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About Joselyn Todd

 * **Name**: Joselyn Todd
 * Email:** joselyn_todd@caryacademy.org
 * Position**: Instructional Technology Outreach Director
 * School**: Cary Academy
 * Contact Phone #:** 919-637-1873
 * Skype:** jjtodd1

Ms. Todd has served as the Instructional Technology Outreach Director at Cary Academy over the past three years. She has a unique teaching experience in which she has taught 11 years in a 1:1 classroom (3 years with laptops, 8 years with desktops). Her expertise is in curriculum development in STEM areas while leveraging technology for project based learning. Ms Todd has served for 7 years as the Middle School Science Department Chair at Cary Academy. She is a National Association for Independent Schools Leading Edge Award recipient and the North Carolina Sigma Xi Outstanding Teacher Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers recipient (recognizing an individual’s interest in science and research that instills in their students a love and appreciation for science). Prior to joining the Cary Academy faculty, Ms. Todd completed her Ph.D. at the University of Illinois and served as a 3 year NSF-USDA-DOE Fellowship Postdoctoral Research Associate at North Carolina State University. Her research focus included the function of non-coding human DNA sequences in plants as a model system as well as transgene silencing. || ||
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