Posted: 7-31-2009
ASHS names Sandra Wilson 2009 outstanding undergraduate educator
Sandra Wilson, associate professor of environmental horticulture, was named the 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Educator by the American Society for Horticultural Science. She received the award in late July at the group’s annual meeting in St. Louis.
Wilson, based at the Indian River Research and Education Center in Fort Pierce, holds degrees in animal science and horticulture from the University of Delaware and earned her doctoral degree in plant physiology from Clemson University.
She co-teaches a statewide web-based plant propagation course and is director of the IRREC’s teaching gardens. She has developed new courses and has creatively used technology to enhance her teaching, including co-developing a web-based plant identification interface to help students learn plant material and landscape principles in different seasons and locations.
Her digital materials on plant propagation and greenhouse education are used nationwide.
In 2005, she was given the Teacher Fellow award by the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) for her dedication to teaching. In 2007, she was named the UF CALS Undergraduate Teacher of the Year.
Her research focuses on characterizing the invasive potential of ornamental plants, propagation of native plants, developing organic-based medium components for ornamentals in containers, roadside use of native wildflowers, and enhanced commercial selection and micropropagation of sea oats genotypes for dune stabilization.
Visit Dr. Wilson's home page here
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