TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I have served as a teaching assistant for five semesters accross three different courses (Ecosystem Ecology, Environmental Geochemistry, Groundwater Hydrology). I developed the Ecosystem Ecology Lab course from scratch for the University of Pittsburgh Geology Department.
I choose to work with students because I learn from them every time I teach. They bring new perspectives and ideas to familiar material that allow me to develop a multi-faceted view of the subject. My teaching philosophy centers on three main themes:
|