My Teaching History

Taught at CMU:

    MET 330 (Dynamic Meteorology I)

    Fall 2018; MWF 9:00-9:50 AM.

    MET 335 (Dynamic Meteorology II)

    Spring 2019; MWF 10:00-10:50 AM.

    MET 320 (Physical Meteorology)

    Spring 2019; MWF 9:00-9:50 AM.

    Curriculum Development Training:

    STRIPE-EBIT (Summer Teaching-as-Research Institute for Postdocs in Engineering - Evidence-Based Introduction to Teaching), July 24-28, 2017.
      STRIPE-EBIT is a student-centered workshop where postdocs and new faculty develop curricula using evidence-based teaching methods. It includes educational research techniques, CIRTL* topics and seminal disciplinary education research findings.

    Invited Lectures:

    Topic: Dynamics of Cloud-top Convection in Winter Cyclones
    Course: Mesoscale Dynamics (graduate student course), Fall 2014.


    Topic: Interactions Between Sea-Breezes and Urban Heat Islands
    Course: Mesoscale Dynamics (undergradate student course for majors), Spring 2009.


    Topic: Lake-Effect Storms: Forecasting and Impacts
    Course: Severe and Hazardous Weather (undergraduate survey course), Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.

    Teaching Assistant for:

    Severe and Hazardous Weather (undergraduate)

    Fall 2007; managed 150 students; Instructor: Mr. Eric Snodgrass.


    Introduction to Meteorology (undergraduate)

    Spring 2008; managed 90 students; Professor: Dr. Donna Charlevoix.
    • Selected for Atmospheric Sciences departmental teaching award for this course.
    • Developed lab on lake-effect storm forecasting and corresponding exam questions.
    Fall 2011; managed 105 students; Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Frame.
    • Designated by University of Illinois as a "Teacher Rated as Excellent" based on student reviews of my lab sections.

    Radar Remote Sensing (graduate/undergraduate)

    Fall 2010; managed 48 students; Professor: Dr. Robert Rauber.
    • Co-developed DOW radar project featured in University of Illinois alumni magazine.
    • Developed assignments introducing students to GR2Analyst and Solo II radar software.
    • Developed and gave lectures on radial velocity signatures of convective and stratiform cloud systems.

    Synoptic Weather Forecasting (upper-class undergraduate)

    Spring 2012; managed 25 students; Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Frame.


    Mesoscale Dynamics (upper-class undergraduate)

    Spring 2012; managed 15 students; Instructor: Dr. Jeffrey Frame.
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