As an instructor in the Earth Sciences, I aim to inspire scientific curiosity and the desire to learn through interactive and engaging activities that involve stimulating field trips, student collaboration, and creative science communication. |
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Teaching Experience
Instructor - California State University Long Beach
Graduate Student Instructor - University of Michigan
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant - University of Arizona
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Teaching Development
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Early Career Faculty Workshop: June 2022
A multi-day workshop, for new faculty, to participate in a stimulating and resource-rich environment with sessions on effective teaching strategies, course design, establishing a research program in a new setting, working with research students, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and time management. Faculty Learning Program (FLP): September 2021 - April 2022 A CSULB community of early career faculty developing skills and strategies for student engagement and inclusive teaching Beach Mentor Program: September-December 2021 A CSULB CNSM community developing strategies for inclusive mentoring UFERN Professional Learning Community: January-October 2021 A community of field instructors using the UFERN framework to design, implement, and assess changes made to undergraduate field experience courses. SCEC Workshop: Research Mentor Training (participant): July 2021 Exploring approaches and resources to advancing mentoring practice in aligning expectations, addressing equity and inclusion, assessing understanding, and maintaining effective communication Curiosity to Question: A New Model for Disciplinarily Diverse and Inclusive Course-Based Research Experiences (participant): July 2021 Mini-workshop focused on course-based research experiences that encourage the kind of epistemic and cultural fluencies required for inclusive and interdisciplinary sciences; lead during the EER Integrating Affective Domain Mini-Lessons Into Introductory Geology Classes (participant): July 2021 Mini-workshop focused on affective domain concepts related to the intersection of math and geosciences; lead during the EER Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Preparing for the future of Geoscience Education (participant): July 2021 Three day workshop to foster change in undergraduate and graduate geoscience programs to better prepare geoscience students for the future and lead during the EER Earth Educators Rendezvous Virtual (participant): July 2021 Hosted online this 7th annual workshop and meeting brings together students, educators and researchers to discover and become involved with opportunities relating to teaching and learning Earth Science Quality Matters: Applying the QM Rubric (participant): January-April 2021 Three week workshop dedicated to using the QM rubric to create clear and accessible course material for an online course and prepare for QM-certification, lead by Quality Matters (opportunity provided by CSULB ATS) UFERN Annual Network Meeting: (participant): March 2021 Three-day meeting discussing the future of undergraduate field education and experiences including the mini-workshop: Know Before You Go: Pre-Orientation Program Trailers as an Approach to Support Inclusions by Demystifying Field Experiences Workshop CSULB Online Learning Studio (participant): August 2020 Three week workshop dedicated to converting in-person classes into online formats that include inquiry based and active learning components lead by Academic Technology Services at CSULB Creating Inquiry-Based Labs for Introductory Geology Courses (participant): July 2020 Two day workshop lead by Drs. Kelsey Bitting, Katherine Ryker, and Rachel Teasdale during the Earth Educators Rendezvous Earth Educators Rendezvous Virtual (participant): July 2020 Hosted by Stanford University, San Jose State University, and City College of San Francisco this 6th annual workshop and meeting brings together students, educators and researchers to discover and become involved with opportunities relating to teaching and learning Earth Science Pathways to Scientific Teaching (participant): February 2020 Two day workshop lead by Diane Ebert-May hosted by the Postdoc Teaching Opportunities Program at UC Berkeley Adapting Active Learning Strategies in your courses (participant): July 2019 Two day workshop lead by Drs. Rachel Teasdale and David McConnell during the Earth Educators Rendezvous Earth Educators Rendezvous (participant): July 2019 Hosted by Tennessee State and Vanderbilt Universities this 5th annual workshop and meeting brings together students, educators and researchers to discover and become involved with opportunities relating to teaching and learning Earth Science Preparing Future Faculty (participant): May 2018 Hosted by the University of Michigan Center for Teaching and Learning this month-long seminar helps graduate students prepare to pursue and succeed in faculty careers by providing workshops and activities on topics such as: effective teaching for a diverse student body, current issues in higher education, tenure and faculty work-life, and the job market. |
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Teaching Awards
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Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award: (2018)
Awarded at the annual John & Ruth Dorr Memorial Awards Dinner for innovative and enthusiastic teaching. |