{"id":8263,"date":"2024-03-11T11:07:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T18:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/?page_id=8263"},"modified":"2025-02-05T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:46:08","slug":"bio-for-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/bio-for-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio for Benjamin H\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-1873640517\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark simple-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Bio for Benjamin H\u00e0          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-1873640517 {\n  background-color: #2774ae;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_300472421\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-default box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-scaled.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-534x800.jpg 534w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2024\/10\/2N1A9482-copy-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h4 class=\"uppercase\"><span class=\"person-name\">Benjamin H\u00e0<\/span><br \/><span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">Assistant director<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bha@wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>bha@wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle\"  id=\"row-1085575273\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-151714601\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div>In August 2024, Dr. Benjamin H\u00e0 joined CEILS as the Assistant Director for Future Faculty Development. His main role is to serve as the Program Director for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning at UCLA (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a id=\"m_-611859383485670369LPlnk287364\" style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/cirtl.wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/\" href=\"https:\/\/cirtl.wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cirtl.wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728401890135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01wkz3gmevUqLV9SqA8D35\">CIRTL@UCLA<\/a><\/span><\/span>), a certification program that trains future educators in how to apply evidence-based teaching practices and become self-reflective educators. Participation in CIRTL@UCLA is open to graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff across all disciplines.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Benjamin completed his postdoc with CEILS where he taught pedagogy courses for 800+ undergraduates across all STEM disciplines and 200+ first-time graduate student TAs in life sciences. Benjamin\u00a0has a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary\u00a0Biology from UCLA and a BA in English and American Literature from NYU. His dissertation focused on interdisciplinary topics in conservation\u00a0biology, such as using population genetics to inform conservation management for an endangered fish and assessing how active learning impacts undergraduate study behaviors and academic performance.\u00a0His additional credentials include being a certified CIRTL Scholar and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<a id=\"m_-611859383485670369OWAdb398cd5-3265-6da6-cdc9-6d7175cad320\" style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/cimerproject.org\/facilitating-entering-mentoring\/\" href=\"https:\/\/cimerproject.org\/facilitating-entering-mentoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cimerproject.org\/facilitating-entering-mentoring\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1728401890135000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zlZLgEgA2eNKdz-PE9K1y\">CIMER Facilitator<\/a><\/span><\/span>, the latter allowing him to lead trainings on how to be an effective mentor.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Benjamin has broad experiences with teaching and pedagogy. One of his most fondest accomplishments as a graduate student was when he designed and instructed an original undergraduate seminar titled \u201cThe History and Racism of Biology Research\u201d through a UCLA teaching fellowship. His efforts for this course were recognized by the 2022 UCLA Life Sciences Division Excellence Award for Educational Innovation for a PhD Student.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Outside of work, Benjamin enjoys playing video games, playing recreational dodgeball, relaxing at the beach, and taking care of his plants. He is also a former hip hop dancer and band geek (colorguard to be exact!). 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