My teaching thus far falls mainly in two categories: undergraduate coursework in sustainability and science and engineering education outreach, mostly at urban high schools. I also give guest lectures in a range of courses in geography and related subjects.
The sustainability coursework is via Geography 30, a Penn State course I taught during summer 2009 and fall 2009. I am also helping develop an online version of the course.
My education outreach has involved several programs and schools in the Pittsburgh, Rochester, NY and Boston areas. This resulted in some educational activities available for free download:
* Nuclear Debates, for AP Physics B
* Physics Feud, for AP Physics B
* Physics Jeopardy, for AP Physics B
A brief overview of my education outreach experience:
I had three separate experiences in Boston Public Schools as a Fellow in the National Science Foundation/Northeastern University GK12 Program. For more info on the GK12 program, see the NU and NSF GK12 pages. See also my NU and NSF GK12 profiles.
* During the 2006-2007 school year, I worked with Stephen Fernandez's AP Physics class and Myriam Hibbard's 12th grade Marine Biology class at the John D. O'Bryant School of Math & Science.
* During the spring 2006 semester, I worked with Grady McClinton's freshman Active Physics class at Health Careers Academy.
* During the 2004-2005 school year, I worked with Paul Muller's physics and biology classes at English High School.
During summer 2005, I served as a Principal Investigator (Research Advisor) in Northeastern's Young Scholars Program, leading a pair of high school students in a computational electromagnetics project related to my Masters research.
During spring 2004, I worked as a substitute teacher in Boston Public Schools.
During the 2003-2004 school year and summer 2004, I worked as a teaching assistant at Northeastern. I ran labs in circuits and microwaves, designed and taught a "course within a course" on MatLab, and assisted a course in electromagnetics.
During summer 2002, I helped organize an engineering prep program with the University of Rochester School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Baden Street Settlement.
Created 15 Jun 2007 * Updated 8 Mar 2010