Dr. Scott Freeman earned his Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Washington and went on to Princeton University to pursue an Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution.

He has done evolutionary biology research on themes ranging from nest parasitism to the molecular systematics of the blackbird family, and is co-author of the popular undergraduate textbook Evolutionary Analysis with Jon Herron. Scott is a Senior Lecturer in the UW Department of Biology, where he teaches introductory biology for majors, a writing-intensive course for majors called The Tree of Life, and a graduate seminar in college science teaching. He has received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Washington. Scott’s current research examines the effects of active learning on student learning and academic achievement.