Rate My Professor Vicki Harwood

University of South Florida

Biology Health Science Microbiology Ecology Environmental Science Water Science Public and Environmental Health

5.0

1 review · out of 5

Rate Vicki

Is this you? Claim this profile

Ratings & reviews

5.04/23/2026

Inspires students to love learning.

Taught by or worked with Vicki?

Add your rating. It takes about 30 seconds.

About Vicki

Valerie Harwood is Distinguished University Professor, Chair of the Department of Integrative Biology, and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. She earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1992, a B.A. in Biology from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1983, and a B.A. in French from Iowa State University in 1980. Her career at USF began as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology in 1998, with promotions to Associate Professor in 2004, Professor in 2010, and Chair of Integrative Biology in 2014. Earlier roles include Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Sciences at the University of North Florida from 1995 to 1998 and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland Center for Marine Biotechnology from 1992 to 1995.