Teaching

Note: All courses not otherwise specified were undergraduate courses taught at the University of Maryland College of Information

Fall 2025

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Graduate Student Instructor/Instructor of Record
Mode: On campus

Summer 2025

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Graduate Student Instructor/Instructor of Record
Mode: Online (asynchronous)

Catholic University of America
LSC 848 – Media for Children (Graduate course)
Adjunct Lecturer
Mode: Online (asynchronous)

Spring 2025

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant
Mode: On campus
Supervisor: Dr. Yeweon Kim

Fall 2024

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Graduate Student Instructor/Instructor of Record
Mode: On campus

Summer 2024

LSC 848 – Media for Children (Graduate course)
Adjunct Lecturer
Catholic University of America
Mode: Online (asynchronous)

Spring 2024

INST 201 – Introduction to Information Science
Graduate Student Instructor/Instructor of Record
Mode: On campus

Fall 2023

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant
Mode: On campus/Online (asynchronous)
Supervisors: Carol Boston/Dr. Amanda Lazar

INST 201 – Introduction to Information Science
Teaching Assistant/Substitute Lecturer
Mode: On campus
Supervisor: Dr. Courtney Douglass
Notes: Fully took over lectures for the second half of the semester after a scheduling conflict arose for the instructor

Spring 2023

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant
Mode: On campus
Supervisor: Dr. Beth St. Jean

Fall 2022

INST 152 – “Fake Checking”: Battling Misinformation and Disinformation in the Real World
Teaching Assistant
Mode: On campus
Supervisor: Dr. Ursula Gorham

Spring 2022

INST 466 – Technology, Culture, and Society
Teaching Assistant
Mode: On campus
Supervisor: Dr. Phil Piety

Fall 2021

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant
Mode: Online (asynchronous & synchronous)
Supervisors: Courtney Douglass (asynchronous), Dr. Beth St. Jean (synchronous)

Spring 2021

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant (team)
Mode: Online (synchronous)
Supervisor: Dr. Amanda Lazar
Class size: 146 students
Duties: In charge of three sections (85 students), led discussion sections each week, grading, interfacing with students, live lectures via Zoom (not pre-recorded), coordinated with undergrad TA and rest of teaching team
Live lectures were similar to the examples from the previous semester with the addition of discussion questions for the students. These lectures lasted approximately 50 minutes and were planned by me with input from Dr. Lazar.

LBSC 707 – Field Study in Information Science
Teaching Assistant/Grader
Mode: Online (asynchronous)
Supervisor: Dr. Mega Subramaniam
Class size: 40 students
Duties: Grading, providing individualized feedback for students

Fall 2020

INST 352 – Information User Needs and Assessment
Teaching Assistant
Mode: Online (asynchronous)
Supervisor: Dr. Fiona Jardine
Class size: 109 students
Duties: Grading, interfacing with students, recording lecture videos
Example Lectures:

Lecture on Information Seeking
Lecture on Assessing User Information-Related Preferences and Information Needs

Example discussion section slides: