Resume

• 2007

  PhD

  Physics

  University of Michigan

• 2003

  Bachelor of Science

  Physics

  Mathematics

  Gonzaga University

• Astronomy

  Data Analysis

  Mathematics

  Presenting

  Programming

  Astrophysics

  Education

  Teaching

  Writing

  Curriculum Development

  Statistics

  Higher Education

  Research

  Adult Education

  Science

  Physics

  Gibelyou

  Cameron

  Tacoma Community College

  California Institute of Technology

  Lakeside School/Johns Hopkins University/University of Michigan

  Gonzaga University

  University of Michigan

  University of Michigan

  Ann Arbor

  MI

  I develop and teach courses focused on the integration of knowledge and on the development of broadly transferable skills:\n\n-History 238

  \"Zoom: A History of Everything” (Big History)\n-UC 300

  “Tours of the Past”\n-ALA 375

  \"Skills for College

  Career

  and Beyond\"\n-UC 254

  \"Predicting the Future”

  Lecturer in Applied Liberal Arts and University Courses

  University of Michigan

  I performed data analysis using datasets from the cosmic microwave background and galaxy\n surveys to test the isotropy of the universe and models of early-universe physics. Technical\n skills include experience working in Python

  IDL

  C/C++

  Fortran

  Mathematica

  and LaTeX.

  University of Michigan

  Math Lab Tutor

  I tutored math students at all levels from high school through advanced undergraduate during my own time as an undergraduate.

  Gonzaga University

  Graduate Student Instructor

  I served as an instructor or teaching assistant for the following courses while in graduate school

  with highly positive teaching evaluations in each:\n\n-English 125

  College Writing (2011)\n-History 238

  Zoom: A History of Everything (2010-11

  Graduate Media Assistant)\n-Psychology 111

  Introduction to Psychology (2010-11)\n-Astronomy 102

  Introductory Astronomy (2009)\n-Physics 241

  Electricity and Magnetism Lab (2007-08)

  University of Michigan

  Summer School Instructor

  I have worked with junior-high and high-school students in summer-school settings:\n\n-Michigan Math and Science Scholars

  \"Climbing the Distance Ladder: How Astronomers Survey the Universe\" (2009

  2010)\n-Center for Talented Youth

  \"Astronomy\" (2010)\n-Lakeside School (Seattle

  WA) Summer Program

  \"Big History\" (2012)

  Lakeside School/Johns Hopkins University/University of Michigan

  Coordinator of Teaching

  Programming

  and Innovation

  I work to coordinate and improve teaching across departments in the UM College of Literature

  Science

  and the Arts. This includes serving as an advisor to new instructors

  developing best practices for teachers

  directing a program for faculty members interested in teaching sustainability across disciplines

  and marketing courses and programs to students.

  University of Michigan

  Research Fellow

  I verified the mathematical equivalence of two ways of modeling a dissipative effect in the LIGO optics.

  California Institute of Technology

  Math Advising and Resource Center Tutor

  I tutored at a drop-in center for math students.

  Tacoma Community College