Academic Professional Development

I strongly believe in providing professional development and mentorship that enables undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars to fulfill their career goals. This has manifested itself in a few different ways in my career.

WALA: Women as Leaders in Astronomy

Along with a former BU graduate student, I founded a group for women in the astronomy department at BU. This group was designed to facilitate community-building across the academic hierarchy to encourage informal mentorships between women at various stage in their academic careers.

Associate Director for BU Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates

I was a mentor for two cohorts of summer research undergraduates hosted in the astronomy department at BU. As part of this, I developed several career development workshops that took place each summer. I also planned and organized a department-wide undergraduate research symposium as a capstone for the summer experience.

Graduate Fellow for Professional Development Programs, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning

I worked in Dartmouth’s teaching and learning center for one year where I facilitated workshops on the scholarship of teaching and learning for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. I created a Learning Community centered around these themes for graduate students and postdocs. I also researched peer institution practices and developed a plan to implement graduate school-wide TA training.