Teaching

Classes taught at U Michigan:

Astronomy 101, The Solar System and the Search for Life Beyond Earth: Fall 2016, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Astronomy 201, Introduction to Astrophysics: Winter 2025
Astronomy 401, Exoplanets: Winter 2017 (created as a new class), Winters 2018-2022, Fall 2024
Astronomy 429, Scientific Writing and Communication in Astronomy, Winter 2024
Astronomy 530, Stars and Planets: their Atmospheres and Formation, Fall 2019, Fall 2023

Classes taught elsewhere:

Fall 2013 & Spring 2014: Math classes at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, NJ through the Prison Teaching Initiative

Students from my Exoplanets class pose in front of their group work. They used current theories of planet formation to explain some of the patterns we see in the Solar System.

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