PHYS 172/172H (Honors) - Modern Mechanics

• First-Semester Calculus-based Physics for engineering and physics majors

• Course co-coordinator and instructor

PHYS 172D (Asynchronous Online Distance) - Modern Mechanics

• First-Semester Calculus-based Physics for engineering and physics majors using the Matter & Interactions curriculum. Developed multimedia video lectures, online labs using the iOLab kit, asynchronous discussion boards to facilitate interaction for recitations and labs, TA professional development.

• Course co-developer, co-coordinator, instructor

*Funding from Purdue Online Instructional Technology Funding Request and Undergraduate Online Course Development by Digital and Professional Education.

PHYS 490 - Physics Education Research Experience for Undergraduates

PHYS 605 - Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students

• Preparation of Physics graduate students for classroom and laboratory teaching assignments

Course Development

PHYS 272D - Electric and Magnetic Interactions (Online)

• Second-Semester Calculus-based Physics for engineering and physics majors using the Matter and Interactions curriculum. Developed multimedia video lectures, online labs using the iOLab kit, asynchronous discussion boards to facilitate interaction for recitations and labs, TA professional development.

• Course developer

*Funded was provided by Office of the Provost, Purdue University

Building Excellence in Science Teaching through Inquiry (BESTI) – Argumentation in STEM. 2020.

• Workshop delivered at the Wabash Valley Education Center, West Lafayette, IN. BESTI is a collaboration with 8 rural school corporations with enrollments of less than 2,000 students (Attica, Covington, North Montgomery, Clinton Prairie, Sheridan, South Montgomery, Rossville, and MSD Warren County), Wabash Valley Education Center (WVEC), and faculty from the Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST), the College of Science, and the College of Education at Purdue University. BESTI is funded by Indiana Department of Education.

Research-Based Approaches to Infusing Argumentation in Undergraduate Physics Learning and Problem Solving.

• Workshop presented at the Summer 2018 American Association for Physics Teachers (AAPT), Committee on Research in Physics Education, Washington D.C.

• This workshop is part of the ARISE: Argumentation Infused Scale-Up Environment (FUNDED) NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE: EHR) project.

Integrated STEM Education: Infusing Engineering Design Practices in STEM Learning.

• Workshop presented at the Summer 2018 American Association for Physics Teachers (AAPT), Committee for Teacher Preparation, Washington D.C.

• The focus of this workshop was to highlight ways in which engineering design, practices, and thinking can facilitate learning in high school and undergraduate physics in the context of integrated STEM.

Center for the Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST), Purdue University, 2017 – Present.

• Collaborate with CATALYST faculty in offering various engineering design-based integrated STEM workshops for local middle and high school science teachers through the center. Additionally assist in providing integrated STEM & engineering design outreach experiences for middle and high school students.

A New MSP Partnership to Improve STEM Education in Indiana (aka. Design STEM) (Indian Department of Education), 2016.

• Workshop Facilitator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Purdue University. PI: Dr. Selcen Guzey.

• Collaborated with Drs. Selcen Guzey and Lynn Bryan (Co-PI), Purdue University, to design and implement an integrated STEM activity which blended physics and engineering design in a life science context for area middle school teachers.

A TIME for Physics First – Leadership in Freshman Physics (NSF MSP), 2009 – 2012.

• Workshop Facilitator, Department of Physics & Astronomy and College of Education, University of Missouri. Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Hanuscin.

• Assisted with design and implementation of a hybrid professional development (PD) program to facilitate teacher leadership development for ninth-grade physics teachers implementing modeling physics pedagogy in ninth-grade. Developed instructional materials based on modeling physics pedagogy. Facilitated face-to-face summer workshop with follow-up online sessions during the year. Moderated project specific blog where teachers and staff shared experiences of modeling physics in their classrooms.