Teaching
I have taught undergraduate and graduate students in general biology, ecology, environmental science, plant identification, and natural history, as a lead instructor, as part of a team, and as a teaching assistant at University of Maryland, University of Washington, and Brown University. I have also taught adults through master gardeners’ associations, University of Washington Educational Outreach Program, Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center, New England Wild Flower Society, and The Nature Conservancy.
To ensure that learners of all ages and backgrounds gain deeper scientific understanding, my teaching is grounded in current research and features active learning and on-going assessment. In teaching conservation and ecology, I often focus on two essential scientific practices: understanding quantitative data analysis and communicating science to diverse audiences.
Undergraduate courses I have developed and taught:
Urban Ecology: Conducting and Communicating Science in the City.
Upper level undergraduate course in the Biology Department, University of Washington. I was awarded a Huckabay Teaching Fellowship from the UW Graduate School to create this course, which I taught in the spring of 2012.
Undergraduate courses I have taught and co-taught:
University of Maryland
- Ecology
University of Washington
- Plant Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Foundations in Ecology
- Introductory Biology for Majors
Brown University
- Science and Environmental Issues
- Diversity and Adaptation of Seed Plants
Informal science education courses I have developed and taught:
- Josselyn Botanical Society, 2014
- New England Wild Flower Society, 2013
Climate change & forests of the Pacific Northwest
- Master Urban Naturalist Program, 2010.