My goal as an instructor is to create a productive and equitable learning environment that focuses on student-centered learning, rewards effort, and provides equal access to all students. I work to achieve this goal in four ways: 1) establishing clear learning goals, 2) using multiple teaching modes to connect with learners from diverse backgrounds, 3) using a variety of tools to assess learning, and 4) continued professional development to increase my skill as an instructor. I find that teaching is most rewarding when I see excitement and passion from the students, which often comes when students are actively engaged in the material. This observation motivates my teaching philosophy, which I use in the two courses that I teach: Insect Ecology and Linear Models.

ENY4201/6203 Insect Ecology with Lab (ENY4201/6203, 3 credits; ENY4201L/6203L, 1 credit): This is a cross-listed (undergrad/grad) course; the grad course is part of the core Graduate curriculum for both thesis/dissertation students, as well as non-thesis students in the online-MS program. The objective of the course is to introduce students to foundational ecological concepts and how they motivate applied sciences.

ALS6502C: Linear Models in Agriculture and Natural Resources (3 credits): This applied research methods and analysis course addresses common challenges of biological data, such as dealing with nested experimental designs, repeated measurements, and non-normal distributions using the program R.
– Find the course manual here: https://hahnp13.github.io/ALS6502C-LMANR-Manual/
– Code for the course is available here: https://github.com/hahnp13/ALS6502C-LMANR