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My philosphy as an educator and mentor is to meet students where they are in their educational journey and create educational experiences and materials that will stoke students' curiosity, align with their learning and/or career goals, and lead to a sense of pride in their accomplishments.
Recent undergraduate education highlights
Oberlin College Snow Science Winter Term 2023
I served as assistant faculty to a group of eight students during a week in the White Mountains. We covered topics in environmental science, hydrogeology, wildnerness safety and more.
Authentic Undergraduate Geoscience Research 2022
I designed and co-lead an intensive summer research program for students with identities historically excluded from environmental and geosciences.
Perilous Planet: Case Studies course development and instruction 2022
In this course, I used case studies and activities to help students think critically about the geographical, political, and societal factors that determine the outcomes of environmental hazards.
Field mentorship
Field mentorship
In both 2022 and 2023 I led week long field work expeditions in southeastern Puerto Rico. I trained a total of seven undergraduates and two graduate students in environmental observation, sediment and water sampling, data collection and record keeping.
Lab mentorship
Lab mentorship
I have extensive experience training people at all career stages to use laboratory spaces safely and effectively, both at UVM and MIT. At present, I am supervising and mentoring a UVM undergraduate in mineral seperation, Be extraction, and XRF analysis as part of a year long undergraduate research project on saprolite characteristics in Puerto Rico.
Middle & high school eduation highlights
Governer's Insistutes of Vermont: Environmental Science and Technology
Governer's Insistutes of Vermont: Environmental Science and Technology
I was an assitant faculty member for GIV ESAT in both 2021 and 2022, and a lead faculty member in 2024. My specialties included mentoring students in data analysis and poster creation, teaching about local geological phenomena, and helping students to learn about their carbon footprints.
4H geoscience field trip for middle school students: Investigating Local Geology in Burlington, VT
4H geoscience field trip for middle school students: Investigating Local Geology in Burlington, VT
I Co-led a 4H field trip to explore the Champlain Thrust Fault expsoure at Lone Rock Point. Here I'm working with students to determine the type of rocks present on the beach.
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