As a participant in the Duke Graduate School Certificate in College Teaching Program, I have had the opportunity to develop an online teaching portfolio and build upon my education in pedagogical best practices. For example, I took advantage of the Duke Graduate School’s Teaching IDEAS Workshops, which brought graduate students from across the Sciences and Humanities together to think through the challenges that all teachers face. I’ve outlined the events that I was able to attend below:

• “Take Your Teaching Skills Anywhere: Identifying Transferable Skills for Alternative Careers,” November 12, 2012
• “The Art of Teaching: Using Acting Techniques in the Teaching/Learning Process,” November 5, 2012
• “PhD Laboratory in Digital Knowledge,” October 1, 2012“Future Directions of Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education,” September 17, 2012
• “Future Directions of Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate Education,” September 17, 2012

Prior to my work as a Teaching Assistant with Dr. Edward Balleisen, I was a Grading Assistant for Dr. Laura Edward’s course, “Women in US History,” and Dr. Barry Gaspar’s course, “Caribbean History.”