Teaching Experience
UC San Diego
DSGN 119 / COGS 229 / CSE 219: Design@Large, Racism in the Design of Everyday Things - Winter & Spring 2021
- Co-hosting speakers from across the world to share their expertise on racism in design across a variety of domains
- Developed reflection prompts to assess learning and application of expert talks
Guest Lectures at UCSD - Winter 2020-Present
- Technology & Precision Health for Public Good course, lecture titled "Technology in the Context of Mental Health
The Current Landscape, Challenges, and Opportunities" - Public Mental Health Epidemiology course, lecture titled "Considerations for Digital Technologies for Mental Health: Data Use and People’s Needs"
- Public Mental Health course, lecture titled "Human-Centered Design Issues in Mental Health Technology Engagement"
Pennsylvania State University
IST 301: Information and Organizations - Fall 2016
Teaching Fellow, Instructor
-Independently teaching required course for the undergraduate Information Sciences and Technology degree
-Providing overview of organizational structures and functions, including information processing and analytic perspectives of organizations
-Developing and adapting curriculum to meet students' needs and learning objectives
-Employing a variety of methods to achieve learning objectives, including in-class activities, videos, journal articles, popular news articles, group activities, and more
-Facilitating teamwork and discussion during and outside of class
Teaching Fellow, Instructor
-Independently teaching required course for the undergraduate Information Sciences and Technology degree
-Providing overview of organizational structures and functions, including information processing and analytic perspectives of organizations
-Developing and adapting curriculum to meet students' needs and learning objectives
-Employing a variety of methods to achieve learning objectives, including in-class activities, videos, journal articles, popular news articles, group activities, and more
-Facilitating teamwork and discussion during and outside of class
- Quality of instructor: 6.10 / 7.00
- Instructor’s willingness to help students make progress: 6.66 / 7.00
- Respect instructor shows all students: 6.83 / 7.00
- Course provided appropriate range of challenges: 6.07 / 7.00
- Learned something of value: 6.17 / 7.00
- Learning objectives achieved: 6.38 / 7.00
IST 110: Information People and Technology - Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Marcela Borge
-Helped teach students ideas and challenges around how technology functions in larger socio-technical systems
-Provided information on the basic science of data encoding, transmission, and storage; people and the interactions among technologies, institutions, regulations and users; and technology and the design and operation of basic information technology devices
-Helped facilitate online teamwork
-Graded quizzes, essays, and team interactions
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Marcela Borge
-Helped teach students ideas and challenges around how technology functions in larger socio-technical systems
-Provided information on the basic science of data encoding, transmission, and storage; people and the interactions among technologies, institutions, regulations and users; and technology and the design and operation of basic information technology devices
-Helped facilitate online teamwork
-Graded quizzes, essays, and team interactions
Mentoring Experience
Mental Health in Design (MiD) Lab: Director (2018-Present)
Inclusion Lab: Co-Director (2020-Present)
iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) at University of Pittsburgh: Assistant Director (2018-Present), Research Advisor (2017-2020)
Mentor at UC Irvine (2017-2020)
Mentor at Penn State (2013-2017)
- Running research lab that brings together diverse individuals who advocate for mental health when studying and designing technology
Inclusion Lab: Co-Director (2020-Present)
- Co-running a research lab to support i3 scholars and affiliates beyond the formal i3 program
iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) at University of Pittsburgh: Assistant Director (2018-Present), Research Advisor (2017-2020)
- Co-running a research and leadership development program for undergraduates from underrepresented groups to pursue graduate study and careers in Information Science and Computing
- Working with students on a year-long research project as a research advisor
Mentor at UC Irvine (2017-2020)
- Working with graduate students on multiple research projects
- Advising undergraduate students on multiple research projects (see MiD Lab)
Mentor at Penn State (2013-2017)
- Mentoring undergraduate student in IST through applying and interviewing for internships and time management and organization skills
- Taught graduate student research skills, such as conducting a literature review, developing research questions, coding and analyzing online community data, and writing a report for publication
- Helped undergraduate student learn how to conduct a literature review and qualitatively code online community data
- Taught undergraduate student how to conduct a systematic literature review
