Academic Teaching Experience
University of Wyoming (PhD)
Expanded Teaching Assistant/Co-Instructor (lecture): LIFE 3400: General Ecology (2 semesters: AY 2016-2017)
Teaching Assistant (lab): LIFE 1010: General Biology (5 semesters: AY 2012-2013, AY 2013-2014, Fall 2015)
Teaching Assistant (combined lab/lecture): LIFE 1020: Life Science for Elementary Education Majors (1 semester: Spring 2016)
Guest lecturer: LIFE 1010: General Biology (Fall 2013, Fall 2015)
Guest lecturer: Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management 2000: Principles of Rangeland Management (Spring 2016)
Guest lecturer: Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management 4900: Rangeland Management Planning (Spring 2016)
University of New Hampshire (MS)
Teaching Assistant (lab): NR 655: Vertebrate Biology (1 semester: Spring 2011)
Teaching Assistant (lecture): NR 415: Global Biological Change (1 semester: Spring 2010)
Teaching Assistant (lab): BIO 420: Introduction to Forensic Science (3 semesters: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
Guest lecturer: Genetics 805: Population and Quantitative Genetics (Fall 2011)
Expanded Teaching Assistant/Co-Instructor (lecture): LIFE 3400: General Ecology (2 semesters: AY 2016-2017)
Teaching Assistant (lab): LIFE 1010: General Biology (5 semesters: AY 2012-2013, AY 2013-2014, Fall 2015)
Teaching Assistant (combined lab/lecture): LIFE 1020: Life Science for Elementary Education Majors (1 semester: Spring 2016)
Guest lecturer: LIFE 1010: General Biology (Fall 2013, Fall 2015)
Guest lecturer: Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management 2000: Principles of Rangeland Management (Spring 2016)
Guest lecturer: Rangeland Ecology & Watershed Management 4900: Rangeland Management Planning (Spring 2016)
University of New Hampshire (MS)
Teaching Assistant (lab): NR 655: Vertebrate Biology (1 semester: Spring 2011)
Teaching Assistant (lecture): NR 415: Global Biological Change (1 semester: Spring 2010)
Teaching Assistant (lab): BIO 420: Introduction to Forensic Science (3 semesters: Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
Guest lecturer: Genetics 805: Population and Quantitative Genetics (Fall 2011)
Undergraduate Research Mentoring
Elise Sulser (Dual major in Microbiology & Environment and Natural Resources): University of Wyoming (Spring 2015-Fall 2015)
Wyoming EPSCoR Undergraduate Fellowship [NSF EPSCoR grant (EPS-1208909)]
Directed study: "Factors affecting probability of amphibian occurrence on Pole Mountain: Evaluating the role of water quality, disease and predation"
Sierra Jech (Dual major in Earth Systems Science & Chemistry; graduated May 2016): University of Wyoming (Spring 2013-Spring 2014)
Wyoming EPSCoR Undergraduate Fellowship [NSF EPSCoR grant (EPS-1208909)]
Directed study: "Water quality in the Prairie Pothole Region: Assessing contemporary quality parameters for wetland systems"
Wyoming EPSCoR Undergraduate Fellowship [NSF EPSCoR grant (EPS-1208909)]
Directed study: "Factors affecting probability of amphibian occurrence on Pole Mountain: Evaluating the role of water quality, disease and predation"
Sierra Jech (Dual major in Earth Systems Science & Chemistry; graduated May 2016): University of Wyoming (Spring 2013-Spring 2014)
Wyoming EPSCoR Undergraduate Fellowship [NSF EPSCoR grant (EPS-1208909)]
Directed study: "Water quality in the Prairie Pothole Region: Assessing contemporary quality parameters for wetland systems"
Workshops
Co-presenter: "Molecular Methods for Rangeland Wildlife" (1 full day workshop), Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX. 2016 Feb 2. [Developed workshop materials and assisted with lectures and hands-on activities to address the application of molecular data to management questions.]
Co-presenter/TA: "Spatial Analysis in R" (four 3-hour sessions), University of Wyoming. 2015 Oct 1, 6, 8, 13. [Assisted attendees (15 total; 2 faculty/staff, 13 graduate students) during workshop exercises.]
Presenter: "Not just a pretty picture: remote sensing with satellites" (three 45-min sessions), Women in STEM Conference, University of Wyoming. 17 May 2016. [Developed workshop materials and facilitated workshop activities for 45 middle-school and high-school girls.]
Presenter: "From energy to satellite images: Using spectra to observe the world around us" (three 45-min sessions), Wyoming State Science Fair Enrichment Activity, University of Wyoming. 7 March 2016. [Developed workshop materials and facilitated enrichment activity for 30 junior-high and high-school state science fair participants.]
Co-presenter/TA: "Spatial Analysis in R" (four 3-hour sessions), University of Wyoming. 2015 Oct 1, 6, 8, 13. [Assisted attendees (15 total; 2 faculty/staff, 13 graduate students) during workshop exercises.]
Presenter: "Not just a pretty picture: remote sensing with satellites" (three 45-min sessions), Women in STEM Conference, University of Wyoming. 17 May 2016. [Developed workshop materials and facilitated workshop activities for 45 middle-school and high-school girls.]
Presenter: "From energy to satellite images: Using spectra to observe the world around us" (three 45-min sessions), Wyoming State Science Fair Enrichment Activity, University of Wyoming. 7 March 2016. [Developed workshop materials and facilitated enrichment activity for 30 junior-high and high-school state science fair participants.]
Public Education & Outreach
Little Laramie Hikers: Led an educational lesson ("A frog’s life: transforming from a tadpole to a frog") and hike for the Little Laramie Hikers (approximately 4o children aged 1-12 and parents). Medicine Bow National Forest, WY; 6 July 2016.
Wyoming BioBlitz: Led amphibian and reptile surveys for approximately 50 Bioblitz participants. Belvoir Ranch, Cheyenne, WY; 11 June 2016. Laramie Girl Scouts: Led an activity (“Exploring our wonderful wetlands”) for 5 members of the Laramie Girl Scouts in collaboration with the "Girl Scouts in Science: Discovering Wyoming Water" NSF-EPSCoR grant. Laramie, WY; 16 October 2015. Laramie Audubon Society/Isaak Walton League Lecture Series: Presented a public research lecture ("Evaluating climate change effects to amphibian persistence in the Plains and Prairie Pothole Region") to members of the Laramie Audubon Society and the local chapter of the Isaak Walton League. Laramie, WY; 24 September 2014. |
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