Teaching

Supplemental Materials for Teaching Portfolio

Simulations

As part of an effort at Harvard to integrate technology and teaching, I have worked as a Presidential Instructional Technology Fellow with Harvard's Instructional Computing Group to develop software for use in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example:

• A suite of physics simulations in Flash to study oscillations
• Enhanced verision of Paul Falstad's Java physics ripple tank simulations
• Middle English (e.g. Chaucer) reading and listening guides in Flash
• Animations of global climate models in Flash
• Visualization application for earthquake fault activity

Teaching Awards

I am particularly proud of having won the following recognitions:

• Joseph R. Levenson Teaching Prize Finalist, Harvard, 2005.
  (nominated by my Astronomy 145 students)
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard, 2005
  Astronomy 145: Topics in Modern Astrophysics
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard, 2003
  Astronomy 145: Topics in Modern Astrophysics
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard, 2002
  Science A-35 Matter in the Universe

Service and Outreach

I enjoy speaking to people outside of academia about science, including physics, astrophysics, and other topics of interest. Some examples include:

• Our place in space, East Somerville Community School, Somerville, MA 2009.
• Lunar Laser Ranging, Radio Interview, WVKR, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2007.
• Astrophysical tests of gravity, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD, 2006.
• Testing Gravity with Lunar Laser Ranging, American Association of Physics Teachers, Seminar on Relativity, Seattle, WA, 2006.
• Lunar Laser Ranging and Gravity, Dudley House Crosstalk, Cambridge, MA, 2006.
• A Universe of Extremes, The Commonwealth School, Boston, MA 2003.