Quantitative reasoning is all around us — making sense of graphs, ratios, and functions are a regular part of daily life regardless of the career paths we take. My research looks into what skills are essential for people in their lives that physics is well suited to help them learn. I focus on designing and assessing resources for teachers and students that identify the already-brilliant ideas students have and help them build towards expertise.

Teaching is my life passion. As a former high school and middle school teacher, I thrive on the energy and vibrancy that only a classroom engaged in learning can give. At the University of Washington, I had the opportunity to be a graduate teaching assistant in both small, discussion-based tutorial-style classrooms and larger lecture halls. At Cornell University, I led the curricular re-design and served as a lecturer for the Introductory Physics for Life Science courses. I believe that excellent teaching begins with learning from your students, connecting with ideas that are already important to them, and building from their creative ideas towards expertise.

Service is an essential component of my work and my commitment to my community. I have had the privilege to serve my community in a variety of ways including as a post-doctoral representative on the Climate, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee at Cornell University, representing graduate students on faculty committees at the University of Washington, as a the local organizing committee member for the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP), and as a graduate student representative in organizations at the local and national level.