Dr. Carolyn Jaslow

Dr. Carolyn Jaslow is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Rhodes College, a small, liberal arts institution. During the academic year, most of her time is spent teaching (introductory courses and labs in Zoology, upper-level courses in Histology and  Embryology, and a senior-level seminar course on Reproductive Biology), but she also supervises research students and carries out committee duties.

During the summer she has time to work on her research, which has been in the area of "Functional Morphology" (how animals' bodies are designed to perform specific functions) and "Biomechanics" (applying engineering models to the study of biological materials such as bone). For instance, do sutures (joints between skull bones) function to strengthen a skull and make it more resistant to breaking? During summers she also spends time planning upcoming courses, which is how her interest in Reproductive Biology blossomed.

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