Teaching Experience and Resources
Undergraduate and High School Level Teaching Experience
As a graduate student at the University of Washington, I was a teaching assistant for basic astronomy courses -- Astronomy 101, 150 (the planets), and 115 (Astrobiology). By the time I left UW, I had taught over 600 students as a TA and worked with five different lecturers.
I've also given stand-alone lectures for a 101-level undergraduate course and a summer research program for high school students, both at Yale.
At University College Cork I teach first year physics for physicists and engineers (PY1006/PY1012/PY1052/PY1053) and Galactic and Extragalactic Astrophysics for fourth year physics and astrophysics majors (PY4111).
Graduate level Teaching Experience
I've given lectures for two different graduate level courses (Cosmology and Physics of Astrophysics).
The Pre-Major in Astronomy Program (Pre-MAP)
Pre-MAP at the University of Washington (Seattle) provides an introduction to research methods (coding, reading papers, presenting results) for beginning undergraduates with a focus on students traditionally underrepresented in STEM. I was involved with the program for all 6 years I was at UW. I acted as an instructor, academic mentor, and research mentor for the program. As an instructor, I developed a curriculum for the program, complete with coding assignments, which you can find here . This curricumum, as well as the ones you can get from the Pre-MAP webpage , is based on the work done by a long line of Pre-MAP instructors dating back over 10 years, but includes much of my own additions. For more information on Pre-MAP, how to apply if you are a student, or for the most current curriculum materials, see the Pre-MAP webpage .
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