Jennifer Leavey

Jennifer Leavey
Senior Academic Professional
jennifer.leavey@cos.gatech.edu
http://biosci.gatech.edu/people/jennifer-leavey

Jennifer Leavey is the director of the Urban Honey Bee Project, an interdisciplinary education, research, and service program of the College of Sciences. The project works closely with partners at community gardens and urban farms to investigate the role of animal pollination on productivity of urban gardens and the effects of urban environments on bees. The program also provides pollination services to those gardens and provides beekeeper education.

Courses Taught

Vertically Integrated Project: Bee Snap
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4984-VV4

This course is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects program, where students get credit for working on ongoing projects over multiple semesters.  As part of the Bee-SNAP team, students will design devices and computational approaches to study bees in urban habitats.

Intro to Research
Spring 2021, Spring 2020
COS 2000

This course was created to give students the tools and skills necessary to participate in research as an integral component in their undergraduate experience.

Vertically Integrated Project: Living Building Science
Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
VIP 2601, VIP 3601, VIP 3602, VIP 4601, VIP 4602, VIP 4603, VIP 4983 VWK
You don't have to be Matt Damon on Mars to realize that now is the time to science the sh** out of this planet. In order for the almost 8 billion on earth to lead comfortable lives without ruining the Earth forever, we are going to have to start living sustainably.
Introduction to Research
Fall 2018
COS 2000

SHaRP Living Learning Community students only – Students in this course will engage with faculty and professional researchers at Georgia Tech in order to explore the ethical effects of medical research.

Big Ideas

Scientific Method