Teaching
Teaching science is something which is very important to me and
something I take great satisfaction in trying to do well.
I was a teaching assistant for the following courses at Berkeley:
- Astro 122
The Undergrad Infrared
Laboratory, with James Graham
in Fall 2004.
- Astro 7a
Fall 2001, with Hy Spinrad. I was head TA for
this higher-level undergraduate course. See my Astro 7 page here.
- Astro 10
Gibor Basri's Spring 2001 Astronomy
10 class. See my Astro 10 page here.
- Astro 10
Don Goldsmith's fall 2001 Astro 10 class.
I've twice attended the CFAO's Professional Development
Workshop on Inquiry-based teaching techniques. Highly recommended!
I wrote a statement of my teaching
philosophy during the Teaching Astronomy seminar I took with Bryan
Mendez during fall 2000. There are a few things I'd say differently
now, but by and large I stand by this.