Teaching

Teaching Experience

  • Certificate in College Teaching Program Duke University (2019-2022)
  • Teaching Assistant Department of Biology, Duke University (2022)
  • Teaching Associate/Assistant Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, UCLA (2012-16)

Courses as a Teaching Assistant

Graduate Courses

  • Advanced Experimental Statistics *Head TA

Field Courses

  • Experimental Marine Invertebrate Biology
  • Field Marine Ecology
  • Biology of Marine Tetrapods

Upper Level Courses

  • Animal Environmental Physiology *Head TA
  • Biology of Vertebrates *Head TA
  • Biology of Invertebrates *Head TA

Introductory Level Courses

  • Introduction to Ecology & Behavior
  • Genetics & Evolution
  • Living Ocean (General Education course for non-majors)

Guest Lectures

  • Answering Biological Questions Using Circular Data and Analysis in R, developed and taught with Dr. Kate Thomas, for Biological Data Analysis (Bio 304) at Duke University, with Dr. Tom Mitchell-Olds (Spring 2018)
  • Future Directions in the Whole Body Eye of Sea Urchins, for Marine Invertebrate Zoology at Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, with Drs. Gustav Paulay and Peter Funch (Summer 2017)

Teaching Awards

  • Schechtman Teaching Award for Outstanding Merit in Instruction and Service Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA (2015)

Developed Courses

Natural History: Drawing Connections and Specimens in Biology

  • Syllabus
  • Course Announcement Flyer
  • This is a course for non-majors to learn about Biology through the lens of Natural History, as well as how our historical and current understandings of Natural History influence the world around us. The class pairs lectures on fundamental concepts in Biology, Evolution, and Ecology with lectures on how these topics intersect with our daily lives and society, as well as the practice of drawing natural history specimens. Biologists, historical and contemporary, use careful observation to formulate hypotheses and understand the natural world. Drawing practice in this course will introduce students to the skill of biological observation, giving students training in how to look at the natural and social world around them with a careful eye.