Experience

St. Cloud State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor, Meteorology and Science Education

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  Responsibilities include development of course-related material for presentation to students in multiple courses during academic sessions; leadership, coordination and supervision of interdepartmental educational outreach events; interim director of planetarium operations; advising students for Senior Research Projects; submitting grant proposals/applications; STEM course development.Additional duties include being a member of multiple committees (e.g., departmental website committee for AHS department, STEM Education committee, and Science Education curriculum committee, Northern Plains Winter Weather Workshop organizational committee) as well as being a faculty advisor for the department's "Severe Weather Club" and chapter of the American Meteorological Society, and the university student group "Women Who STEM".Courses I currently teach:AHS 106AHS 205AHS 260AHS 368AHS 399SCI 226SCI 227STEM 431/531



Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR)

• Research/Support Scientist, Education Outreach Coordinator, Data Manager

  • May 2009 - Jun 2016

  Duties at CSWR included, but were not limited to, coordinating and participating in educational outreach events, participation in fieldwork (in various radar operator, driver, navigator or instrument deployment capacities), radar analysis (QC, etc.), website development/maintenance, fulfilling data requests from outside organizations/institutions, as well as maintaining the CSWR photo and data archives. Duties at CSWR included, but were not limited to, coordinating and participating in educational outreach events, participation in fieldwork (in various radar operator, driver, navigator or instrument deployment capacities), radar analysis (QC, etc.), website development/maintenance, fulfilling data requests from outside organizations/institutions, as well as maintaining the CSWR photo and data archives.



Front Range Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor, Integrated Science

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Designing independent course curriculum, syllabi, lectures and labs/activities to accommodate the multiple learning styles of future Elementary Education teachers.

• Instructor of Meteorology

  • Jan 2010 - May 2016

  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Designing independent course curriculum and syllabi, holding four classes per week (2 sections, 10 hours total) covering a range of concepts pertaining to atmospheric science, development of assessment techniques (labs, exams, projects, papers, etc.) to accommodate the multiple learning styles of a diverse student population. Development of hands-on labs which connect the concepts discussed in class with “real world” applicability thereof.Development and implementation of the “Faces of Science” program, which allows students enrolled in General Meteorology to be exposed to at least ten participating scientists’ research and careers.

• Supervisor, Independent Study

  • May 2012 - Jun 2012

  Responsibilities included design and implementation of independent study course for FRCC student, successfully completed during the ROTATE2012 field campaign at the Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR). Duties included close supervision and advisement of student and analysis of data collection and subsequent written reports.



Metropolitan State University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Supervisor, Independent Study

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Responsibilities included design and implementation of independent study course for MSUD student, successfully completed during the ROTATE2012 field campaign at CSWR. Duties included close supervision and advisement of student and analysis of data collection and subsequent written reports pertaining to independent study work. Advisement continued into summer 2012 during subsequent write-ups and data analysis contributing to student honors thesis. Responsibilities included design and implementation of independent study course for MSUD student, successfully completed during the ROTATE2012 field campaign at CSWR. Duties included close supervision and advisement of student and analysis of data collection and subsequent written reports pertaining to independent study work. Advisement continued into summer 2012 during subsequent write-ups and data analysis contributing to student honors thesis.



Metropolitan State University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor of Meteorology

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Responsibilities included designing independent course curriculum and syllabi, holding four classes per week covering a range of concepts pertaining to atmospheric science, development of assessment techniques (labs, exams, projects, papers, etc.) to accommodate the multiple learning styles of a diverse student population. Responsibilities included designing independent course curriculum and syllabi, holding four classes per week covering a range of concepts pertaining to atmospheric science, development of assessment techniques (labs, exams, projects, papers, etc.) to accommodate the multiple learning styles of a diverse student population.