Teaching Experience and Training
My teaching approach utilizes a variety of assignments and activities to ensure students are engaged with the material and actively learning. I emphasize increasing science literacy and an understanding of the scientific method so students feel confident with assessing scientific claims and engaging with the public regarding scientific issues.
Southern Oregon University
Cal Poly Pomona
Occidental College
Loyola Marymount University
University of Oregon
University of California-Santa Cruz
- Principles of Biology: Molecules, Cells, and Genes: An introductory-level lecture with lab course for majors
- Animal Behavior: An upper-division lecture with lab course
- Evolution: An upper-division lecture course
- Marine Biology: An introductory-level lecture with lab course for non-majors
Cal Poly Pomona
- Foundations of Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity: An introductory lecture course for majors
- Principles of Evolution: An upper-division lecture course
Occidental College
- Evolutionary Biology: An upper-division lecture course
Loyola Marymount University
- Eco-Evo Effects of Environmental Change: A senior seminar class that discussed the ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral responses to global environmental perturbations
- Teaching Certificate Program: Semester-long program through LMU's Center for Teaching Excellence
University of Oregon
- Animal Behavior: Upper-division course with lab that was part of field-based quarter at U of O's marine lab (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology)
- NASI: Week-long workshop with the National Academies Summer Institute on evidence-based pedagogical approaches
University of California-Santa Cruz
- Behavioral Ecology: Lecture-based course during UCSC's summer session that included field observations of local animals