ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY
Teaching Philosophy |
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Education should be about more than conveying knowledge to students; the classroom should also be a place for students to become passionate about learning throughout their life. As a professor, it is my job to help students find this passion. It is also my job to build my students up, instilling them with the self-confidence to continue the learning process and to communicate their passion with others. I seek to help students find this zest through hands-on, interactive projects that allow them to learn and apply new content while also making connections between the classroom and problems that scientists encounter every day. Additionally, these projects encourage group collaboration, which strengthens the students' confidence, and they allow a safe space where students can make mistakes and learn through investigation. Lastly, I aim to make a space where all students feel welcome. I acknowledge that my experiences may be vastly different than those of my students; however, our collective experiences and approaches can help all of us learn and synthesize new solutions to the engineering challenges our society faces. |
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Commitment to Inclusion and Equity |
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Current and Prior Teaching |
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ENGR 01.101 – First-Year Engineering Clinic I, Rowan University |
Fall 2021 |
Mentorship*Graduate student |
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Kiet Luan, The University of Texas at Austin. |
May 2020–August 2021 |
Training and Development |
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Inclusive Mentoring of Undergraduate Researchers in STEM Workshop. A workshop led by members of the NSF-sponsored Louis Stokes IM STEM Center of Excellence designed to help mentors of undergraduate researchers adopt more inclusive practices. Completed June 2022. |
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