Teaching Development
This page describes my teaching development efforts including teaching coursework and workshops. One area of teaching development that is especially important to me is diversity and inclusion and I have participated in multiple workshops on inclusive teaching. Although research is my main passion, I also believe in continuing to grow as teacher and mentor.
Teaching CourseworK - Teaching as research
In fall 2016, I took ALS 6015: Teaching in Higher Education to hone my teaching skills and establish my teaching philosophy. Over the course of the semester, I studied effective teaching practices and developed a number of teaching products including rubrics, syllabus, lesson plans, and feedback surveys. I also annotated and reflected upon my teaching methods and motivations . This coursework culminated in the teaching sections of my website that you are reading.
In spring 2018, I took ALS 6016: Teaching as Research in Higher Education to apply my scientific curiosity to effective teaching methods. As part of this course, I undertook a semester-long study of the effect of low-stakes weekly lab quizzes on later student performance on summative lab practical exams.
Teaching workshops
Over my time as a graduate student and as a member of Distinguished Active Learning Teaching Assistant program, I participated in many university teacher training programs through the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI, formerly CTE) and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL). The links to certificates for completed three course module skill areas are below.
Inclusive teaching
Diversity and inclusion are key values for me in my research (e.g., undergraduate assistant recruitment and senior thesis mentoring), service (e.g., diversity recruitment efforts), and teaching. As a graduate student, I participated in multiple inclusive teaching workshops including the Inclusive Teaching Institute and the Practice of Inclusive Teaching in STEM.