Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching

Marine Fish Ecology (MACS 424)

Instructor, 2024-2025

Western Washington University

Fisheries Science (ESCI 412/512)

Instructor, 2020-2025

Western Washington University

Biostatistics (ESCI 340)

Instructor, 2020-2025

Western Washington University

Applied Statistics in Environmental Science (ESCI 502, Graduate)

Instructor, 2022-2025

Western Washington University

Advanced Marine and Coastal Science Research: Capstone (MACS 493)

Instructor, Winter 2023

Western Washington University

Marine Science Scholars Seminars (MACS 111, 112)

Instructor, Spring 2020 (Marine Diseases, Marine Management), Fall 2020 (Intro), Winter 2021 (Marine Diseases), Fall 2021

(Fisheries), Winter 2022 (Global Change in the Marine Environment), Spring 2022 (A Whale's Eye View of the Oceans)

Western Washington University

Introduction to Marine and Coastal Science Research (MACS 110)

Instructor, Spring 2021

Western Washington University

Transdisciplinary Academy in Marine Resource Sustainability

Instructor and Coordinator, Summer 2014

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Coastal Ecology and Resource Management 

Instructor, Spring 2012

The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Marine Fisheries Science 

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2012

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA

Marine Fish Ecology (Research Apprenticeship)

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2002

University of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA

Graduate Advising

Advisor

Aleutia Morris, MS Advisor, Co-Advised with Leo Bodensteiner, College of the Environment, WWU

Delaney Adams, MS Advisor, Co-advised with Marco Hatch, College of the Environment, WWU

Jon McLean, MS Advisor, College of the Environment, WWU

Sean Grealish, MS Advisor, College of the Environment, WWU

Anthony Tulloch, MS Advisor, Co-Advised with Aquila Flower, College of the Environment, WWU

Committee Member

Graduated

Ariel Shiley, MS, 2025 College of the Environment, WWU, Seasonal Differences of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Embryo 

and Larval Metrics are Small, but Developmental Stage Drives Significant Proteomic and Physiological Variation

Lamai Larsen, MA, 2025, College of the Environment, WWU, Kelp in the Salish Sea: Spatial Patterns of Persistence, 

Loss, and Data Gaps Using a Harmonized Dataset

Sydney Jantsch, MS, 2023, College of the Environment, WWU, A Characterization of Hyporheic Temperatures with 

Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Thermally Impaired River

Rebecca Haehn, MS, 2023, Advisor, College of the Environment, WWU, Visual characteristics of walleye pollock and Chinook salmon: Modeling theoretical visual space and target contrast of trawling materials in the Bering Sea

Maya Faber, MS, WWU, 2023, Committee Member, College of the Environment, WWU, Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Puget Sound: Screening, Prioritization, and Estrogenic Mixture Response Assessment

Meghan Bugaj, MS, WWU, 2022, Advisor, College of the Environment, Species Distribution and Abundance of Bering Sea Tunicates with Implications for Coastal Food Security

Heidi Stewart, MS, WWU, 2022, Advisor, College of the Environment, Avian and Shallow Water Community Response 

to Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawn Events

Nicole Singh, MS, WWU, 2022, Committee Member, College of the Environment, The effects of ocean acidification and temperature rise on the thermal tolerance and critical thermal limit of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii)

Casey Pruitt, MS, WWU, 2022, Committee Member, College of the Environment, Assessing the 

Use of the California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) Within Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) 

Briana Gabel, MA, UW, 2021, Committee Member, Museology, Communicating Jellyfish Research Through Games

Hana Busse, MS, WWU, 2021, Committee Member, College of Science and Engineering, Mixotrophy by Phytoflagellates in the Northern Gulf of Alaska: Impacts of Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Prey Concentration on Feeding by Photosynthetic Nano- and Dinoflagellates