FORMAL INSTRUCTIONI have taught multiple undergraduate and graduate level courses. At UC Santa Barbara I was the lecturer on record for Vertebrate Ecology and Evolution, and at the University of Illinois I served as the instructor for Ornithology. I have co-taught a graduate seminar, "Readings in Avian Biology", for two semesters with Jeff Brawn at the University of Illinois. I am also currently serving on the committees of two Master's students, Emilie Ospina and Kaity Ripple.
CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY INTERNSHIPIn summer 2015 I developed and was the instructor for a summer internship in avian conservation physiology for UIUC Veterinary Medicine students. This course gave veterinary students hands-on field experience and provided them with an ecological context for their work on wildlife populations. Students were trained in nest-searching, banding and bleeding birds, as well as performing physiology work like running bactericidal capacity assays, measuring hematocrit and white blood cell counts, and using fecal flotation to detect helminth and coccidian infections.
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MENTORSHIP
SCHOOL FOR SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT
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Alexandra (Ola) Besser, MD/PhD
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Carey Batha, MS in Environmental Science
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Sinead Borchert, MS in Wildlife Biology
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Vincenzo Ellis, PhD in Ecology & Evolution
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Heather Fox, BS in Ecology, Evolution, & Marine Biology
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Dana Hermann, MS in Wildlife Biology
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Michael Novak, MS student in Wildlife Biology
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Samantha Levinson, MS in Ecology & Evolution
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Emi Kondo, JD in Environmental Law
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Lauren Novak, DVM
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Zachary Phillips, PhD Student in Ecology & Evolution
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Ryan Sadler, DVM
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Jay Schoen, Intern
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Tara Stewart, PhD Candidate in Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology
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Charlotte Tusler, DVM
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Lindsey Vencill, DVM
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