Teaching
Courses taught and lab demonstrations led at Saint Mary's University.
Instructor
PHYS 2300 — Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS — 2023 to 2025
Second-year B.Sc. Physics laboratory. Taught the standard set of E&M experiments (Coulomb’s law, capacitors, RC/RL/RLC circuits, induction, oscilloscopes), led pre-lab tutorials, supervised data acquisition, and graded weekly reports.
PHYS 2400 — Thermodynamics Laboratory
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS — 2023 to 2025
Second-year B.Sc. Physics laboratory. Calorimetry, gas-law experiments, and heat-engine demonstrations. Same teaching style as above — hands-on supervision plus problem-solving sessions.
Teaching Assistant
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS — 2018 to 2024
Six years of TA-ing across the introductory and second-year physics sequence. Led weekly lab sessions, ran problem-solving help sessions, graded assignments, lab reports, and exams. Mentored undergraduate research students through summer projects under my supervisors.
Public outreach
Tour Guide & Telescope Operator
Burke-Gaffney Observatory, Saint Mary’s University · 2018–2025
Led public observing nights for the general public — operating the 0.4 m Cassegrain telescope, narrating live observations of the Moon, planets, and bright deep-sky objects, and fielding questions on everything from cosmology to telescope optics.
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