Teaching Philosophy My teaching philosophy involves engaging students and local communities with science and nature in ways that are both accessible and inspiring.
Teaching Experience ECOL592: A Primer on Community Composition Analysis, Instructor (1 credit hour): taught graduate students how to organize and analyze data on ecological communities using R; Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University (Fall 2021)
BZ335, Ornithology, Instructor (3 credit hours): Taught 88 students about bird origins, evolution, anatomy, physiology, identification, and conservation; Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University (Spring 2019)
Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Semester Abroad in Mexico, Graduate Teaching Assistant (16 credit hours): Led R-studio labs and helped students develop research projects; Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University (Spring 2017)
Life 102, Attributes of Living Systems Lab, Graduate Teaching Assistant (3 credit hours): Full responsibility for teaching biology labs, Dept. of Biology; Colorado State University (Fall 2016)
NR400: Public Relations in Natural Resources, Graduate Teaching Assistant: worked with 40 students to help them develop a public relations campaign focused on an environmental issue; Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University (Spring 2016) Upward Bound, Ecology Instructor: Taught college-level Ecology to high school students, Colorado State University Upward Bound Program (Summer 2012)
Stone Environmental Schools, Ecology Instructor: Taught Ecology to middle school students, East Madison, New Hampshire (Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION
2021-present Advisory Council,CSU Center for Environmental Justice
2018-present Undergraduate Co-Advisor for Independent Research projects
Co-advising three undergraduate students on separate projects analyzing how extreme climate events affect grassland plant communities
2016-present Co-advisor and co-founder for Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) at CSU
Help plan conservation-focused service projects for undergraduate students who are underrepresented in ecology
2020-2021 Volunteer/Coordinator for the CSU Center for Environmental Justice
Coordinate webinars and maintain website/social media
2018-2021 Co-Advisor for undergraduate research project
Co-advised a first-generation undergraduate student on researching the effects of a bison carcass on grassland scavengers