Teaching and Outreach
Teaching
Earth Sciences education is fundamental to addressing key issues that we face today, including climate change, sustainable resources, and mobilization of contaminants in the environment.
I believe in using experiential learning and a positive and inclusive teaching environment to help students build skills and become successful Earth Science professionals.
Student supervision
2020–2021
Zach Adam, Undergraduate thesis project. Co-supervised with Chris Yakymchuk
Courses and teaching experience
2023
EPSC 445 Metamorphic Petrology, McGill University. Guest lecturer
EARTH 232 Introductory Petrography, University of Waterloo. Teaching assistant - explaining concepts to students in lab and one-on-one, grading, developing rubrics
2022
EARTH 332 Metamorphic Petrology, University of Waterloo. Teaching assistant - explaining concepts to students in lab and one-on-one, grading, developing new experiential learning module, guest lecturing
2019–2021
EARTH 390 Methods in Geological Mapping, University of Waterloo. Teaching Assistant - supervising and teaching students in the field, grading, guest lecturing
2018
EASC 3055 Thermodynamics and Metamorphic Petrology, Memorial University. Teaching assistant - explaining concepts to students in lab, guest lecturing
2016–2017
EASC 2030 Mineralogy, Memorial University. Teaching assistant - explaining concepts to students in lab, grading
2015–2016
ERTH 1080 Geology I (Section 2), Dalhousie University. Teaching assistant - explaining concepts to students in lab, grading
2015
Undergraduate field school, University of Waterloo (photo: Shoufa Lin)
Explaining Rb–Sr geochronology to Metamorphic Petrology students, McGill University
Collecting samples and field data for an experiential learning module based on the Grenville Province
Outreach
I have worked to introduce Earth Sciences to students at several outreach events by demonstrating and assisting them with hands-on activities such as using a petrographic microscope.
2022
Earth and Planetary Sciences Open House, McGill University
2019
March Break Open House, University of Waterloo
2016–2017
Junior High Enrichment Mini-Course, Memorial University
2015
Discovery Days Earth Science session, Dalhousie University
Petrographic microscope presentation for visiting junior high students, Memorial University