Teaching & Mentorship

As Earth scientists, we ask and answer important questions about the Earth system, advocate for policy interventions, and do our work across the Earth. Thoughtful and effective teaching and mentoring prepares students from a range of backgrounds to engage with the world quantitatively and develops the next generation of Earth scientists.

UW

I teach Geobiology and Stratigraphy in alternating years, as well as classes on carbonates, isotope geochemistry, and regional geology.

Freedom Summer Collegiate

For four summers, I was a teacher with Freedom Summer Collegiate, a program that organizes advanced summer classes for college credit to high school students in Mississippi who face significant obstacles on the path to college. The experience was formative and I recommend it!

Mentoring

I’ve been lucky to work with some amazing students who are now off in the wider world doing great things:

  • Chiza Mwinde (Smith College, now at UChicago)

  • Jocelyn Reahl (Wellesley College, now at UC Boulder)

  • Andrew Cummings (MIT, now at MIT for PhD)

  • Iona Baillie (masters student at St Andrews, co-advised with Dr. Catherine Rose, now at Johns Hopkins for a PhD)

At UW, I have the ongoing good fortune of working with my PhD students: