Hands-on teaching​

I was introduced to teaching through fieldwork. I've taught data collection and small handling protocols to dozens of scientists, including interns working under me and students participating in field work for the first time as a class. Field work comes with plenty of challenges, including long days, rough terrain, and extreme temperatures, but it comes with the ultimate reward: getting to know habitat and species on an intimate level most people never experience. I love watching young biologists experience that for the first time and take my roll in teaching them how to safely and effectively conduct science seriously.

Teaching in the classroom

 ​In addition to instructing field biologists I have also been a teacher and have taken teaching courses in more formal settings, both in person and through zoom. This experience includes:
Teaching:
Oregon State University
Graduate teaching assistant
  • Lecture instructor/instructor of record
    • Teach over two hour instruction period. Responsibilities included creating, administering and grading exams, quizzes and in class worksheets as well as grading, and teaching course content. Teaching occurred in person.
      • Summer 2022 - instructor of record - BI 233: Intro to Human Anatomy and Physiology lecture - respiratory, cardiac, digestive and urinary systems
  • Lab instructor
    • Lead two lab sections per quarter. Responsibilities included creating and administering quizzes and activities, grading, and teaching course content. Teaching occurred in person.
      • Spring 2022 - BI 343: Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology lab - respiratory, cardiac, digestive and urinary systems
      • Winter 2022 - BI 342: Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology lab - nervous, endocrine and reproductive systems
      • Fall 2021 - BI 341: Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology lab - skeletal, muscular and integumentary systems
      • Summer 2021 - BI 243: Human Anatomy and Physiology lab - respiratory, cardiac, digestive and urinary systems
    • Lead one section and assisted another GTA in their section each quarter. Solely responsible for teaching and grading all lab material for my sections. Teaching occurred remotely through zoom.
      • Spring 2021 - BI 223 lab: Principles of biology: Populations
      • Winter 2021 - BI 222 lab: Principles of biology: Organisms
      • Fall 2020 - BI 221 lab: Principles of biology: cells

Humboldt State University
Spring 2020: lab instructor - ZOOL 356: Mammalogy
  • Solely responsible for teaching and grading all lab material for section. Set up labs and creating testing material with other instructors. Teaching occurred in person, and asynchronously online. 
Spring 2019: teacher's assistant - WLDF 422: Wildlife Management [Mammals]
  • Answered student questions during lab and field trips. 
Fall 2019: teacher's assistant - WLDF 430: Ecology & Management of Wetlands Habitats for Wildlife
  • Answered student questions during lab and field trips. Gathered supplies for field trips, graded lab and lecture material. 
Teaching courses taken:
Oregon State University
Winter 2022:
  • IB 507: Mindfulness and Anti-Oppression in Science
Fall 2021:
  • GRAD 560: Theories of teaching and learning in higher education
Spring 2021:
  • GRAD 542: The inclusive classroom: difference, power and discrimination
Fall 2020: