Previous Courses
Columbia University
In the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010, I taught the lecture portion of the
calculus-based laboratory course for engineering majors. This course is not
taken concurrently with the calculus-based physics lecture course. Therefore,
the lecture reminded the students of the theory and concepts relevant to the
laboratory they would perform. I oversaw 9 graduate student TAs that C
administered the laboratories for the approximately 150 students.
Des Monies Area Community College
I was on the adjunct faculty of
Des Moines Area Community College from January through August of
2005. I worked full time on my thesis during the fall of 2005. I taught
both semesters of a two-semester introduction to general physics for
non-major scientists. I was given the
Physics 2nd Edition by James S. Walker
as a text to use and I
supplemented it with the University of Washington's
Tutorials in Introductory Physics. You can see the websites
that I maintained for the summer semester
which contain samples of my tests and quizzes.
Other Experience
As an undergraduate and graduate student, I participated as a teaching
assistant for a variety of courses and laboratories.
Recitation Instruction
As a graduate student I was a recitation instructor for the following courses
- Calculus-based physics (1 semester)
- Algebra-based physics (1 semester)
- Introductory Astronomy (2 semesters)
The websites that I maintained can be found for
Introductory Astronomy
and for Calculus-based Physics.
Laboratory and Teaching Assistant
As both a graduate and undergraduate student, I have taught or aided in the
instruction of the following laboratories
- "Physics of Music" at Iowa State University (1 semester)
- Calculus- and algebra-based physics laboratory at Millikin University (4 semesters)
- Introductory astronomy laboratory at Millikin University (4 semesters)
I maintained a website for the
"Physics of Music" laboratory. I also had the opportunity to
devise and administer astronomy laboratories on the H-R diagram, both a
simulation and an observation of the Pleiades, and on binary star systems.
