Marney Pratt

Senior Laboratory Instructor in Biological Sciences at Smith College

created June 27, 2024, Last updated March 24, 2026

Dr. Marney Pratt is a Senior Laboratory Instructor in the Biological Sciences Department at Smith College in Northampton, MA. She has been teaching Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in lab courses at Smith since 2014.

Github Pages Websites

Intro to R for Biology Interactive Tutorials

Learning how to code is similar to learning any new language. You have to learn some of the basic grammar and vocabulary, but you also need lots of practice. This website provides interactive tutorials to give you immediate, automated, interactive feedback to help you learn more effectively and at your own pace.

Using a Dichotomous Key

A demonstration of how to use Quarto slides with a quiz function to give interactive feedback while identifying a macroinvertebrate using a dichotomous key. See the associated GitHub repository for information on how to set up this type of resource.