As an academic mentor, I want to help guide my students to discover and pursue a career path where they feel useful and find joy and fulfillment in their accomplishments. I aim to be an effective and supportive mentor for a diversity of students regardless of race, religion, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.
I feel one can not become a great mentor passively. This is why I actively seek out leadership workshops, hands-on mentoring experience, and review current teaching philosophies. Below are my highlighted mentoring and teaching experiences.
| Mentorship Experience |
Haley Gambill, NC State University Undergraduate | Received two NC State research grants under my mentorship. Independent project investigating reef fish aggregation size on individual growth-rates (poster and oral presentation; co-authorship). 2018 –current
Morgan Koontz, NC State University Undergraduate |laboratory research volunteer (>50 hours). 2018 – 2019
Nicholas Hucks, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research volunteer (>50 hours). 2018 – 2019
Kelsey Mills, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research internship (>100 hours). 2018 – 2019
Spencer Stone, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research volunteer (>50 hours). 2018 – 2019
Kalle Simpson, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research internship (>100 hours). 2018 – 2019
Joshua Wong, high school student from Abaco, The Bahamas | field research internship (>25 hours). 2017
Justin Harker, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research volunteer (>100 hours). 2017
Elisabeth Frasch, NC State University Undergraduate |
Received two NC State research grants under my mentorship. Independent project examining daily movement activity of reef fish aggregations (poster and oral presentation). Field research assistantship 2015-2017
Stephanie Wenclawski, NC State University Undergraduate |
Received a NC State research grant under my mentorship. Independent project testing the efficacy of using a consumer-grade drone to measure the relative abundance of sharks (poster presentation and co-authorship). 2016
Hannah Levenson, NC State University Undergraduate | field research assistantship. 2014
Kyle Herring, NC State University Undergraduate | laboratory research volunteer (>50 hours). 2014
| Teaching |
I have taught the laboratory sections and I have been an invited lecturer for the General Ecology and Applied Ecology courses at NC State University. Here is a shot of me teaching ‘Forest and Disturbance Ecology’ as part of the undergraduate Ecology course at NC State University. 2013-2019
I have developed and taught two field courses on coastal predator ecology. These courses were taught with Friends of the Environment in Great Abaco Island, The Bahamas