Jessie Ebie

Jessie Ebie is an Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University (ASU), where she also serves as Director of the Master of Science in Biology program, President of the ASU Career Faculty Association, and Presiding Officer-Elect for The College Senate. She earned her Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from ASU in 2020 and first served as biology faculty (Instructor) at ASU from 2018–2020 before joining Estrella Mountain Community College as full-time biology faculty. She returned to ASU in 2023 as an Associate Teaching Professor.

As a first-generation college student, Jessie understands how transformative it can be to feel a sense of belonging in science. Her teaching and mentoring center on helping students build scientific identity and confidence through inclusive, evidence-based learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. She co-advises graduate students, mentors undergraduate researchers and honors students, and runs the Invertebrate Sensory Ecology Lab, which studies how animals communicate and perceive their environment. She also leads an undergraduate teaching program focused on pedagogy and science communication, co-teaches a study abroad course in Australia and Fiji on tropical ecology and conservation, and founded STEM Day of Discovery to help community college students see themselves as future scientists at ASU.