Experience Summary
My teaching experience began when I entered graduate school, wherein during my first year, I began to tutor both undergraduate level chemistry and biology. Additionally, I have taught undergraduate Medical Terminology and both lecture and laboratory sections of undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology and Human Biology for non-science majors. I have also taught Human Physiology for both Medical and Dental students at Meharry Medical College, and for two consecutive years at Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine I served on a teaching committee responsible for moderating the small conference and computer laboratory section of the first-year medical student Neuromuscular Physiology curriculum.
Teaching Style
My teaching philosophy has developed based, in part, on my experiences as an undergraduate Biology student. I routinely incorporate current scientific topics in my lectures. For example, I discuss the scientific and ethical dilemmas of stem cell research when I lecture about the development of different types of blood cells. I sometimes have students study figures and graphs and analyze what is happening in them. Essay questions are a great way to encourage students to enhance communication skills. I am a strong advocate of writing across the curriculum, and regardless of the type of course, student papers should be graded on quality of writing as well as content.