Teaching & outreach

Many of my teaching materials (syllabi, datasets, notebooks, class notes, and assignments) can be found in this GitHub repo: https://github.com/khakhalin/Teaching 

video lectures

During the Covid pandemic I had to teach online, so I pre-recorded my lectures, and then held seminars in Zoom. Speaking without running back-and-forth in front of a blackboard, and without an audience, was of course really hard, and I look a sound a bit weird :) But maybe these lectures will still be interesting and useful to some people!

You can see more lectures from my Introduction to Neurobiology course in this Youtube list. (The first 3 lectures are slower than the rest, as it took me a while to learn to edit the videos)

writing about pedagogy

• On grading systems: 

  • Mastery grading, and why you should try it

  • Mastery (specification) grading - follow-up and some practical advice

  • Specification Ungrading - a simpler alternative to Mastery Grading, at least for some classes

courses Taught

• • Introduction to Neurobiology (with a lab): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2019f. See Youtube playlist, syllabus

  • Biostatistics (with data science workshop in R & ggplot): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

  • Computational Biology (Python workshop): 2020. See github, YouTube playlist

  • Computational Neuroscience: 2016, 2017, 2021 - syllabus

  • Existential Neuroscience (remote): 2020, 2020f, 2021 - syllabus

  • Sensory Physiology (with a lab): 2018

  • Animal Physiology (with a lab): 2014, 2017

  • Cell and Molecular Neuroscience (with a lab): 2016

  • Practicum in Neuroethology (lab): 2016

  • Neuroscience Revolutions (seminar): 2014

Short teaching projects

• • Matlab workshop: 2012, 2016

  • Comparative Music Cognition, 2015. Team-taught with Maria Sonevytsky (Music) and Sven Anderson (CS).

  • Neurobiology Journal Club: 2015

  • Kaval DIY workshop (Balkan rim-blown flute), with Maria Sonevytsky: 2015

Awards

• 2013: The Reginald D. Archambault Award for Teaching Excellence (2nd prize) from the Brown University, Department of Continuing Education.

Older Experiences

Brown University

• • The Secret Life of the Brain: From Shrimps to Humans (with a lab) 2012, 2013

  • Reflective Teaching seminar, Sheridan Center. Discussion group for improving teaching practices. 2013

  • Teaching consultant for the Brown University Sheridan Center. 2012, 2013

Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA)

• • "Neurobiology" lab course, section "Electrophysiology"; TA for Carlos Aizenman (Brown) and Kara Pratt (U Wyoming); 2012

Other

• • Corporate training courses within the Procter & Gamble training system: "International Freight Logistics", and "Advanced Microsoft Excel". 2008-2010