Teaching
Teaching
Courses designed and instructed:
General biology 1 Spring 2020
Department of Natural Sciences
Metropolitan State University
The first course in the undergraduate biology major. This course was redesigned to use lower cost materials and more clearly defined objectives.
Human Biology Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Department of Natural Sciences
Metropolitan State University
A human physiology course for undergraduate non-science majors
Introduction to Neurophysiology Spring 2017 to present
Department of Natural Sciences
Metropolitan State University
An undergraduate capstone course that teaches neuroscience from cells to complex behaviors
Comparative Physiology Spring 2016 to present
Department of Natural Sciences
Metropolitan State University
An undergraduate upper division course with lab which examines common ground plans of physiological systems and how they become adapted over evolutionary time to different conditions.
Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II Spring 2016 to present
Metropolitan State University
A two semester anatomy and physiology course (including lab) which serves to teach students desiring health related careers about the anatomy (form) and physiology (function) of the human body.
Sensory Neuroethology Fall 2015
Metropolitan State University
An undergraduate capstone course teaching neuroethology focusing on sensory systems and experimental methodologies.
Scientific Communication and Ethics Fall 2014
Department of Entomology
University of Minnesota
A graduate-level course about ethics and how to effectively present data in a variety of formats.
The Sensory Neuroethology of Courtship Spring 2012
Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology
A primary literature course focusing on how sensory systems are adapted for animal communication and exploited for predatory gains.
Courses instructed:
General Biology 2 Fall 2015
Department of Natural Sciences
Metropolitan State University
Biorobotics Spring 2008, Spring 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Case Western Reserve University
Mentored and assisted students working within interdisciplinary groups of biologists and engineers on a semester long research project for this project-based biologically inspired robotics course
Organisms and Ecosystems (Physiology) Spring 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Case Western Reserve University
Lectured, monitored, and graded for the undergraduate physiology lab
Neurobiology of Behavior Fall 2004
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Case Western Reserve University
Led discussions about impactful literature within the field of neuroethology and graded for the upper level course ‘neurobiology of behavior’
Invited lectures in other courses:
Insect Structure and Function December 2, 2013
Guest Lecture: “Insect locomotion”
Department of Entomology
University of Minnesota
Microbiology April 28, 2008 and April 27, 2009
Guest Lecture: “Beer: An Introduction”
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University