Donnasue Graesser

Dr. Graesser’s teaching experience spans 30 years and many disciplines within the Biological Sciences. She joined the faculty at Quinnipiac University in 2014, as Assistant Teaching Professor as well as the Microbiology Laboratory Manager. She has a dual teaching focus in both microbiology and human/animal anatomy and physiology and extensive experience in teaching in both these disciplines to students in health care programs including nursing, physician’s assistant, biomedical engineering, and pre-medical studies. At Quinnipiac, her primary teaching responsibilities are microbiology courses, with an emphasis on laboratory teaching. She teaches both the lecture and laboratory courses in General Microbiology and Microbiology and Pathology courses. Dr. Graesser is a Biology Scholar Alumni of the American Society of Microbiology, and as such she strives to incorporate the principles of Scientific Teaching into her courses. Her teaching strategies include cooperative and inquiry-based learning, with the goal to develop not only students’ fundamental knowledge and laboratory skills, but also the ability to think and reason as scientists and health care providers.
As Microbiology Laboratory Manager, Dr. Graesser is involved in mentoring work study students and research students who utilize the microbiology laboratory space. Another aspect of her role as Laboratory Manager is to ensure compliance and safety for all students and faculty in the microbiology laboratories at Quinnipiac University.