Rosalind Bump

Rosalind’s scientific training has spanned various disciplines and continents, from terrestrial ecology in Queensland, Australia, to organogenesis in Heidelberg, Germany, to genome architecture at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, to bone-nerve molecular development in Seattle, WA. Her dual exploration of research and teaching as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley was particularly formative, as she grappled with how to communicate the structure of DNA and the physics of parachutes in local Oakland and Berkeley schools. Being immersed in East Bay communities sparked Rosalind’s commitment to making high-quality science education accessible to communities who have been historically marginalized and systematically denied resources, and whose insights, creativity, and capabilities we need to meet the challenges of today. 

 

As an educator, Rosalind constantly seeks to cultivate wonder and foster belonging in the science classroom—elevating the contributions of students of color, emphasizing support for neurodiverse students, and centering Indigenous knowledge in ecology curriculum. As a teacher at the Nueva School in San Mateo, CA, she witnessed design thinking as a powerful tool for increasing student engagement and empathy, and as a paradigm through which her 10th grade biology students independently developed and iterated upon experiments with weird and wonderful slime mold.

 

Outside of work, Rosalind can usually be found making and innovating – from poetry and pottery, to cyanotypes and culinary delights.

 

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Environmental Biology, UC Berkeley