Teaching Experience

I have been very fortunate to have had some amazing teaching experiences along the way.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Instructor, 2016, Introduction to Ecology, Spring and Summer Terms, University of Tennessee

Instructor, 2014, Ecophysiology, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia

Instructor, 2011-14, Introduction to Ecology, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia

Guest Lecturer:

2011-14, Plant Physiological Ecology, University of Western Australia

2013, Ecophysiology, University of Western Australia

2007-2010, Math Models in Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology

2008, Theoretical Ecology, Georgia Institute of Technology

2005-2006, Environmental Biology, University of Arizona

2005, Plant Form and Function, University of Arizona 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2001 – 2006, University of Arizona. Assisted in the instruction of the following courses: Ecology (4 times), Systematic Botany (2 times), Native Plant Taxonomy, Evolution, Animal Sexual Behavior, and Environmental Biology

Governors School for the Sciences, 2000-2001, University of Tennessee, Ecology Teaching Assistant. Taught high achieving high school students from across the state of Tennessee for two summers.

Tennessee School for the Deaf (K-12), 1999-2000, Bus aide and substitute teacher. While in school at UT I did occasional substitute teaching on my off days, and rode one of the schools buses daily to aid with some “difficult” kids (not that difficult).

Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA),1998-99, Montgomery County Public Schools, Montgomery County Maryland. Served as an informal crisis counselor for two years in a high school for at risk teens.