Teaching
At UC Berkeley, I have been the Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) for three courses:
Health and Environmental Economic Policy (EEP 145): This course introduces undergraduates to key issues and findings in the valuation and production of health. It combines theoretical and empirical techniques from health economics and environmental economics. As GSI, I developed the content for weekly sections and taught two sections each week. I also designed homework problems and exam questions, held office hours, and graded.
2020 Teaching Excellence Award
Introduction to Econometrics (EEP 118): This course is often the most quantitative economics course that the undergraduates have taken, and their first exposure to applied economics. It’s a great opportunity to energize students about further study. As GSI, I led 2-4 sections per week, designed homework problems and exam questions, held office hours, and graded.
2019 Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award
Data Science for the 21st Century Team Project (IAS 250): This course is the capstone of a two-year interdisciplinary National Science Foundation program that unites graduate students to study climate change. I mentored a team of three trainees from the Departments of Statistics, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, and the Energy and Resources Group to design and deliver a project to the The Nature Conservancy - Nevada. The team developed a model that uses publicly available data from eBird to help TNC-Nevada map changing range shifts for birds in their conservation region. This information will inform their conservation strategies as climate change pushes bird populations into new regions.
I also have five years’ experience as a writing tutor, helping with everything from creative writing to undergraduate term papers to dissertation chapters.