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TEACHER ASSISTANT POSITIONS

Graduate

  • Nature of Inquiry: Quantitative Research in Social Sciences: Professor Tanu Kumar at Claremont Graduate University (Fall 2024) 

  • Transdisciplinary Urban Studies: Professor Heather Campbell at Claremont Graduate University (Fall 2024, Spring 2023)

    • Guest lecture: Warehouses & Air Quality in the Inland Empire

  • Transdisciplinary Changemakers. Justice-Centered Frameworks for Education: Professor Tamar Salibian at Claremont Graduate University (Summer 2024)

  • Visualizing Data: Professor Tyler Reny  at Claremont Graduate University (Spring 2024) 

  • Transdisciplinary Research on Inequality: Professor Javier Rodriguez at Claremont Graduate University (Summer 2022)                

Undergraduate

  • Urban Environments: Professor Heather Campbell at Pitzer College (Spring 2022)

    • Guest lecture: Indigenous Stakeholders & Water Policy in Los Angeles

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EVALUATIONS

​I take great pride in helping students along their learning journeys. My passion and commitment are reflected in my positive evaluations from students who have found my contributions valuable and my instruction helpful. I have been highly rated for my patient teaching style, thorough feedback, and knowledge of course material. Additionally, several students identified my lectures as some of their favorites of the semester.

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Selected ratings:

  • Grading practices in terms of fairness =  4.89 out of 5

  • Help with homework assignments/labwork = 4.88 out of 5

  • Knowledge of material = 5.00 out of 5

  • Patience on instruction = 4.75 out of 5

  • Clarity of instructions on assignments/tests = 4.88 out of 5

 

Selected of student comments:

  • "Jess is always willing to help anyone"

  • "Always responded quickly with pertinent and easy to understand information, proactively followed up with patience on late assignments"

  • "Good feedback on assignments"

 

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

  • I edited the Fall 2024 version of the Transdisciplinary Changemakers: Justice-Centered Frameworks for Education course textbook. This is the foundational text used in the Inclusive Excellence in College Teaching Certificate program.

  • My work with Professor Heather Campbell culminated in the creation of a classroom game designed to help students learn about the characteristics of Common Pool Resources and the theories on how to manage them. Our game instructions and supplemental materials (including suggested discussion questions and assignments) have been accepted for publication in a collection of instructional tools called Short Games and Active Learning in Political Science: Beating the Clock by Mark Harvey, James “Pigeon” Fielder, Ryan Gibb, and Derek Glasgow, eds. (under review by Taylor and Francis).​

Teaching Experience

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