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Erin R. Hotchkiss

Teaching Experience

 

Graduate Assistant, General Biology (LIFE 1010): 2005-2009.

Life Sciences Program, University of Wyoming. 

FALL 2009 CLASS WEBSITE

Taught weekly laboratory sections, held weekly office hours, and assisted with grading lecture exams. 

Supervised undergraduate teaching assistants and mentored new graduate teaching assistants.  Assisted undergraduate TAs with the creation and implementation of a lesson plan for one laboratory subtopic.

Developed new lessons used by all General Biology lab sections to 1) address student misconceptions about photosynthesis & respiration and 2) enhance students’ understanding of the transition from DNA to genes, from genes to amino acids, and from proteins to expressed traits and natural selection in populations.

 

Graduate Assistant, Animal Biology (LIFE 2022): 2006-2008.

Life Sciences Program, University of Wyoming

SPRING 2007 CLASS WEBSITE

Taught weekly laboratory sections, held weekly office hours, and assisted with grading lecture exams. 

Supervised undergraduate teaching assistants. 

Published laboratory manual used by all Animal Biology lab sections from 2007-Present.

 

Instructor, Outdoor Environmental Education: 2005. 

High Trails Outdoor Science School, California. [Photos]

Developed lesson plans and taught science and outdoor adventure courses to 5th and 6th grade students in San Bernardino National Forest. Science courses included: Limnology, Ornithology, Astronomy, Geology, Environmental Science, Mammalogy, Soil Ecology and Botany.

 

Teaching Assistant, Conservation Biology and Biodiversity (ENVS/BIO 345): 2003.

Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University.

Held weekly office hours and assisted with lecture activities and grading.

 

Teaching Assistant, Environmental Science (BIO 111): 2002.

Biology Department, Oxford College of Emory University.  

Held office hours and assisted with hands-on laboratory and field activities.