Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty
St. Catherine’s University – St. Paul, MN
Biology Department
2015-2016

Biology of Women (BIOL 1120)

  • Developed lectures and corresponding laboratory exercises relating to the basic biology of women for non-science majors
  • Engaged students in active learning, hands-on laboratory experiences, and involved discussions
  • Helped students to develop as independent, critical thinkers
  • Utilized Bloom’s taxonomy to bring classroom learning to high levels of application
  • Served as a women in science mentor to young female students

 

Adjunct Faculty
Augsburg College – Minneapolis, MN
Biology Department
2014

The Biological World (BIO 102)

  •  Developed and taught labs related to a broad range of biology topics:
    • the scientific process
    • genetics and inheritance
    • cellular structures and function
    • energy and metabolism
    • cellular respiration
    • photosynthesis
    • biodiversity
    • DNA
  • Engaged students in active learning, discussions, and debates
  • Promoted curiosity in the biological diversity in the world that we encounter daily
  • Developed students’ critical thinking skills through readings and discussion
  • Utilized various assessment tools to gauge students’ ability to integrate knowledge

 

Guest Lecturer (Marcella Meyers, PhD)
St. Catherine’s University – St. Paul, MN
Biology Department
2014

Human Physiology (BIOL 2520)

  •  Developed and taught two lectures on skeletal muscle
  • Developed and taught one lecture on cardiac muscle physiology; taught corresponding laboratory component
  • Utilized active learning strategies to engage students during lectures

 

Co-Facilitator (Deborah Wingert, PhD)
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN 
Preparing Future Faculty & Early Career Faculty Teaching Program
2013

Effective Teaching: Workshop Series

  • Co-developed and Co-facilitated a session on Course Design
  • Developed course content and active learning activities
  • Lectured and facilitated learning for graduate students and early career faculty
  • Assisted students and faculty in development of a “mock” course
  • Demonstrated the importance of inclusion of active learning in the classroom
  • Incorporated multiple forms of learning assessment

 

Program Design Assistant (Matt Vollum, MEd)
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
College of Education and Human Development
2010-2011

  • Co-developed new program in health teacher licensure
  • Developed course content to meet standards and learning objectives
  • Designed courses to be taught in a hybrid online/in-person fashion
  • Obtained program approval from state and national education boards

 

Instructor-GRE Preparation (Njia Lawrence-Porter)
University of Wisconsin- River Falls, WI
McNair Scholars Program
2008

  • Developed course content for GRE preparation
  • Taught weekly course work
  • Tutored students individually

 

Laboratory Teaching Assistant (Magdalena Pala, PhD)
University of Wisconsin- River Falls, WI
Chemistry Department
2004-2005

  • Aided students in performing laboratory procedures
  • Instructed on lab safety and proper laboratory techniques
  • Assisted instructor with daily laboratory set-up