Teresa Cerny-Koenig
Reaching Undergraduates Through Experiential Learning
Improving teaching and learning is an integral part of the quality education offered at Washington State University. In particular, WSU encourages student proficiency in quantitative and symbolic reasoning, critical and creative reasoning, information literacy, communication skills, understanding of self and society, and the specialized knowledge each gains from majoring in a discipline.
Dr. Cerny-Koenig incorporates learning experiences in her teaching to focus on student progress in these areas. In one particular course, she pairs interested students with faculty mentors to allow students more involvement with “hands on” research and to work one-on-one with an individual faculty member. The plant and soil sciences faculty have been proactive in encouraging undergraduate student involvement in research to strengthen the students’ experience at a research university. Dr. Cerny-Koenig is also currently working with a team of faculty and staff to develop and implement a program level assessment plan in crop science, soil science, and horticulture.
Dr. Cerny-Koenig‘s research interests are in optimizing production of low water-requiring herbaceous ornamentals. As the population continues to increase and urban areas are more concerned with water shortages, designing landscapes that use less water is vital to long-term water conservation in these areas. Gardeners and landscapers are increasingly interested in drought-adapted plants that are visually acceptable in the landscape. However, water requirements and drought responses for many herbaceous perennials are not well defined. Since these plants can constitute a large part of a low-water landscape, Dr. Cerny-Koenig is interested in identifying more aesthetically acceptable plants to use in these landscape situations.
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Teresa Cerny-Koenig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Crop and Soil Sciences
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
155 Johnson Hall
PO Box 646420
Pullman WA 99164-6420
Telephone: 509-35-3462
Fax: 509-335-8690
E-mail: tckoenig@wsu.edu
Dr. Teresa Cerny-Koenig’s interest in plants originated from her involvement with the family’s Centennial farm in Cobden, Illinois. She earned her B.S. degree in Plant and Soil Sciences from Southern Illinois University and an M.S. degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design at the University of Tennessee. She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from Clemson University and, soon thereafter, accepted a faculty position at Utah State University. Dr. Cerny-Koenig joined the faculty at Washington State University in 2004 where she has a 100 percent teaching appointment with split responsibilities in the Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Her research focuses on optimizing production of low water use herbaceous ornamentals. She is also involved with a team of teaching faculty to assess student learning at the program level. Her research, extension, and teaching activities have resulted in co-authorship of a book and over 14 peer-reviewed publications.
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