Teaching Overview

There is a tremendous need for strong quantitative training in ecology, and I take this part of my job seriously. Teaching is also something I thoroughly enjoy!

University of Minnesota

In the fall, I teach Biometry (FW4001) to a mix of undergraduate and graduate students. In the spring, I teach a grad-level class, Statistics for Ecologists (FW8051). I have also taught ESPM 4096 Experience & Training in a Field Setting (Spring 2014), conducted independent studies with students interested survival analysis, Biometry,and spatial mark-recapture estimators.

University of Zurich

For several years, I helped co-teach short courses on animal movement ecology.

• In 2021, ECO 343 Spatial Dimension in Animal Management and Conservation
• In 2013, 2015, 2017 ECO 2

These courses explored a diverse range of topics related to animal movement and spatial ecology, including methods for exploring movement paths, estimating home ranges, and building habitat selection models. Included both theoretical/conceptual lectures and practical sessions using the R programming language.

North Carolina State

While pursuing my PhD, I taught an introductory statistics course (ST311) at North Carolina State University (description below).

ST311, Introduction to statistics, Fall 1996. Examining relationships between two variables using graphical techniques, simple linear regression and correlation methods. Producing data using experiment design and sampling. Elementary probability and the basic notions of statistical inference including confidence interval estimation and tests of hypothesis. One and two sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, inference for count data and regression.

Other

I have co-taught a several short-courses/workshops.