I have completed years of rigorous course work in pursuit of achieving College Honors, the Geauxteach teaching certificate, the Distinguished Communicator Award, and the Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Award. In choosing my courses, I aimed to catapult myself towards a pre-med track while honing my ability to communicate my science to varying audiences through the LSU Geauxteach program.

Being able to teach is a valuable and dynamic skill for scientists to have as it requires not only mastery over one’s content area, but also a mastery over their ability to deliver a message effectively to a target audience. To teach is to serve as the bridge between your audience and the knowledge they do not possess. It’s important to know how to navigate through doctor-patient interactions without escalating situations or to effectively present research to a committee unfamiliar with your science for a grant. Teaching will help me in positions like these as I have learned about the various ways in which learners interpret information and gained the interpersonal skills needed to efficiently facilitate discussions toward target objectives. Below you will find not only some of the courses I took throughout my college career, but also notable sample pieces I generated during my time at LSU.

Courses

  • Biol 1201 & Biol 1202

  • Biol 1208 & Biol 1209

  • Biol 2051 - Microbiology

  • Biol 2153 - Genetics

  • Biol 3040 - Evolution

  • **Biol 3999 - Undergrad Research

  • Biol 4003 - Science Teaching

  • **Biol 4005 - Research Methods - CI

  • **Biol 4015 - Conservation Biology

  • **Biol 4087 - Biochemistry

  • Biol 4105 - Parasitology

  • Biol 4106 - Parasitology Lab

  • **Biol 4160 - Vertebrate Physiology

  • **Biol 4161 - Vert Phys Lab - CI

  • Chem 2261 - Organic Chemistry I

  • Chem 2364 - Organic Chemistry Lab

  • Chem 2462 - Honors Organic Chemistry II

  • Math 1550 - Calculus 1

  • Math 1552 - Calculus 2

  • Phys 2001 - General Physics I

  • Phys 2002 - General Physics II

 

  • Basc 2010 - Inquiry Approaches - CI

  • Basc 2011 - Inquiry-Based Lesson Design - CI

  • EDCI 2500 - Knowing and Learning Science

  • **EDCI 3550 - Classroom Interactions - CI

  • EDCI 3136 - Reading in Content Areas - CI

  • EDCI 4006 - Student Teaching - CI

  • **EDCI 4500 - Instructional Models - CI

  • HNRS 2000 - Critical Analysis - CI

  • HNRS 2021 - Colloquium in the Arts - CI

  • HNRS 2030 - Humanities Colloquium - CI

  • HNRS 2033 - Social Science Colloquium - CI

  • HNRS 4000 - Thesis

** indicates an Honors contracted course

CI indicates a Communication-Intensive course

I have taken 46 credit hours of Honors courses

I have completed over 12 Communication-Intensive certified courses

 

Here are a few downloadable samples of my course work to provide further insight into my academics. I have written a number of pieces on nonrenewable resources and the global effects of the climate crisis that will one day rear its head. I’ve also included a full Lab Report as a research oriented piece to demonstrate some of the work I did under Dr. Leaf Boswell examining the physiology of the African clawed frog. Lastly, I served as a TAA in a research CURE Lab under graduate student Mrs. Ruth Ndathe. Included is the course portfolio I generated for teaching the CURE Lab to Freshman Biology majors.

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