TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019                   Mentoring Undergraduate researchers in                                                    microvertebrate field and lab research

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2018                   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geosciences 1054: Age                                of Dinosaurs, Department of Geoscience, Virginia                                    Tech

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2017-2018         Field Instructor, Petrified Forest Field Institute,                                          Petrified Forest National Park

 

MEDIA AND OUTREACH

2018                  “Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of                                         oldest frog relative found in North America”,                                             https://phys.org/news/2019-02-paleontologists-small-fossils-oldest-frog.html

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2018                  “Tiny Fossils Paint a Big Picture”, Petrified Forest                                       National Park interpretive video,                                                                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87pCRdG9vO0

 

2017-2018        Outreach events at Petrified Forest National                                               Park including National Fossil Day, weekly fossil                                         preparation demonstrations, lab tours, backcountry                                 field work tours, and teaching at the Petrified Forest                               Field Institute.

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Jun 2017            “Amateur Paleontologist Makes Rare Discovery”, CBS                               News, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amateur-paleontologist-makes-rare-discovery/Oct 2016