Teaching Experience

Spring 2020

Adjunct Faculty, Thomas Nelson Community College

Instructor of Record for Physical Geology (3 credit) and Lab (1 credit)

Duties: Developed lessons and course syllabi for lecture and lab; partnered with department faculty to develop new virtual field experiences for students to enhance online course curricular goals; responsible for evaluating student performance and progress in meeting course and curricular goals; advised students on personal and professional goals; integrated meta-cognition into the course design; adapted written lessons for remote/distance-education activities; used Canvas Learning Management System

Received Learning Environment Award—nominated by students and recognized by Faculty Reward & Recognition Committee for being “particularly supportive, adaptive, and innovative during this very challenging time”

Fall 2019

Adjunct Faculty, Thomas Nelson Community College

Instructor of Record for Physical Geology Lab (1 credit)

Duties: Developed new hands-on lessons; used existing curriculum to establish course goals; modified existing lessons to create group projects and jigsaw activities; used Canvas Learning Management System and learning technology (Smart Board, microscopes)

Fall 2018

Teaching Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Teaching assistant and field trip coordinator for upper-level undergraduate Marine Geology course

Duties: Assisted with development and grading of assignments, exams, and projects. Coordinated and led two-day overnight field trip in coastal Virginia, taught field lessons about barrier islands, marshes, and dunes

Spring 2018

Short Trust Teaching Fellow, Earth Science, 9th Grade, Gloucester High School

Co-taught geology and oceanography at the introductory level

Duties: Collaborated with a classroom teacher to teach oceanography lessons to 50 students twice weekly; developed and adapted multiple lessons; graded assignments and evaluated student progress in relation to curriculum goals; used Blackboard Learning Management System

Summer 2017

Guest Field Instructor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Summer Field Course for Undergraduates

Co-taught a full day of the marine science field course

Duties: Led students in sediment coring in coastal marsh and barrier islands; taught sediment core analysis in field laboratory

Spring 2017

Guest Field Instructor, Randolph-Macon College

Team taught a two-day field course with faculty from RMC and VIMS

Coastal Geomorphology Course (undergraduate level)

Duties: Two-day field trip instruction on coastal field geology including sediment coring and shallow geophysics (GPR); students learned to operate equipment and make interpretations

Summer 2016

Guest Field Instructor, VIMS Summer Field Course for Undergraduates

Co-taught a full day of the marine science field course

Duties: Led students in sediment coring in coastal marsh and barrier islands; taught sediment core analysis in field laboratory

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