Teaching & Outreach
Courses
Flocks, Swarms and Crowds - How Order Emerges from Chaos (Spring & Fall 2015)
Freshman Writing Seminar, Cornell University
Instructor of Record
How does the synchronized flashing of a thousand fireflies help us understand how the heart keeps rhythm? What can the unified motion of a flock of birds teach us about the behavior of human crowds? Can the de-centralized decision-making of a honeybee swarm offer insights into what makes an effective democracy? Biological systems exemplify self-organization, where order emerges out of chaos without the help of any leader or conscious over-sight; and scientists are only beginning to explain how these feats of organization are achieved. In this course, we will explore this emerging field and relate biological examples of self-organization to human societies.
Naturalist Outreach (Fall 2016)
Department of Entomology, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Animal Behavior(Fall 2012, 2013, 2016)
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Comparative Physiology (Spring 2011)
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Ecology, Lab (Fall 2010)
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
Teaching Assistant
Field Biology (Fall 2006)
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Teaching Assistant
Outreach
Ant Workshops in LAUSD schools – coming soon!
2019 Volunteer, AWiSE STEM day for middle-school girls, UCLA
2019 Judge at Science Fair, Wright Middle School, Los Angeles
2018 Guest lecture, UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens, “Argentine Ants: Supercolonies in the Garden.”
2018 STEAM Storytime, Los Angeles Public Library, Baldwin Hills branch
2017 Guest instructor, student research coordinator at Los Angeles Public Schools: “Ants: Invaders and Cooperators”
2016 Lyceum Series, Palisades Interstate Park League of Naturalists
2015 Snodgrass & Wigglesworth, Cornell Undergraduate Entomology Club
2014, 2015 Guest instructor and designer of “In it to win it: cooperative games” mini-course, New Roots High School, Ithaca, NY
2013, 2014 Guest lecture at Wildlife Ecology Research course, Huyck Preserve
2012-2016 Workshop leader with Expanding Your Horizons, STEM for middle school girls; “Supersocieties: the secret lives of social insects”
2011, 2012 Presentation for the public at the Huyck Preserve Science Symposium
2010-2016 Volunteer guide at Insectapolooza, insect fair, Cornell Dept. of Entomology
Flocks, Swarms and Crowds - How Order Emerges from Chaos (Spring & Fall 2015)
Freshman Writing Seminar, Cornell University
Instructor of Record
How does the synchronized flashing of a thousand fireflies help us understand how the heart keeps rhythm? What can the unified motion of a flock of birds teach us about the behavior of human crowds? Can the de-centralized decision-making of a honeybee swarm offer insights into what makes an effective democracy? Biological systems exemplify self-organization, where order emerges out of chaos without the help of any leader or conscious over-sight; and scientists are only beginning to explain how these feats of organization are achieved. In this course, we will explore this emerging field and relate biological examples of self-organization to human societies.
Naturalist Outreach (Fall 2016)
Department of Entomology, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Animal Behavior(Fall 2012, 2013, 2016)
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Comparative Physiology (Spring 2011)
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Ecology, Lab (Fall 2010)
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
Teaching Assistant
Field Biology (Fall 2006)
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Teaching Assistant
Outreach
Ant Workshops in LAUSD schools – coming soon!
2019 Volunteer, AWiSE STEM day for middle-school girls, UCLA
2019 Judge at Science Fair, Wright Middle School, Los Angeles
2018 Guest lecture, UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens, “Argentine Ants: Supercolonies in the Garden.”
2018 STEAM Storytime, Los Angeles Public Library, Baldwin Hills branch
2017 Guest instructor, student research coordinator at Los Angeles Public Schools: “Ants: Invaders and Cooperators”
2016 Lyceum Series, Palisades Interstate Park League of Naturalists
2015 Snodgrass & Wigglesworth, Cornell Undergraduate Entomology Club
2014, 2015 Guest instructor and designer of “In it to win it: cooperative games” mini-course, New Roots High School, Ithaca, NY
2013, 2014 Guest lecture at Wildlife Ecology Research course, Huyck Preserve
2012-2016 Workshop leader with Expanding Your Horizons, STEM for middle school girls; “Supersocieties: the secret lives of social insects”
2011, 2012 Presentation for the public at the Huyck Preserve Science Symposium
2010-2016 Volunteer guide at Insectapolooza, insect fair, Cornell Dept. of Entomology