Teaching
My teaching philosophy is that students should learn to approach the world with scientists' minds. The mind of the scientist critically evaluates observations and data, makes hypotheses, and tests ideas. To this end, I help students develop scientific literacy, avoid rote memorization in favor of developing more thorough understandings, communicate their interpretations of science, and learn to make connections about what they experience in my classroom with the larger world around them.
Recent Courses Taught
| GEOL 102 - Introduction to Geology |
| GEOL 111 - The Earth! |
| GEOL 113 - The Earth! Laboratory |
| GEOL 325 - Minerals and Rocks |
| GEOL 330 - Mineralogy |
| GEOL 430 - Optical Mineralogy |
| GEOL 432 - Crystallography |
| GEOL 475 - Advanced Analytical |
| GEOS 510 - The Rietveld Method |