Teaching

Courses I’ve TA’ed:

• Ecosystem Ecology, 2014
  Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota

• Introduction to Earth Systems, 2007 and 2008
  Earth Systems Program, Stanford University

• Environmental Problems and Solutions, 2007
  Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford University

• Harry Potter and the Arc of Storytelling, 2008
  Dept. of English, Stanford University

Guest Lectures:

• “Get Ur Git On: Introduction and getting started with Github”
  Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Friday Noon Seminar Series, 2015, University of Minnesota

• “The environmental costs of an agricultural Amazonia”
  Tropical Ecology Honors Seminar, Jennifer Powers, 2014, University of Minnesota

• “Agriculture in the Amazon: What are the implications for soil?”
  Soil Science, Charlotte Riggs, 2014, Macalester College

• “Harnessing Ecology: How can we begin to use ecosystem services to develop a conservation approach for the Amazon?”
  Ecology and Society, Jennifer Powers, 2012, University of Minnesota

K-12 outreach and lesson plans:

• From 2008-2010, I taught a HS biology course that followed the New York State Living Environment Science Regents Examination curriculum; feel free to contact me for classroom resources associated with the class.

• In Minneapolis/St. Paul, I did outreach with the University of Minnesota’s Teaching SMART program from 2010-5, in which undergraduate and graduate students teach lessons in K-12 classrooms.

Some K-12 lesson plans:

• CSI: Soil Detectives (designed for 2nd-grade classroom)
• Climate Change intro lesson (designed for 11th-grade classroom)