Teaching

** HERE THERE BE DRAGONS -- I am still fleshing this out!**

I love teaching and through a variety of experiences have learned a lot about my teaching philosophy. As a teacher, I believe my role is to facilitate the student's ability to understand material and (hopefully) inspire them to continue a life long conversation with Astronomy. Thus, I "flip the classroom" to make it centered on the learner. My teaching style looks more like mentoring and I put in extra effort to give students ownership of their coursework.

For my efforts as a graduate Teaching Assistant (a.k.a. Telescope Mom), I received the 2011 All University Graduate Teaching Award (3 awards annually for the University, and only one in STEM, one nominee from Astronomy every 3 years), the Graduate Teaching Center Graduate Teaching Award for Astronomy (one every three years in Astronomy), and the Lawrence Fredrick Teaching Award (one annually in the Department of Astronomy).

Teaching Experience:

• Guest Lab Instructor, Stellar Astronomy
• Citrus Community College
• Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Astronomical Research
  • 2014, Why you should do research (of any kind) right now.
  • 2013, Near Field Cosmology
• Consulting Teaching Assistant, Observational Astronomy
  • Assisted in adapting course materials to have a deeper research focus.
• Instructor of Record, Introduction to Cosmology
  • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cosmology
• Teaching Assistant, Astronomical Techniques
• Senior Teaching Assistant, Observational Astronomy
  • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Astronomical Observation
• Teaching Assistant, Observational Astronomy

Professional Development Workshops Attended:

• Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Workshop for Carnegie Observatories Postdocs, Sept 2015
• Process Oriented Guide Inquiry Learning, Susan Shadle
  • POGIL Program Site