News
04/02/2023
ACCEPTED  "A Pair of Cadmium-exposed Zebrafish Affect Social Behavior of the Un-exposed Majority" into the Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

03/02/2023
FUNDED UMiami Diversity Grant for UM Junior Faculty of Color Writing Group with Kim-Phuong Trunong-Vu

03/01/2023
WELCOME Ethan Bentley, new undergrad research

02/24/2023
FUNDED NIH NIEHS Diversity Supplement to Support Myles Covington's study of the therapeutic effects of selenium
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Teaching Statement.

Teaching is the paramount learning process, and students are my greatest teachers. Students are the center of learning, and often the teachers. I use a variety of instructional methods to create student-centered learning environments including flipped classrooms and project-driven courses. As an educator, I understand the need to develop well-rounded ethically minded global citizens and provide support to individuals embarking on new chapters of life. Thus, I incorporate research ethics, and diversity training in my curriculum and instruction.

Teaching Experience

2022             Animal Behavior, BIL-441 R, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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2020             Guest Lecture, Animal Behavior, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, USA

2018               Guest lecture, EEB 450 Comparative Animal Behavior, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, USA

​​2013               Guest lecture, BIOL-Z 460 Animal Behavior, Indiana University - Bloomington, USA

2011                Lecturer, Indiana University-Bloomington BioEthics: Center for Integrative Study of Behavior, USA

​2009-2010    Science Teacher at Title 1 High School in Houston Independent School District, Science Department:
                       Integrated Physics and Chemistry, Houston, TX,  USA

Workshops

Charles H. Turner Award pre-meeting workshop. 55th Animal Behavior Society Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. August 2-8, 2018.

Charles H. Turner Award pre-meeting workshop. 54th Animal Behavior Society Conference, University of Toronto - Scarborough, Toronto, CA. June 12-17, 2017.
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Social Networks are powerful for answering behavioral ecology questions. Behavioral ecology workshop at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center, Alsea, OR, USA. March 9, 2017. 
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Martins lab ethoinformatics. Integrated Behavior Ontology for the Behavioral Science Community in Two Workshops. Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., USA. Organizers: Anne Clark, Susan Margulis, Peter Midford, and Cynthia Parr.     August 7 - 8, 2014.