Carissa Shipman

(260) 359-4202
cshipman@huntington.edu

Joined the Huntington University faculty in 2024.

Carissa Shipman teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Genetics, and Zoology in the Department of Biology at Huntington University. An experienced researcher and educator, a highlight of Carissa’s professional career so far was participating in two National Science Foundation marine biology expeditions (2014 and 2015) in the Philippines highlighted by the news media where new marine organisms were collected and processed for the California Academy of Sciences museum collections.

As an educator, Carissa’s goals are to implement excellent pedagogy in her courses to engage students, to inspire them to love biology and see a Creator in biological systems, and to be a relational and caring professor who prepares college students for the challenges they will encounter in their careers and in the world.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Carissa’s personal interests include serving in several church ministries such as implementing the Creation Science Workshops for children in marine biology and dinosaurs, scrapbooking, birdwatching, scuba diving, interior design and decorating, listening to sermons, camping, and watching period piece dramas. In the future, she hopes to find time to volunteer in an animal sanctuary where she can nurture and care for God's creatures.