" I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" -Mark Twain
" I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly"
- Michel de Montaigne
I am very much interested in scientific teaching and outreach. I especially enjoy making science accessible to students, teachers, and the general public.
As a lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park, I have been the instructor of record for the following undergraduate courses:
BSCI353: Principles of Neuroscience
BSCI454: Neurobiology Laboratory (co-instructor with Dr. Hilary Bierman)
PSYC300: Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC302: Learning and Behavior
PSYC409: Topics in Neuroscience
PSYC489P: Scientific Ethics and Integrity
PSYC489R: Human & Animal Intelligence
NEUR305: Neural Systems & Circuits
I have also helped to co=author the following Open Educational Resources:
OER Statistics Textbook: Numbers don't lie (but people do): Introduction to (ethical) statistics
OER R Programming Textbook: Learning R the EZ way: A video guide to R for open research analysis
In addition to official teaching duties, during my graduate career, I helped to establish an outreach program at the University of Maryland. For more information, or if you are a local teacher in the Maryland/DC area and would like to have a group of amazing scientists visit your school, please visit the NACS website (www.nacs.umd.edu) or email at [email protected].
For those interested in engineering, I also organized and participated in several Women in Engineering events at the University of Maryland, and highly recommend their programs. check them out here: http://www.wie.umd.edu
While at the Carnegie Institution, I participated in the already well-established Bio-eyes program (http://www.bioeyes.org).
I also am a volunteer with the Baltimore Underground Science Space (http://www.bugssonline.org), an former iGem mentor, and former family mentor with Soccer Without Borders (https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/baltimore)
As a lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park, I have been the instructor of record for the following undergraduate courses:
BSCI353: Principles of Neuroscience
BSCI454: Neurobiology Laboratory (co-instructor with Dr. Hilary Bierman)
PSYC300: Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC302: Learning and Behavior
PSYC409: Topics in Neuroscience
PSYC489P: Scientific Ethics and Integrity
PSYC489R: Human & Animal Intelligence
NEUR305: Neural Systems & Circuits
I have also helped to co=author the following Open Educational Resources:
OER Statistics Textbook: Numbers don't lie (but people do): Introduction to (ethical) statistics
OER R Programming Textbook: Learning R the EZ way: A video guide to R for open research analysis
In addition to official teaching duties, during my graduate career, I helped to establish an outreach program at the University of Maryland. For more information, or if you are a local teacher in the Maryland/DC area and would like to have a group of amazing scientists visit your school, please visit the NACS website (www.nacs.umd.edu) or email at [email protected].
For those interested in engineering, I also organized and participated in several Women in Engineering events at the University of Maryland, and highly recommend their programs. check them out here: http://www.wie.umd.edu
While at the Carnegie Institution, I participated in the already well-established Bio-eyes program (http://www.bioeyes.org).
I also am a volunteer with the Baltimore Underground Science Space (http://www.bugssonline.org), an former iGem mentor, and former family mentor with Soccer Without Borders (https://www.soccerwithoutborders.org/baltimore)
Teaching Testudo(!) about neurons using pipe cleaners at Maryland Day. (photo courtesy Chris Heffner)
Women in Engineering LEAD Academy Workshop. To see a video of this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGKnKNlItDA
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Daigo Shishika volunteering at the first year of the Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory Maryland Day event.
Giving a presentation at a Women in Engineering "Discovering Engineering" summer camp.
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