Search Alma: > Log-in to my Alma


Amy Dailey

Graduate Profile: Amy Dailey

Amy Dailey, a 1997 graduate of Alma College, is a faculty member at the University of Florida Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Gainesville, Florida, after receiving a master’s degree in public health from Tulane University and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

“I am a social epidemiologist with research interests in the social determinants of chronic disease,” she says.

How did Alma College prepare you for what you are doing now?

Kay Grimnes and Alma College student

Dr. Karin 'Kay' Gimnes (right)

Alma’s biology department gave me a strong foundation in biology, which prepared me well for a career in public health. Alma’s biology department gave me a strong biology knowledge base along with enough specialty courses to prepare me for a medicine-related field. Most importantly, the individual attention I received from the Alma faculty was critical in preparing me for an academic career.

What is one of your favorite memories of or experiences with the Alma biology department?

The biology faculty members were always extremely enthusiastic about their course topics, which students love because they know their professors love their work and are excited about it. My favorite memories include all of the one-on-one advising from Dr. Grimnes. She was always available when needed, and she helped guide me into the right career choice.

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term ‘07 students explored important cultural sites in China, worked to restore a Jewish Holocaust cemetery in Poland, analyzed ethic politics in Scotland, and studied medieval literature in London.

Read More

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. John Rowe

Dr. John Rowe
Departments: Biology

Biologist John Rowe’s laboratory resembles a turtle zoo.

Children’s wading pools converted into baby turtle habitats are arranged in rows in his darkened lab. Large curtains surround each pool, with lights, some brighter than others, directly overhead. Students maintain the lab, take measurements and analyze data pertaining to the scientific question: Does the intensity of light affect turtles and their shell coloring and growth rates?

Read More