Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University                                 Fall 2022-Current 

Introductory Biology Series
BI206 (eCampus) - TA Mentor                                                                                                Spring 2025
BI205 (eCampus) - TA Mentor                                                                                     Winter 2024, Winter 2025
BI204 (eCampus) - TA Mentor                                                                                        Fall 2023, Fall 2024 

Fundamental core series ranging in topics from genetics, evolution, ecology, molecular biology, and plant and animal physiology from an evolutionary perspective and cultivates skills in critical thinking, scientific writing and experimental design. I graded all laboratory assignments including laboratory reports and results, weekly discussion boards and exam short answer questions. Maintained Canvas page and adjusted necessary settings when problems arrived. Communicated with students daily and facilitated discussion Q&A boards to address reoccurring problems in take-home lab work. TA Mentor: coordinated announcements, scheduling and grade releases across all sections to maintain equal experiences for all students. Coordinated study guides before each exam and led trainings related to grading software including Canvas, Peerceptiv, and Gradescope. 

Curriculum Development of Difference, Power and Oppression Ocean Justice                       Summer 2024 

Course development for a new core course titled “Ocean Justice” intended to be a 300-level required course for all marine biology/zoology majors. I was tasked with building a syllabus, ten major topics to fill the 10-week quarter term structure and find as many resources as possible for each topic. Sourced as many diverse authors of literature and media to include in the new inclusive curriculum. 

Marine Biology and Ecology BI450                                                                              Spring 2023, Spring 2024 

This is a 10-week 15-unit course that fully immerses the marine biology undergraduates in the course. The students live at Hatfield Marine Science Center for the entire term and only take this one course. I taught 4 of the 10 weeks that include Phycology, Fishes, and Community Ecology. I taught with Sarah Henkel, Su Sponaugle, and Bruce Menge respective to each section. I gave two main lectures on Algal Ecology and Data Visualization and led two large discussions before research field trips. I lead field trips in the intertidal and on the R/V Elakha and lead lab experiments in Phycology and Fishes. I designed new curriculum for the lab on brown algae and created a modified game of Guess Who to help the students learn the scientific names and their identifying morphology. I lead at least one group through their final term projects and help all groups with experimental design and statistical analysis. 

Principles of Biology: Organisms BI222                                                                                  Winter 2023 

Taught two lab sections: one section as a lead and one section as an assist. Main tasks include      preparing lectures, lab set up, and grading assignments and long-term projects. The long-term CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience) for this course involved exposing Aiptasia (weedy anemones) to varying environmental conditions and tracking its physiology throughout the course. I assisted the students with experimental design and led them through data analysis at the end of the term. The final projects for this term required each team of   students to present a final poster to their peers across multiple sections. 

Principles of Biology: Cells BI221                                                                                            Fall 2022 

Taught two lab sections: one section as a lead and one section as an assist. Main tasks include preparing lectures, lab set up, and grading assignments and long-term projects. The long-term CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience) for this course involved tracking local nematode populations and exposing them to varying environmental conditions while also examining their genetics. I assisted the students with experimental design and led them through data analysis at the end of the term. The final projects for this term required each of students to present a final 15-minute oral presentation to their peers. 

Graduate Teaching Associate, CSU Fullerton                                                 

Introductory Biology Laboratory                                                                                 Fall 2018-Spring 2020

Taught two lab sections a semester. Main tasks included preparing lectures, lab set up, grading assignments and long-term projects, and assisted students with hands on labs that include working with live invertebrates and bacteria. Conducted office hours virtually via ZOOM and in person.

Introductory Biology Laboratory Hybrid/Fully Online                                                Spring 2020-Spring 2021

Lab hybrid involved less time physically in the lab and more time online. Fully online instruction began during COVID-19 pandemic and involved full transition of lab course to a virtual setting. Main tasks included creating and adjusting online access to biology topics and adapting assignments for online completion.