Summer 2023, Summer 2025

Penn State offers a fantastic 4–6 week field camp that traverses four states across the American Rockies. I have been fortunate to teach on this trip twice, with responsibilities ranging from grading assignments and organising field logistics to supporting student wellbeing, interpersonal dynamics, and first aid. Highlights include mapping a layered mafic intrusion (Stillwater, MT), thrust-fault duplexes (Alta, UT), deformed sedimentary sequences (Elk Basin, WY), volcanic lava flows (Wildhorse, ID), and glacial sedimentation (Grand Tetons, WY). Additional exercises include measuring water contamination across the Great Salt Lake Basin (UT) and quantifying displacement along the Wasatch Fault (UT). 

Spring 2025

One of the most enjoyable courses I taught was the introductory petrology course at Penn State. I updated all of the teaching materials, including redesigning the exercise sheets to be more dyslexia-friendly and revising the lab lectures to ensure they were consistent, comprehensive, and intuitive. I also independently led a field trip examining orogenic processes and associated sedimentation around State College. 

Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

This introductory Geosciences course attracts students from many different majors across Penn State. I lead two lab sessions each week, beginning with a short lecture to frame the key concepts. A key part of my role involves independently leading field trips to local outcrops, where I guide students in reading the rock record—and experiencing both the joy and occasional frustration that comes with interpreting geology in the field.