I am passionate about making quantitative methods in biology and ecology more accessible and exciting for students.
I am thankful to the numerous teachers and mentors that have helped me develop my quantitative skillset and am motivated to pass these skills along to the next generation of students. I actively seek out opportunities in training and practice to become a better educator. Below is a brief summary of my teaching experience.
Instructor-of-record
Biostatistics (undergraduate-level, ~120 students)
University of Notre Dame: Spring 2021
I co-developed and taught introductory biostatistics at the University of Notre Dame. My co-instructor and I created an updated version of this course, focusing particularly on promoting students' learning of the statistical language R. For the course, I independently wrote and delivered nine lectures over the course of the semester as well as created five labs. My co-instructor and I coordinated five lab sections with ~15 graduate and undergraduate TAs. I received the Kaneb Center Award for Outstanding Graduate Instructor in spring 2021.
Teaching Assistantships
Biostatistics (undergraduate-level, ~120 students)
University of Notre Dame: Spring 2021
I co-developed and taught introductory biostatistics at the University of Notre Dame. My co-instructor and I created an updated version of this course, focusing particularly on promoting students' learning of the statistical language R. For the course, I independently wrote and delivered nine lectures over the course of the semester as well as created five labs. My co-instructor and I coordinated five lab sections with ~15 graduate and undergraduate TAs. I received the Kaneb Center Award for Outstanding Graduate Instructor in spring 2021.
Teaching Assistantships
Semester(s) |
Institution |
Course |
# Students |
Role(s) |
SPR 2020 |
Notre Dame |
Biostatistics |
25 |
Lab instructor |
SPR 2018 |
Notre Dame |
Intro Biology |
- |
Course development and support |
SPR 2017 |
Colorado State |
Bayesian modeling for ecological data (graduate-level) |
25 |
TA and guest lecturer |
SPR 2017, FALL 2016, SPR 2016 |
Colorado State |
Plants and Civilizations |
75 (each semester) |
Recitation instructor, guest lecturer, and course development |
SPR 2015 |
Colorado State |
Ecology |
100 |
TA and guest lecturer |
FALL 2015, FALL 2014 |
Colorado State |
Intro Biology |
40 (each semester) |
Lab instructor |
Other Experience
Beyond formal university appointments, I also served as a teaching assistant for "Quant Camp" – a week-long introductory course into quantitative methods for incoming graduate students – at Notre Dame preceding the fall semesters of 2017 and 2018.
In spring 2021, I was a part of a Faculty Mentoring Network entitled "Make TRUBLE: Make Teaching R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating" through the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project.
Beyond formal university appointments, I also served as a teaching assistant for "Quant Camp" – a week-long introductory course into quantitative methods for incoming graduate students – at Notre Dame preceding the fall semesters of 2017 and 2018.
In spring 2021, I was a part of a Faculty Mentoring Network entitled "Make TRUBLE: Make Teaching R in Undergraduate Biology Less Excruciating" through the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project.
