The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered.
-Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
The goal of education is not just to produce students who know course content; it is to produce students who understand the content and have the creativity, confidence, and ambition to venture beyond what is known to develop new interpretations of and discoveries about their worlds.
(My Teaching Philosophy is continued here)
Teaching Experiences
KINE 518: Thesis Proposal Writing
Institution: Cal Poly University
Term: Spring 2015
Class Size: 4 graduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
KINE 461: Senior Project Report
Institution: Cal Poly University
Term: Fall 2014, Winter 2015
Class Size: 6 undergraduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
KINE 453: Lifestyle Prescriptions for Wellness
Institution: Cal Poly University
Term: Fall 2014, Winter 2015, Spring 2015
Class Size: 40 undergraduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
NFS 525: Nutritional Assessment Through the Life Cycle
Institution: Drexel University
Term: Winter 2013, Winter 2014
Class Size: 30 graduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
NFS 215: Nutritional Chemistry
Institution: Drexel University
Term: Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014
Class Size: 10-20 undergraduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
NFS 217: Nutrient Quality and Composition
Institution: Drexel University
Term: Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014
Class Size: 8-20 undergraduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
NFS 100/101: Introduction to Nutrition and Food
Institution: Drexel University
Term: Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Class Size: 75-80 undergraduate students
Course Syllabus forthcoming
PH 1104: Nutrition and Health
Institution: Temple University
Role: Adjunct Lecturer
Semester: Spring 2010; Fall 2010
Class Size: 43 undergraduate students (Spring 2010); 60 undergraduate students (Fall 2010)
HDFS 129: Introduction to Human Development & Family Studies
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University at Abington
Role: Adjunct Lecturer
Semester: Summer 2010
Class Size: 11 undergraduate and professional students
HDFS 229: Infant and Child Development
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Role: Co-Instructor
Semester: Summer 2007
Class Size: 28 undergraduate students
HDFS 312W: Introduction to Empirical Inquiry
Institution: The Pennsylvania State University
Role: Co-Instructor
Semester: Summer 2006
Class Size: 15 undergraduate students