Teaching

I have over 10 years of teaching experience in the biomedical sciences. My most recent teaching position was as a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where I developed and taught a two-course sequence, the first in clinical research and treatment methods, and the second in medical ethics and regulatory affairs. Teaching as a part of the Conceptual Foundations of Medicine program, I supervised an independent study of a pre-medical student, and mentored several pre-professional healthcare students along their paths to pharmacy, physician’s assistant, and public health graduate programs.

During my doctoral training, I spent six years learning how to become an effective scientific communicator. I developed and taught eight courses of my own design, received professional training from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, was awarded two teaching fellowships to instruct for the Collins Living Learning Center and the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, organized and ran a teaching pedagogy group for his department, and was hired to teach for the university’s Student Academic Center. In recognition of my teaching, I was awarded the Lieber Memorial Teaching Award for outstanding teaching excellence.

Individual Courses Taught:

Mind and Medicine
Morality and Medicine
Scientific Reasoning
Animal Research Ethics
Critical Thinking
Ethical Issues in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Human Biology, Topic: Tuberculosis: Historical and Current Perspectives
Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science
History and Philosophy of Psychiatry
Public Oral Communication
Becoming the Best Student
The University Experience: Engagement, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving
Philosophy of Satire