Philosophy

My teaching aims to engage students in critical thinking and discussion of material, using active learning to construct their own understanding of Earth Science. My courses are reading-, writing-, discussion-, and research-intensive at every educational level, and I aim to advance student learning through research participation. I have taught mostly upper division graduate/undergraduate courses in the Earth Sciences department and core education courses in the Clark Honors College.

Courses

GEOL 434/534, Vertebrate Paleontology

GEOL 436/536, Paleoecology and Functional Morphology

GEOL 410, Principles of Paleontology

GEOL 406/606, Field Geology

HC 101H, Intro to the Liberal Arts

• Evolution in Science and Society

HC 241H, Honors College Science

• The Age of Mammals
• Oregon Paleontology
• Evolution

HC 441H, Honors College Science Colloquium

• Scientific Revolutions
• Origins of Biodiversity
• Geology in the Field
• Geology and Biology of the Tibetan Plateau