{"id":2832,"date":"2022-10-21T13:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=2832"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:19:42","slug":"paula-wilson","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/faculty\/paula-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Interests and Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Teaching Interests and Scholarship<br>I am a cell biologist, with an interest and research background in the cytoskeleton and cell motility. I teach primarily large first and second year biology courses with some experience teaching peer leadership. As a professor in the teaching stream my career has focussed on undergraduate teaching, curriculum development and administration. 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