Teaching & Outreach

Courses taught:
​Ecology of infectious marine diseases (Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington), 2019 and 2022

Senior undergraduate theses: 
Allegra Cohen (Stanford University): Use of agent-based modeling to explore lumpfish stocking densities in sea louse infested salmon farms

Teaching Assistantships: 
Vertebrate morphology (University of Pittsburgh)
Ecology lab (University of Pittsburgh)
Ornithology (University of Pittsburgh) 
Genetics (University of PIttsburgh)*
History of Life on Earth (Wesleyan University) 
Our Dynamic Earth (Wesleyan University)
*Nominated for a teaching award

Guest lectures:  
Fisheries Ecology (Alaska Pacific University)
Aquatic Animal Health Veterinary Student Rotation (Atlantic Veterinary College) 
Ecology of Infectious Marine Diseases (University of Washington)
Conservation Genetics (University of Prince Edward Island)
Coastal Field Ecology (University of Prince Edward Island)
AP Biology (Greenville High School, Butler High School) 
High school biology (Butler High School)
Ecology (Clarion College)
Population Biology (Clarion College)

Grade School Outreach:
1) Experimental evolution course for high school teachers: Assisted with a course for high school biology teachers on teaching evolution through the use of experiments
​2) Experimental evolution lecturer: Guided high school students conducting experiments on adaptation to predator cues and competition  in Daphnia magna
3) Environmental educator: For grade school students and adults at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
4) Action Science Kids: Former leader of grade school outreach program, focusing on engaging girls in STEM programs