Spring 2021 Guest instructor for Biology of Symbiosis 356. Clark University
Main tasks: Facilitated a “meet a scientist” activity where students read one of my publications and had the opportunity to ask questions about the paper, how the project was conceived, and how my career led me to this project. Also facilitated student led discussions on technical literature about different systems for studying symbiosis.
Fall 2020 Guest instructor for Biology of Mushrooms 180. Clark University
Main tasks: Led class on field excursion for outside classroom experience and making biological collections.
Fall 2019 Co-instructor for Mycology 540. Duke University (Instructor of Record)
Main tasks: Teaching lessons on identifying major groups of mushroom-forming fungi, molecular systematics, and comparative genomics. Led class on field excursion for outside classroom experience and making biological collections. Instructed class on best practices for microscopy and sectioning. Facilitated group discussion.
Fall 2018 Guest instructor for Mycology 340. Duke University
Main tasks: Teaching lessons on identifying major groups of mushroom-forming fungi. Led class on field excursion for outside classroom experience and making biological collections. Instructed class on best practices for microscopy and sectioning.
Summer 2018 Lab instructor for General Genetics 240. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Facilitating an open inquiry lab for science majors, focused on applying fundamental concepts of genetics to address real-world issues. Combined activity-based learning with group discussion to practice reaching scientific consensus.
Spring 2017 Lecture assistant for Introduction to Plant Biology 114. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Assisting instructors in class management and developing materials including test questions, worksheets, and in-class activities. Taught a special lecture on mycorrhizal relationships between fungi and plants.
Fall 2014 Lab instructor for Botany 111. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Facilitating a hands-on technical lab for students with a special interest in plant sciences and agriculture. Giving students a general background for fundamental biological processes as well as an overview of systematics of major groups contained in a traditional concept of plants (i.e. green plants, fungi, alga, etc.).
Spring 2014 Lab instructor for Introduction to Biology 102. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Teaching general topics of biology to non-science majors, including such topics as biological evolution by natural selection, taxonomy, bioremediation, hominid evolution, ecology, and global biodiversity. Helping students to understand basic concepts of biology, improve analytical and communication skills, and form a connection with environmental issues
2012-2013 Lab instructor for Biodiversity 130. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Facilitating an open inquiry lab for science majors, focused on developing essential skills for scientific study and communication of results. Helping students to formulate hypotheses based on prior knowledge, develop proper experiments with controls, orally present their findings, and effectively write reports in scientific notation.
2011-2012 TENN Herbarium Georeferencing and Databasing technician. University of Tennessee
Main tasks: Researching collection metadata of all U.S. Fungi collections in TENN for precise collection locality data to be entered into the established collections database as Lat Long coordinates. Coordinates were then assigned confidence values based on an established confidence metric.
2007-2009 Assistant Language Teacher. Interac Inc., Japan
Main tasks: Daily teaching English lessons to public school children at a variety of grade levels ranging from pre-school to middle school, with some private tutoring of adults. Involved developing lesson plans, energetically interacting with students in a foreign language, and effectively collaborating with Japanese teachers.