Rebekah Hare

Rebekah Hare serves as a Lab Instructor and Lab Coordinator at Gonzaga University, teaching within the Biology program since Fall 2021. She is the primary instructor for 26 sections of BIOL.105L (Phage Discovery) and BIOL.207L (Phage Genomics) through Spring 2025, playing a critical role in the HHMI Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program.

Her academic focus centers on bacteriophage research and undergraduate education, utilizing diverse bacterial hosts including Arthrobacter globiformis, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Gordonia rubripertincta, and Microbacterium foliorum. She integrates wet-lab microbiology (in situ phage isolation) with computational genomics (in silico analysis), creating a comprehensive curriculum that bridges experimental and bioinformatic approaches to microbial genetics.

Hare has mentored 396 undergraduate students across 26 course sections since 2021, providing hands-on research experience in phage discovery and genome annotation. As a core SEA-PHAGES educator, she contributes to national workshops and program development, advancing the initiative's mission to transform undergraduate biology education through authentic research experiences.