While at Trent University I taught several courses (descriptions listed below), both in the face-to-face and online formats. I've also been involved in curriculum development for the courses I taught, especially the lab components of each course. Although I've taken the year off from formal classroom/online teaching while I am at Princeton University, I continue to be directly engaged with Princeton's undergraduate and graduate students in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department who are working on various genomic and epigenetic research projects. 

BIOLogy 1020
foundations of biodiversity

An examination of the biological principles underlying questions concerning biodiversity and evolution. Begins with a discussion of biodiversity and the implications of its loss. This will be followed by consideration of the evolution of life on earth, exploring the underlying processes of natural selection and ecological interactions.

biology 3620
population genetics

Introduces students to microevolutionary processes through the study of sources of genetic variation, the genetic composition of populations, and forces that determine and change that composition. Examples and applications come from molecular ecology, and include conservation genetics, behavioural ecology, phylogeography, and wildlife forensics. 

biology 2050
introduction to genetics

Develops a basic understanding of genetics. Mendelian inheritance, chromosome structure, genetic recombination, mutation, the structure of DNA, the nature of genes, and current topics in genetics will be investigated using examples from plants, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, and viruses.