Contact Marylynn Fallon
Education
B.A., Cardinal Cushing College; M.A., University of Northern Colorado
"My passion for learning has blossomed into a passion for trying to make connections between scientific information and our daily lives and sharing that knowledge. Understanding the connection between one's life in the world and the biology of life is an essential part of self-knowledge. Teaching biology at the college level allows me to help students discover themselves and hopefully catch my passion. I can't imagine a better place to be." - Marylynn Fallon
Senior Lecturer in Biology
Coordinator of Health Professions Program
Joined Connecticut College: 1979
Specialization:
- Human Physiology
- Biology
- Pre-health professions advising
Marylynn Fallon is a Senior Lecturer and lab instructor in biology and serves as pre-health adviser and chair of the pre-health advisory committee. She also serves as faculty adviser for first-year students and biology majors. Visit the Health Professions Program page.
As pre-health adviser, she coordinates the Pre-health Club and organizes the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital emergency room medical internship and surgery Shadow program as well as the Medical Board of Practitioners experience program. She's an active member of the Local Area Association of Advisors for the Health Professions and the Northeast Association of Advisors for the Health Professions.
In 2007, through these professional organizations, she met with directors of admissions from medical colleges, learned about new MCAT testing program and alternative medical careers. Participation in these organizations exposes her to medical school admission directors from across the country.
(To obtain information about any health field, visit the NEAAHP Web site.)
Mrs. Fallon is involved and interested in the following areas of curriculum development:
- Development of undergraduate Biology and Human Physiology Labs that are interactive, self-paced and investigative.
- Learning new ways to design and implement innovative teaching techniques and new technology.
- She is currently participating in curriculum workshops which include Project Kaleidoscope Workshop to promote undergraduate Neuroscience Education; and designing alternatives to Lecture-Based Learning in Math and Science; the Human Genome Projectallowing General Biology students to access the gene database.
She is a member of the Hewlett Teaching Fellows Program that is designed to investigate the intellectual foundations of teaching and learning styles at the college level.
Born and raised in New London, Connecticut, Marylynn attended Cardinal Cushing College in Brookline, Mass. and earned a B.S. in Biology in 1972. She went on to the University of Northern Colorado where she received her M.S. in Biological Sciences in 1974. She began teaching biology at the high school level and taught for four years in the Newton, MA. public schools before coming to the College in 1979.
View the Biology department Web site.