Faculty180 - Vita and Individual Profile Data Sheet

Joan M Murillo, Dr.

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

[email protected]

Current Position

Position: Adjunct Teaching Faculty

Biography

Dr. Murillo holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Capella University with an emphasis in minority student success in prerequisite allied health courses.  She has a M.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Shark Physiology and Biochemistry from California State University Fullerton, and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point in Biology.  She currently works as a full-time and part-time Anatomy and Physiology professor.  For SCUHS, she teaches Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Terminology, Genetics, Nutrition, and General Biology.

Degrees

2025

Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesDissertation: Faculty equity workshop to increase Black student success: an applied improvement project.

2007

M.S., Biology, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United StatesDissertation: The Potential for Lactate Processing During Burst Swimming in the Shortfin Mako, Leopard and Blue Sharks.

1999

B.Sc., Biology, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United StatesDissertation: NA

Interests

Human Physiology, Equity and Antiracism in Anatomy and Physiology courses