I am the Associate Director of the Williams College Rice Center for Teaching.
I am a biologist with an interest in genetics, especially mitochondrial DNA and sex chromosomes.
I am an academic developer, learner, and teacher with interests in STEM identity, belonging, metacognition, and disability.
I promote inclusion in STEM and higher ed by facilitating belonging and creating accessible education resources.
EXPERTISE AND WORKSHOPS
Mentorship of undergraduates, graduate students, and in the workplace
Self-determination theory and mentorship
Using communication plans for clarity
Using structure to promote student engagement
Promoting belonging in your course
Centering student motivation
Designing your course with student stress and trauma in mind
Having departmental conversations about race and racism
Universal Design for Learning: principle and practice
Supporting disabled students in graduate school
Using the LMS to save you and your students time
Teaching as a triptych: planning for diversity
Considerations for working with neurodiverse teams
Interrupting implicit bias in the classroom
Training for TAs: from policies to practices
Building community: humanizing your students and yourself
Your teaching persona: who and how you are
Using metacognition to promote belonging and learner identity
UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Fall 2023 - University of Minnesota - Accessibility and Inclusivity in Graduate School
Fall 2023 - POD Network Annual Conference - “You’re not a good fit.” - Weaponizing the ‘ideal’ educational developer
Fall 2023 - POD Network Annual Conference - Accessibility and Disability SIG - "Centering accessibility and disability in your educational development work
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"The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy."
-bell hooks