Tom Esposito

Teaching


I really enjoy teaching and I hope that I can continue to teach beyond grad school. My style mixes inquiry-based and learner-centered methods from various sources like UC Santa Cruz's ISEE/PDP and the Center for Astronomy Education.

Fall 2013 Teaching

  • ASTR 3 Dis 1C: Nature of the Universe, Lab TA, UCLA
  • STAR Prep Academy, Guest Lecturer, Culver City, CA

Past Teaching


Spring/Summer 2012

  • Co-author of lab revisions for ASTR 3: Nature of the Universe, UCLA

Summer 2011

  • Adaptive Optics Summer School, Instructor, UC Center for Adaptive Optics at UCSC (August 2011)

Spring 2010

  • Lead TA for ASTR 3: Nature of the Universe, UCLA
  • ASTR 3: Nature of the Universe, Lab TA, UCLA

Winter 2010

  • ASTR 115: Statistical Mechanics & Its Applications to Astrophysics, TA, UCLA
  • ASTR 3: Nature of the Universe, Lab TA, UCLA

Fall 2009

  • ASTR 3: Nature of the Universe, Lab TA, UCLA

Spring 2008

  • PHYS 042: Principles of Physics 2, Lab TA, Georgetown University

Fall 2008

  • PHYS 041: Principles of Physics 1, Lab TA, Georgetown University

Summer 2007

  • PHYS 041: Principles of Physics 1, Lab TA, Georgetown University
  • PHYS 042: Principles of Physics 2, Lab TA, Georgetown University

Contact Me

430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547
(310) 794-5582
esposito [at] astro.ucla.edu