Exploring Our Solar System
Lecturer (Instructor of Record), Dartmouth College, Physics & Astronomy, 2024
Introductory astronomy course covering the fundamentals of astronomy and planetary science.
Teaching
My educational approach reflects my experiences in museum outreach, K-12 schools, and college classrooms, field sites, and laboratories…
Previously taught courses:
The Stretch
Co-Instructor, Dartmouth College, Earth Sciences, 2023
Glaciology, paleoclimate, and surface mapping segment (Oct. 15–23) of a full-term field geology course. Field sites in the Eastern Sierra Nevada of California, including Long Valley, Owens Valley, and the Mono Basin. Co-instructor: Prof. Meredith Kelly)
Exploring Our Universe
Lecturer (Instructor of Record), Dartmouth College, Physics & Astronomy, 2023
Introductory astronomy course covering the fundamentals of astronomy with an emphasis on the diversity of astronomical objects and how we have described them with observational techniques. (Co-instructors: Prof. Elisabeth R. Newton, Prof. Aaron L. Dotter).
Measuring Earth’s 4.5 Billion-Year History
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2021
Radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry: isotopic systems and their applications in the Earth sciences.
Instructors: Profs. Terrence Blackburn and Jim Zachos.
Evolution of Earth
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2020
Overview of Earth system processes and history for Earth science majors.
Instructors: Profs. Paul Koch and Terrence Blackburn.
Principles of Field Geology
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2019
Field-based course focusing on fundamental geologic principles, field skills, and the creation of geologic maps.
Instructor: Dr. Hilde Schwartz
Geochemistry of the Solar System
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Overview of the meteorite record and the processes of solar system evolution and planetary formation from a geochemical perspective.
Instructors: Profs. Myriam Telus and Terrence Blackburn.
Geologic Principles
Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2018
Introductory Earth Science coarse covering the fundamentals of geosciences, with an emphasis on solid Earth topics.
Instructor: Prof. Terrence Blackburn.