As a teacher, my goals are to help students develop their understanding of the natural world and to empower them to ask and answer their own questions. I strive to create a collaborative learning community in which the interactions of students with diverse backgrounds and learning styles strengthen the outcomes for everyone.
In the Classroom
– The Global Environment Instructor of Record
– Biology of Plants Teaching Fellow: laboratory instructor
– Global Change Biology Teaching Fellow: discussion leader
– Plants and Climate Teaching Fellow: co-director and creator of weekly active learning sessions
– Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Graduate Seminar Teaching Fellow: discussion facilitator
– Energy and Environment Colloquium Discussion Leader (ad-hoc), Harvard University Center for Environment
– Life Sciences Outreach Program Instructor: session lecturer & activity leader
– Ecology, Climate Change, Terrestrial Systems Modeling, Plant Physiology Guest Lecturer
Undergraduate Mentorship
– University of Iowa independent study: How is daytime vs. nighttime vapor pressure deficit expected to change under future climate scenarios, and how will ecosystem water flux respond?
– Harvard College senior thesis: How can drought legacy effects drive plant structural and compositional change in a semi-arid ecosystem?
– Harvard College summer research: How does land surface temperature vary across different plant communities?
With the Harvard Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
– Life Sciences Outreach Fellow: Recruit and consult with Life Sciences Outreach program instructors to support them in their development of effective and engaging lectures and active learning activities for area high school teachers. Program theme: Using models to explore biological questions
– Learning Lab Graduate Fellow in science communication: Provide content, process, and technical support for courses with a science communication component, including Plants and Climate and Conservation Biology.