Thursday, September 18, 2003
Meet the Faculty: Histology
Dr. JoAnn Eurell and Dr. Tom Eurell
Drs. Eurell both teach Histology, and yes, they are married. JoAnn Eurell is the primary instructor, and is an Associate professor of Morphology in the Department of Veterinary Biosciences. She is pretty straight-laced, her lectures are very organized and straightforward, and her demeanor is formal. And after her husband subbed for her a few days in a row, I realized that opposites
do attract.
Mr. Eurell is more informal, conversational and excitable when he lectures. He walks around the room, opens his eyes real wide when he thinks something is interesting, and he gets loud and "in your face" when he's driving home a point. (I suspect he may have been a class clown in grade school.) He also referred to the other Dr. Eurell as "JoAnn" several times when discussing the textbook or class notes she wrote. Some of us students speculated about the Eurell household--whether they always have intelligent conversation about stem cells, genes and skin grafting or if he gets on her nerves until she tells him to "Be quiet, Tom!"
