Becky Wilbur

Becky Wilbur

Mathematics

Dr. Rebecca Wilbur grew up in the Midwest (Minnesota), went to college on the west coast (Stanford University, B.S. Biology), spent some time north of the border (Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School Assistant Instructor), and went to graduate school on the east coast (Duke University, Ph.D. Botany). Her main interests in biology are forest ecology, ecosystem function, and biodiversity of the Southern Appalachians. She has been a mentor, teacher, and researcher at UVA’s Mountain Lake Biological Station. Before coming to Renaissance School in 2006, she worked with the Environmental Education Center and Ivy Creek Foundation, helped teach science at the elementary school level, taught a non-majors biology class at UVA, tutored math and science at the Learning Center of Charlottesville, and coached many Odyssey of the Mind and Destination Imagination teams. She has taught both biology and mathematics at Renaissance School. In mathematics, she enjoys encouraging students to think logically and symbolically and to search for and identify patterns. In her spare time, she likes canoeing, swimming, music, cooking, hiking, and visiting her grandchildren.