Teaching and Mentoring Experiences:

  • Spring 2024: Teaching graduate seminar BIOE 215, Advanced Applied Statistics - Analysis of Distribution and Abundance, UC Santa Cruz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • 2023-Present: CAMINO undergraduate mentor: 3 undergraduate students, Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-Based Opportunities (CAMINO) to advance their GIS and statistical analysis skills.
  • 2023-Present: Mentoring graduate students at the conservation Science and Solution lab, University of California Santa Cruz in learning and performing advanced statistical modeling techniques.
  • 2021-2023: Mentoring graduate students: designing research projects, learning and performing statistical analysis, Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, SD
  • 2018 Guest Speaker: Introduction to models (landscape ecology course). Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, SD
  • 2017 Teaching Assistant: Principles of Fish and Wildlife Management (FWCE 255), Department of Fish, Wildlife, Conservation and Ecology, New Mexico State University, NM
  • 2016 Teaching Assistant: Individuals, Populations & Communities (Biology 111), Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, NM
  • 2015 Graduate Mentor: mentoring an undergraduate student in GIS and statistical analysis to build a habitat suitability model for dusky grouse in New Mexico, Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Ecology, New Mexico State University, NM