Cathy Rushworth

(she/her/hers)

Biology

Assistant Professor

Cathy Rushworth

Contact Information

Office Location: LSB 335
Email: cathy.rushworth@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Biology, Duke University, 2016
BS, Management, Communication, and Public Relations, Emerson College, 2002

Biography

Dr. Rushworth earned her PhD in Biology at Duke University. Prior to joining the faculty at USU, she was a postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Davis, and University of Minnesota.

Teaching Interests

Evolution, Ecology, Organismal Biology, Genetics, Botany

Research Interests

Evolutionary ecology, evolutionary and ecological genetics, speciation, plant reproductive diversity, plant-insect interactions

Teaching

BIOL 3050 - Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2025
BIOL 3020 - Organismal Biology and Physiology, Spring 2025
BIOL 3020 - Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2024
BIOL 3050 - Organismal Biology with Physiology, Spring 2024
BIOL 3020 - Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2023
, Spring 2023
BIOL 3050 - Organismal Biology and Physiology, Spring 2023
BIOL 3050 - Organismal Biology with Physiology, Spring 2023

Graduate Students Mentored

Mia Stevens, Biology, August 2023
Kallol Mozumdar, Biology, August 2022