As an educator, I am dedicated to providing a welcoming, safe, and non-judgmental learning experience for all students. I have experience teaching in multiple contexts, including in the field, at museums, and in university classrooms.
Instructor of Record
University of Connecticut, Stamford
ANTH 1000: Peoples and Cultures of the World (Spring 2026)
ANTH 1500: Great Discoveries in Archaeology (Spring 2026)
Other university-level teaching:
University of Maryland, College Park
Guest Lecturer for ANTH222: Introduction to Ecological and Evolutionary Anthropology)
University of Cambridge:
Supervisor for B14/A50: A Technologically Dependent Lineage
Supervisor for A22/ARC10/G03: Palaeolithic Archaeology
Supervisor for B2/BAN2/BG2: Human Ecology and Behaviour
Teaching Assistant, B3/BAN3/BG3: (Human Evolution
Stony Brook University
Teaching Assistant for ANT 417: Primitive Technology
Museum education (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History School Programs):
Grades 6-12: Bird Strike, Collections Challenge, Deep Time Paleobiology, Reefs Unleashed
Grades 3-5: Identifying Minerals, Insect Survival, Marine Ecosystems
Kindergarten-Grade 2: Animal Adaptations, Classifying Shells, Discovering Dinosaurs
Teaching in the field:
Archaeological excavation (undergraduate, master's, and PhD students)
Archaeological survey (undergraduate, master's, and PhD students)
Ethnographic survey (undergraduate students)
pXRF data collection (undergraduate students)
Museum collections research (PhD students)
Header Photo: Philip R. Lee, Smithsonian Institution