscarella)
Why participate in this opportunity?

The purpose of being an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA) is twofold. On one hand, your work supports student learning in BIO 311. Additionally, you are developing skills and gaining transferable experiences that will help you when you are applying for fellowships, jobs, and professional/graduate school in the future. Even if you do not pursue a career that involves teaching college-level courses, you will likely be leading, facilitating, and even supervising others. Your experiences as a TA can provide you with the chance to develop your teaching and facilitation skills.

Logistics Information:
Subject Category
Biology
Student ranks applicable
Junior
Senior
Student qualifications

To become a UTA for BIO 311, you should have successfully completed my section of BIO 311. You will be required to attend at least one lecture (TuTh 10-11:15PM), and attend a weekly meeting (TBD). You should be able to explain complex topics in ways that are engaging and understandable, be enthusiastic about working hard, and have good teamwork and communication skills.

  1. For your application to be complete, you must also fill out this form to indicate your availability.
Time commitment
5-7 h/wk
Position Types and Compensation
Teaching - Ind. Study Credit
Number of openings
10
Techniques learned

Through this work, you will develop your abilities to explain biological concepts, provide thoughtful feedback, facilitate in-class discussions, manage small student groups and answer questions about general genetics at a level appropriate for a sophomore level Biology course.

Project start
Spring 2026
Contact Information:
Mentor
ROSA MOSCARELLA
rmoscarella@umass.edu
Senior Lecturer
Name of project director or principal investigator
ROSA MOSCARELLA
Email address of project director or principal investigator
RMOSCARELLA@UMASS.EDU
10 sp. | 0 appl.
Hours
5-7 h/wk
Project categories
Biology