{"id":44,"date":"2016-08-06T07:49:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T07:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2016-08-06T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T07:49:53","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><em>Courses taught at Chapman University<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biology 101: Introduction to the biology major and professional development for the major<\/li>\n<li>Biology 123: Beyond <em>Jurassic World<\/em>: The Science of DNA and Dinosaurs (non-majors class fulfilling natural sciences general education requirement)<\/li>\n<li>Biology 205: Evolution and Diversity of Multicellular Organisms (general biology II; covers ecology, evolution, and plant biology)<\/li>\n<li>Biology 208 (cross-listed as Biochemistry 208): Molecular Genetics<\/li>\n<li>Biology 208L (cross-listed as Biochemistry 208L): Molecular Genetics Laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Biology 369: Evolution: From DNA to Dinosaurs<\/li>\n<li>Biology 498: Capstone course for senior biology students; past topics include the evolution and genetics of monarch butterfly migration; epigenetics and gene regulation in sticklebacks; and the biology of SARS-CoV-2<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Science 499 (Evolution and ecology of the Galapagos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><strong>Teaching and mentoring experiences<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summer 2018-2019, 2021: lecturer, Stanford University; instructor of record for Biology 27S (Evolution) and Biology 28S (Molecular Genetics)<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2020: lecturer, University of California San Diego; instructor of record for BILD 3 (Introductory Biology: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; present: Mentor, We CU! program for first-generation college students<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2015: assisted with teaching of Biology 218, a graduate-level course on evolution, at San Jose State University, through mentor Dr. Leslee Parr<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2014: Research mentor with Stanford undergraduate Sharon Kam through the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Summer Research in Biology Program, directly working with her on lab techniques and research skills<\/li>\n<li>2011 \u2013 2013: Teaching assistant, Stanford University\n<ul>\n<li>Biology 43 (Plant Biology, Evolution, and Ecology), spring 2012 and spring 2013; designated as teaching mentor for course in spring 2013<\/li>\n<li>Biology 143\/243 (Evolution), fall 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 2016: Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies\n<ul>\n<li>Instructor, Stanford Summer Institutes, summer 2014 and 2015; designed course curriculum and taught three and four-week intensive bioscience courses for high school students with 5.5 hours of lecture, lab, discussion, or activities daily<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Stanford Honors Academy \u2013 Santiago, January 2015; designed and taught two-week bioscience course for middle school students in Chile with 6 hours of class each day<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Stanford International Youth Program, summer 2014; designed and taught bioscience classes over a two-week period for several groups of international students<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, Stanford Middle School Science Circle, fall 2013, fall 2014, fall 2015, and spring 2016; developed and taught science classes for local middle school students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2012 \u2013 2016: Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning\n<ul>\n<li>Mentors in Teaching (MINT) fellow, 2012-2013; provided teaching guidance and mentorship to graduate students serving as teaching assistants in the department<\/li>\n<li>Lead teaching consultant, 2014-2016, and teaching consultant, 2013-2016; helped lead teaching training and orientations, microteaching sessions, small group evaluations, and video consultations for Stanford instructors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2011 \u2013 2016: Stanford Biocore Explorations\n<ul>\n<li>Director, 2012-2016; direct and manage this outreach program that introduces hands-on research to students in the introductory biology course<\/li>\n<li>Instructor, fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015; developed and taught seminar on butterfly genetics and evolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Summer 2012: Program assistant and mentor, Stanford Summer Science Research Program; provided scientific mentoring for four undergraduates and served as advisors for students in the summer program<\/li>\n<li>Spring 2012: Instructor, Stanford SPLASH; designed and taught two courses for this outreach program for local middle and high school students<\/li>\n<li>2007 \u2013 2010: Program director and tutor, Harvard CHANCE; led this community service organization that provided tutoring, SAT classes, homework help and college advice for underserved high school students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Teaching awards<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Valerie Scudder Award for contributions to teaching and service, Chapman University, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Unit faculty excellence award, Chapman University, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Pedagogical Innovations Award, Chapman University, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Norman K. Wessells Award, Stanford Department of Biology, awarded to the most outstanding graduate or undergraduate course teaching assistant, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford Department of Biology, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courses taught at Chapman University Biology 101: Introduction to the biology major and professional development for the major Biology 123: Beyond Jurassic World: The Science of DNA and Dinosaurs (non-majors class fulfilling natural sciences general education requirement) Biology 205: Evolution and Diversity of Multicellular Organisms (general biology II; covers ecology, evolution, and plant biology) Biology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/hsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}