Teaching

Click here to see the course materials I designed for the Honors Biology Lab Course that I led.

Materials include syllabus, slides, lab experiment activities, quizzes, and exams.

7-AA Animal Diversity and Dichotomous Key slide screenshot.png

4-AA Fertilization and Sea Urchins slide screenshot.png

8-AA Characterzing mutants using C elegans slide screenshot.png

4-AA Plant Structure and Transpiration slide screenshot.png

7-Natural Selection and Drosophila slide screenshot.png

5-AA Regeneration and Stem Cells slide screenshot.png

Theme: developmental biology, genetics, and evolution.

Teaching Experience

2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Genetics – GENE 3200, University of Georgia

Under direction of Dr. Michael McEachern, I led three discussion sections a week regarding topics in introductory genetics and graded exams (class of ~200 students)

2014-16

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Principles of Biology II Laboratory, Georgia State University

Under the mentorship of Drs. Stephanie Gutzler and Matthew Brewer

Regular duties:

Prepared teaching materials and lectures focused on learning the scientific method, experimental design, data analysis, and lab report writing skills
Supervised two sections per semester (max. 24 undergrads per section), consisting of teams (4 students each) performing experiments
Created and delivered exams and assessments
Trained fellow TAs in using the D2L/ Brightspace learning management system

2016

Grant Development Assistantship - Principles of Biology II Laboratory, GSU

I developed climate change-based modules for future course curriculum. These modules provided a framework for NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grant proposal.

2015

Honors Graduate Teaching Assistant - Principles of Biology II Laboratory, GSU

I independently developed and taught a lab section for honors program students for one semester, covering developmental biology, genetics, and evolution. I designed and supervised experiments that used sea urchins to examine fertilization, planarians to test regeneration, Drosophila to observe natural selection, and C. elegans to determine the inheritance patterns of mutant traits.

Pedagogical and Diversity Training

2021

Training workshop in equity, diversity, and inclusion – 3 hours

Office of Institutional Diversity at the University of Georgia

Workshop led by Nontalie J. Morrow

2014-16

Completed pedagogy workshops from GSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Graduate Pedagogy Training Part I and II (two full day workshops)
Perception and Tendencies in Non-Native Speakers of English
Teaching Assistants’ Challenges in the Classroom I: How to explain content clearly
The Ins and Outs of the Hybrid/Blended Class
Motivating inattentive/uninterested students
Creating an Online Teaching Portfolio
Creating a Positive Classroom Environment
Documenting your Teaching Effectiveness

Pedagogical Training