Teaching

Awards:

Recent invited talks and conference presentations:

Students Learn More from Interactive, Intentional, Inclusive Teachers, (colloquium), University of Wisconsin Madison Astronomy Department, Mar 2023
Students Learn More from Inclusive, Intentional Teachers, (colloquium), Penn State University Astronomy & Astrophysics Department, Jan 2023
Students Learn More from Inclusive, Intentional Teachers, (colloquium), University of California Berkeley Astronomy Department, Oct 2022
Kindness: It’s Not Just for Pushovers Anymore (Inclusive Kindness part 1), Penn State Center for Excellence in Science Education, April 8, 2022
Inclusivity for Dummies: Our Students are Not Us (Inclusive Kindness part 2), Penn State Center for Excellence in Science Education, April 22, 2022
Connecting with your Students: Meet them Where They Are, (colloquium), Vanderbilt University Astronomy Department, Sep 2021
Motivation Beyond Grades, Penn State TLT Symposium, May 2021
Motivation and Interaction, NEROC Education Panel, Nov 2020
Teaching is a Two Way Street, Astronomy Teaching Summit, Baltimore, July 2019
Connecting with your Students: Meet them Where They Are, (keynote) Astronomy Teaching Summit, Hilo, July 2018

Press:

Guest Editor, Eberly College of Science Journal, Summer 2021 edition. Theme “Remote”. Read my introduction to the issue
“Answering ‘Why Are We Doing This?’“, Chronicle of Higher Education Teaching Newsletter, Feb 28, 2019
“You’ve Gotta Love Your Students“, Chronicle of Higher Education Teaching Newsletter, Jan 10, 2019
“Career Profile: Associate Teaching Professor” on the blog Women in Astronomy, Aug 21, 2018
“Making Choices and Explaining Them To Our Students” on TeachBetter, by Dr. Doug McKee, Economics Professor at Cornell University, and leader of Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative, June 2015
“Multitasking“, on Reflections on the Teaching of Science in Our World, by PSU Prof. Andrew Read, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology, Sept 2015
“Reinventing & Revitalizing Office Hours: What Would Socrates Do?“, Spark: The AAS Education Newsletter, 2011 October, Issue 12, pg 8-9
“Washington Needs Astrophysicists“, AAS (American Astronomical Society) Newsletter, Issue #139, March/April 2008, pg 11

Educational writing: solstice, explained

Penn State classes taught, Penn State Eberly College of Science

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