Linton, Debra

Biography

Debra earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology from the University of Akron. She earned her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution in 1999 from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey working on optimal foraging theory in benthic polychaetes. Debra taught as an adjunct at Rutgers for three years before moving to a post-doctoral research position in biology education at Michigan State University working with Dr. Diane Ebert-May. She then accepted a faculty position at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, Ohio and taught there for two years before joining the faculty at Central Michigan University as a fixed-term faculty member in 2006. She also taught as an adjunct at Mid-Michigan Community College for several years before accepting a tenure-track position in at CMU in 2009. Her research focuses on biology education and science teacher training.