⇒Teaching Philosophy
⇒Teaching & Communication Certificate
⇒North Carolina State University
⇒Drexel University
⇒University of Chicago
North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Department of Biological Sciences
The Science of Studying Dinosaurs (BIO 230)
Instructor; 2017-present
• Restructured 80-student class to support in-person, virtual, or hybrid delivery
• Developed course website (Moodle) and redesigned all curricula for digital administration.
• Co-authored a companion textbook to pair with the course.
• Maintained a library of hands-on specimens for use in course activities.
Sample of the Moodle Course Page I developed for The Science of Studying Dinosaurs.
Introduction to Evolution (BIO 270)
Co-instructor, Co-developer; 2021-2022
• Developed “Deep Time” module of course, focusing on evolution from a paleontology perspective.
• Created and administered course website (Moodle) and all digital curricula.
Taphonomic Processes (BIO 495)
Co-Instructor; 2019
• Graduate-level taphonomy course including evaluation of student experimental projects.
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Department of Biology/
Department of Biodiversity, Environmental & Earth Sciences
Adjunct Professor, 2013:
| Advanced Field Methods (GEO 301) |
| Physical Geology (ENVS 272) |
Teaching Assistant, 2008–2009:
| Techniques in Molecular Biology (BIO 219) |
| Physiology and Ecology (BIO 126) |
| Essential Biology (BIO 141) |
| Physical Geology (ENVS 272) |
| History of Life on Earth (ENVS 270) |
| Physiology and Nutrition (BIO 121) |
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Department of Biology
Teaching & Field Assistant, 2005:
| Dinosaur Science (BIOS 21300) |