Experience

• United States Naval Academy

  Adjunct Assistant Professor

  Taught 3 lab and lecture sections (60 students) of General Chemistry (SC111 & SC112); lecture supported by daily handouts, weekly quizzes, weekly demonstrations, and student-performed "Chemistry Minute" presentations. Held weekly office hours, offered extra instruction to students (~7 hrs/wk); volunteered weekly in the Chemistry Resource Room, and substituted/proctored for faculty on leave; prepared new class demonstrations for my class and other general chemistry instructors; mentored a Midshipman Group Study Program (MGSP) leader for my classes; assisted with the scantron grading and evaluation of common and final exams; served on the SC111 final exam committee, SC112 second common exam committee, and textbook search committee; contributed to departmental and academy events (Chemistry Department Combined Federal Campaign Key Person, Summer Seminar Program for high school students, summer school, Thanksgiving food drive).

• Old Dominion University

  Lecturer

  Hired as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, and promoted after 1 year to a full-time Lecturer. I originally taught laboratory and recitation sections for Chemistry 121N (Fall 2012). Since Spring 2013, I have lectured for sections of Chemistry 121N (Foundations of Chemistry I) and Chemistry 123N (Foundations of Chemistry II) that have ~300 students in each class. I continue to mentor and guide several graduate student teaching assistants that help me with recitation sections and grading, and an undergraduate student who runs student-led supplemental instruction sessions. Daily responsibilities include: holding office hours, writing recitation activities/quizzes/exams/powerpoint lectures/partially-filled-in lecture notes, grading, maintaining a course blackboard site, and organizing problems on Mastering Chemistry online homework (pre-lecture reading & weekly problem solving activities). For the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I contribute to the Undergraduate and the Introductory Chemistry Committees.

• United States Coast Guard Academy

  Chemistry Lecturer

  • Taught three laboratory sections and one lecture section (84 students) of Chemistry I (5102 Fall–10): lecture was supported by partially filled-in notes, practice problems, test-prep materials, and weekly demonstrations.
  • Held weekly office hours; offered extra instruction (~11 hours/week); and conducted lengthy review sessions.
  • Student independent reviews appreciated my “enthusiasm in the classroom”, “organized notes”, “cheerful attitude when helping students learn a hard subject”, and also commented: “[she] was helpful and made herself available frequently”, and “[she] was a great lab teacher and made the class interesting”.
  • Attended and contributed to weekly faculty meetings; proctored at all exams; graded portions of exams; authored, edited, printed and lead proctoring of Exam 4; substituted for faculty on leave.
  • Assisted with the recruitment of a presenter for the USCGA Science Lecture Series.
  • Served on the Textbook/Electronic Homework Search Committee; supported and edited a proposal for a Chemistry Honors Course (commencing 2012); recruited Marine and Environmental Science (MES) majors.
  • Attended bi-weekly luncheon workshops at the USCGA Center for Teaching; toured the USCGC Eagle and Grand Isle; participated in USCGA-sponsored events (Stonington Observatory field trip with physics cadets).