My central goal for my students is that they gain the skills needed to think about science critically, both in and outside of my classroom. I believe in an active learning approach, where students engage with data and think critically about it. This may involve classroom activities, small discussions, lab experiences and/or field trips. The variety of experiences built into this process engages a diverse group of learning styles, and fosters independent reasoning and critical thinking.
Teaching experience
2021 Instructor, Modern Instructor Workshop (Yale University) 2021 Guest Lecturer, Plant Ecology (Yale University) 2019, 2020 Teaching Assistant, Geobiology (Pennsylvania State University) 2015, 2016 Teaching Assistant,The Sea Around Us (Pennsylvania State University)
Mentoring experience
2023 Brown University mentor to Leadership Alliance REU undergraduate student 2023 Yale University senior thesis mentor to an undergraduate student 2020-present Women in Science at Yale (WISAY) postdoctoral mentor to a female graduate student 2019-20 Pennsylvania State University senior thesis mentor to an undergraduate Geosciences student 2017 Pennsylvania State University Climate Science REU mentor to an undergraduate researcher 2015 Association of Women in Geoscience (AWG) graduate mentor to a female undergraduate student