Faculty & Staff

I teach all levels of physics with the guiding philosophy that "to learn physics, you must do physics!" I utilize Ithaca College's SCALE-UP Performance-Based Physics Lab to employ active learning techniques and seamlessly integrate laboratory and lecture in order to increase students' engagement, understanding and sense of belonging in physics.

In short, one of my driving goals is to make physics fun! 

Most recently, our PHYS 101 class was highlighted in the Ithaca College Innovative Learning series. We take advantage of the fact that physics is all around us, so we can do engaging and robust physics labs from home!

Since being welcomed into the Ithaca College community in 2017, I have taught courses in both our algebra-based and calculus-based introductory physics series, thermodynamics, classical mechanics, and our Learning Assistant Practicum. I believe that collaboration and interdisciplinarity are critical to our understanding and appreciation of the world, so I have also co-taught courses within the School of Music and our IC Squared program. Previously, I have taught courses and labs in introductory physics for engineers at North Carolina State University, and calculus courses at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.