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Dr. Karalyn McRae is an anatomist and educator, deeply committed to advancing the way anatomy is taught and learned. With a PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology from Queen’s University, she has dedicated her career to creating engaging and dynamic learning environments for students.
 
Karalyn's teaching integrates hands-on experiences, and evidence-based teaching methods into her courses; she facilitates immersive learning opportunities that encourage active engagement and critical thinking. She has previously taught anatomy in both the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (DBMS) and the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and teaching and learning in higher education across the faculties.

Karalyn’s role at the CTL is focused on supporting the professional development of early career educators; from graduate teaching assistants and teaching fellows, adjuncts and early career faculty. She works to develop and facilitate programming and events for educators across all levels of experience and disciplines. Karalyn also mentors and coordinates the work of the graduate students that work in the CTL as part of the Educational Development Associates (EDA) program. Karalyn has an interest in supporting educators in areas of active learning, lab-based learning, assessment and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

Karalyn is happy to support all instructors at Queen’s in:

• Course design and instructional strategies
• Leveraging the strengths of your teaching assistant team
• Developing ideas for using the physical space and teaching technology in the active learning classrooms
• Integrating elements of active learning in online, blended, and face-to-face courses
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
• Developing and strengthening your teaching dossier

Education:

Ph.D. (Anatomy and Cell Biology), Queen’s University
M.Sc. (Anatomical Sciences), Queen’s University
B.Sc. (Honours Biochemistry), University of Ottawa

Dr. McRae completed the Pattern II MSc Anatomical Sciences program followed by PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology (supervised by Dr. Graeme N. Smith) in the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s. Her PhD research focused on maternal health and preeclampsia. Her postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) included research on active learning pedagogy and innovations in active learning classroom design.

Research Interests:

Research interests include pedagogy and innovations in anatomical sciences education, lab-based curriculum development, active learning and classroom design, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), the scholarship of educational development (SoED), and enhancement of graduate student teaching development through mentorship opportunities.

Publications:

Murphy, M.P.A., Phillipson, A., McRae, K.E., and Leger, A.B., (2024). The Experience of Teaching in an Active Learning Classroom: A Positive/Negative Perception Study. Learning Environments
Research

Leger, A.B., McRae, K.E., and Murphy, M.P.A., (2023). A Committee to Manage Innovative Learning Spaces: Balancing Committee Size, Cross-Campus Representation, and Decision-Making Power. Journal of Learning Spaces 12(1)

Attas, R., Anstey, L., Brant, L., and McRae, K., (2023). Infusion rather than isolation: Integrating principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization and Indigenization in toolkits for remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development 42(1): 4 doi:

McRae, K. E., Pudwell, J., Peterson, N., & Smith, G. N. (2019). Inhaled carbon monoxide increases vasodilation in the microvascular circulation. Microvascular Research, 123, 92-98

McRae, K. E., Peterson, N., Dickson, M. A., & Smith, G. N. (2018). CORM-A1 treatment leads to increased carbon monoxide in pregnant mice. Pregnancy Hypertension, 14, 97-104

McRae, K. E., & Smith, G. N. (2017) Using Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecules in Models of Preeclampsia: When Should We Be Monitoring Vascular Effects?. American Journal of Hypertension, 30(10), e10-e10.

McRae, K. E., Davies, G. A.L., Easteal, R. A., & Smith, G. N. (2015). Creation of plastinated placentas as a novel teaching resource for medical education in obstetrics and gynaecology. Placenta, 36(9), 1045-1051