Classroom & Beyond

Teaching

I served as an Instructor/Mentor for the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) high school program for the 2022-23 academic year at Stony Brook University. As part of this position, I am teaching a curricula I designed about biological and physical oceanography to high school girls and will be mentoring them through an independent research project. Over the past several years, I have also led informal workshops in data analysis using R and I recently became a Carpentries Instructor to continue teaching R skills.

I have also taken courses on teaching, including Scientists Teaching Science in the summer of 2022. Here is an example syllabus I designed as part of the course.

Mentoring

Current Research Mentees:

• Katherine Walton, IACS Data+Computing=Discovery REU student (Summer 2023 - present)

Previous Research Mentees:

• Beatrice Wicker, Stony Brook University undergraduate (Fall 2022)
• Bodin Kim-Dailey, Stony Brook University undergraduate (Spring 2023 - Fall 2023)
• Tej Parekh, high school student (2022 - 2023)

Other Mentees

• 2 undergraduates through Stony Brook University Society for Women in Marine Sciences (SWMS) mentoring program (Spring 2023)
• 2 first year graduate student mentees in University of Delaware EmPOWER (Empathic Peers Offering Wisdom, Encouragement, and Resources) program (2020 - 2021 academic year)

Outreach

In my opinion, outreach is a critical (and the funnest!) part of being a scientist! I love outreach and am constantly looking out for more outreach activities to engage all groups in my science. I am always happy to come speak to classrooms, clubs, etc. Please reach out if you are interested in having me speak to your group!

Outreach activities I have participated in include:

• Skype a Scientist (2023 - present)
• Letters to A Pre-Scientist (2022-present)
• Public Tours of University of Delaware Hugh R Sharp Campus, Lewes, DE (2018 - 2022)
  • I gave 50+ tours of lab spaces to public interest groups, school groups, summer camps, Boy and Girl Scout troups of various ages, interests, and sizes during my tenure at UD
• University of Delaware Coast Day, Lewes, DE (2017 - 2019)
• DigiGirlz Day 2019, Delaware Tehcnical Community College, Georgetown, DE (2019)
• Delaware SeaGrant Climate Change Teacher Workshops (2018-2019)
• National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Volunteer (2014, 2016-2018)
  • Blue Lobster Bowl, Boston, MA (2014, 2016-2017)
  • Chesapeake Bay Bowl, Lewes, DE (2018)