Teaching
Awards
- (2017) UCLA. A. M. Schechtman Award for distinguished teaching.
Courses taught
LS 7B: Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology (UCLA)
- Role: Instructor (50%)
- Enrollment: ~300 in lecture
- Times taught: 1 (Winter 2018)
MCDB/IBP 495: Preparation for Teaching Biology in Higher Education (UCLA)
- Role: TA Consultant (100%)
- Enrollment: 20-30 graduate students
- Times taught: 3 (Fall 2016, Winter 2016, Winter 2017)
As teaching assistant
LS 7B: Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology (UCLA)
- Role: TA
- Enrollment: ~50 undergraduates in lab section, ~300 in lecture
- Times taught: 1 (Fall 2017)
LS 1: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity (UCLA)
- Role: TA/Head TA
- Enrollment: ~70 undergraduates in lab section, ~750 in lecture
- Times taught: 11 (Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Spring 2012, Summer A 2012, Summer C 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Summer C 2013, Summer C 2014, Fall 2014, Summer C 2015)
- Materials developed: Teaching module, Evolution of mammal skulls with respect to biomechanical efficiency and diet type
EEB C177/C234: Practical Computing for Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists (UCLA)
- Role: TA
- Enrollment: 14 undergraduates, 14 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (Winter 2015)
EEB 122: Ecology (UCLA)
- Role: TA
- Enrollment: 38 undergraduates
- Times taught: 1 (Fall 2013)
EEB C174/C230: Comparative Biology and Macroevolution (UCLA)
- Role: TA
- Enrollment: 25 undergraduates, 2 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (Winter 2013)
Workshops
Experienced STEM TAs (UCLA Office of Instructional Development)
- Role: Panelist
- Enrollment: ~20 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (2017-09-26)
Success in Science Bootcamp (UCLA Psychology and EEB)
- Role: Organizer
- Enrollment: ~15 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (2017-09-25)
Writing Successful Grant and Fellowship Applications (Science and Engineering Focus) (UCLA Graduate Writing Center)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: ~50 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (2017-09-15)
Academic Job Market Summer Intensive Workshop for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in STEM (UCLA Career Center)
- Role: Consultant
- Enrollment: ~30 graduates and postdocs
- Times taught: 1 (2017-08-29)
Teaching Scientific Writing (UCLA Office of Instructional Development)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: ~10 graduates, ~2 faculty
- Times taught: 2 (Fall 2016, Winter 2017)
Analysis of Diversification Rates from Phylogenies (Oregon State University)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: ~30 attendees
- Times taught: 1 (2017-06-22)
Time Management for TAs (UCLA Office of Instructional Development)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: ~5 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (Spring 2016)
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Workshop (UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: ~5 graduates
- Times taught: 1 (01-09-2016)
Workshop in Conservation Genomics (UCLA La Kretz Center)
- Role: Instructor
- Enrollment: 15-25 graduates
- Times taught: 3 (Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
Introduction to R for Ecologists and Evolutionary Biologists (UCLA)
- Role: Assistant
- Enrollment: 10-30 graduates
- Times taught: 8 (Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017)