University of Alaska Southeast
Invertebrate Zoology - Instructor of record
Lecture & laboratory course: lecture meet for 1 hr 3 times a week, laboratory met for 3 hrs once per week
Lecture & laboratory course: lecture meet for 1 hr 3 times a week, laboratory met for 3 hrs once per week
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Animal Physiology - Instructor of record
Lecture & laboratory course: lecture meet for 1 hr 3 times a week, laboratory met for 3 hrs once per week
Lecture & laboratory course: lecture meet for 1 hr 3 times a week, laboratory met for 3 hrs once per week
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Physiology of Marine Animals - Instructor of record
Lecture course, meet for 1 hr 3 times a week
Lecture course, meet for 1 hr 3 times a week
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University of Oregon: Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Ocean Acidification - Instructor of record
Lecture & laboratory course, meet for 8 hrs for four days (2 weekends)
Lecture & laboratory course, meet for 8 hrs for four days (2 weekends)
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Advanced Invertebrate Zoology - Instructor of record
Lecture course, meet for 1 hr 3 times a week
Lecture course, meet for 1 hr 3 times a week
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To see an example of the syllabus and course materials I developed for this class, please check out linked files below. You can also see student evaluations of this course and my teaching int the Teaching Evaluation section.
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Invertebrate Zoology - Laboratory Instructor
Laboratory sections meet 2 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
Laboratory sections meet 2 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
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To see an example of the lab polices and syllabus for this class, please check out linked file here. You can also see student evaluations of this course and my teaching int the Teaching Evaluation section.

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Biology of Microorganisms - Laboratory Instructor
Laboratory sections meet 4 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
Laboratory sections meet 4 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
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Introductory Biology II- Laboratory Instructor
Lab sections meet 3 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
Lab sections meet 3 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
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To see an example of the lab polices and syllabus for this class, please check out linked file here.

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Microbiology - Laboratory Instructor
Lab sections meet 3 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
Lab sections meet 3 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
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Human Physiology - Laboratory Instructor
Lab sections meet 2 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
Lab sections meet 2 hrs. per week for 15 weeks
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To see an example of the lab polices and syllabus for this class, please check out linked file here. You can also see student evaluations of this course and my teaching int the Teaching Evaluation section.

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Invited Seminars
- Ocean Science Centre, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (28 Jan 2021) Winter Seminar Series – Quantifying Antarctic climate change influences on food web dynamics
- Walla Walla University, Walla Walla, WA (8 Oct 2019) Biology Colloquium seminar – "Antarctic Organismal responses to climate change"
- Southwestern Community College, Coos Bay, OR, USA (27 Oct 2018) Oregon State of the Coast Symposium, invited discussion leader - Juvenile Dungeness crab responses to ocean acidification
- Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, MO, USA (5 Sept 2018) Invited seminar speaker - Organismal responses to Antarctic ocean warming and acidification
- Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, USA (27 June 2018) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH), Invited presenter - Juvenile Dungeness crab responses to ocean acidification
- Regional 2017 Meeting of IMSLIC, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, OR, USA (31 March 2017) – You are what you eat: Feeding assays provide insights into benthic trophic ecology dynamics
- Charleston Marine Life Center, Charleston, OR, USA (28 January 2017) Public lecture– Ocean Acidification: What is it and what does it mean for marine life?
- Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, OR (25 April 2016) Department seminar - Testing Antarctic tolerance: Invertebrate responses to seawater warming and acidification
- Wasser Cluster, Lunz am See, Austria (20 April 2016) Invited seminar speaker – Testing Antarctic tolerance: Invertebrate responses to seawater warming and acidification
Guest Lectures - University of Alaska Southeast
Biological Oceanography
- Fall 2021; Student Demographics: 20 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology, biology, and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: "Ocean acidification: What is it, and what does it mean for marine life?"
Ecology of SE Alaska: Experiential Learning
- Fall 2021: Student Demographics: 20 freshman/newly enrolled undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology, biology, and environmental science majors; Lecture/Discussion Topic: Intertidal ecology and snail behavioral assessment
Guest Lectures - University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
- Fall 2018; Student Demographics: 12 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Organismal responses to Antarctic ocean warming and acidification"
- Spring 2018; Student Demographics: 16 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Climate change & conservation concerns in Antarctica"
- Spring 2016; Student Demographics: 10 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Climate change and conservation concerns in Antarctica”
Marine Ecology
- Spring 2018; Student Demographics: 13 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topics: 1) “Climate change: What does it mean for marine ecology?"and 2) “Purple urchin compensatory consumption of sympatric macroalgae maintains growth and influences nutritional subsidies"
- Spring 2017; Student Demographics: 15 undergraduate students, predominantly marine biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Is it hot out here? Biomimetic temperature monitoring” and "Climate change: What does it mean for marine ecology?"
Marine Habitats of the Oregon Coast
- Spring 2017; Student Demographics: 15-20 freshman and sophomore marine biology, biology, and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Introduction to Coastal Habitats and the Intertidal Zone”
Guest Lectures - University of Alabama at Birmingham
General Biology
- Fall 2015; Student Demographics: 50 undergraduate students, predominantly biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Introduction to Ecology”

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Ecology
- Fall 2015; Student Demographics: 30 undergraduate and 8 graduate students, predominantly biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Community dynamics and succession”

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Advanced Invertebrate Zoology
- Spring 2013; Student Demographics: 6 undergraduate and graduate students, predominantly biology and environmental science majors; Lecture Topic: “Sea star regeneration – Advantages to Regeneration”

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Chemical Ecology
- Spring 2009; Student Demographics: 39 undergraduate and graduate students, predominantly biology majors; Lecture Topic: “Applied Antifouling: Antifouling products are big business, but why?”