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Teaching and Mentoring Experience

As Instructor

Water Resource Economics                                                                                                         University of Rhode Island, Fall 2018

Selected to lead instruct upper-level course focused on valuation, management, and distribution of water resources using economic theory and case studies to evaluate water policies and their effect on society. Students: 31

 

Economics of Natural Resource Management and Policy                                                           University of Rhode Island, Fall 2016

Selected to lead instruct upper-level applied microeconomics course that introduced economic perspectives of managing common property natural resources such as, fisheries, forests, water resources, and minerals. Students: 42

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As Teaching Assistant

Wildlife Biometrics                                                                                                                 University of Rhode Island, Spring 2018 

Recruited by faculty in Department of Natural Resources Science to provide lab assistance for upper-level empirical course in wildlife biostatistics with focus on experimental design, development of probabilistic models, data interpretation, and communication of evidence and measures using statistical programming language R. Students: 14

 

Introductory Statistics                                                                                                                 University of Rhode Island, Fall 2015

Recommended by dissertation advisor to assist in Department of Computer Science and Statistics. Held recitation and office hours for introductory course in statistics, which surveyed topics such as data presentation, elementary probability, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference. Students: 60

 

Other Mentoring Roles

Co-advisor, Summer Student Fellow program                                                                  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2021

 

Graduate Student Representative                                                                                               University of Rhode Island, 2015-2019

Elected by peers to serve as liaison between faculty and graduate students. Dedicate time to ensure incoming and current graduate students work and live in a positive academic environment and have access to resources that promote success

 

Advisor, Environmental and Resource Economics Policy                                                      University of Rhode Island, Spring 2015

Asked by faculty to provide guidance in a capstone course to students completing a semester-long project on the topic of seafood marketing. Students: 4

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