Teaching Philosophy
One of my proudest moments as a teacher was finding, weeks after having given a lecture on personality, a picture taken by a student of one of my slides posted to the site "cheezburger.com". The slide had obviously stuck with the student, for whatever reason (I assume shared taste in video games) enough that he or she wanted to circulate it elsewhere.
I believe in Baba Dioum's famous quote: "In the end we will conserve only what we love, love only what we understand, and understand only what we are taught." Teaching, however, requires exciting the student. I hope to accomplish this by contagion (I think animal behavior and evolutionary biology are awesome, so I want to tell people why) and, more importantly, by connecting the principles of zoology to the interests of individual students. Throughout history the natural world has inspired developments in every conceivable field - from aeuronautics to zymurgy. There's something there for everyone.
I believe in Baba Dioum's famous quote: "In the end we will conserve only what we love, love only what we understand, and understand only what we are taught." Teaching, however, requires exciting the student. I hope to accomplish this by contagion (I think animal behavior and evolutionary biology are awesome, so I want to tell people why) and, more importantly, by connecting the principles of zoology to the interests of individual students. Throughout history the natural world has inspired developments in every conceivable field - from aeuronautics to zymurgy. There's something there for everyone.
Guest Lectures & Invited Talks/Panels
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10/18: Invited Panelist: 1st International Conservation and Marketing Engagement Conference: “Teaching Conservation in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction.”
4/17, 4/18: Guest Lecturer: “Cognitive & Affective Bases of Behavior” PSA 6472, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University (Instructor: Dr. William Arsenio), Bronx, NY. 11/17: Invited Panelist: “Sharing is Caring” Conference, Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island, NY 4/16: Invited Panelist: Hunter College High School Earth Day Forum, Hunter College High School, New York, NY 5/14: Guest Lecturer: “Ethology: Animal Behavior” Psych 22500, Hunter College, the City University of New York (Instructor: Heather Spence), New York, NY. 11/12, 5/13: Guest Lecturer, Psychology 1000 (Professor: Hannah Jaicks), Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY 5/13: "Natural History of New York" for 1st Grade Class (Teacher: Mei Koon), Hunter College Elementary School, New York, NY 9/12: Fulmer, A.G., Dedits, T., McCloskey, D. “Save the Queen: Prosocial Contributions Are Associated with Increased Rescue Speed for Experimentally Trapped Naked Mole Rats,” CABI Black Rock Forest Event, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Cornwall, NY 4/11: Invited Speaker, Animal Behavior Lecture Series, School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 4/11: "Field Methods in Animal Behavior" for Field Methods in Animal Behavior CS179, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 12/09: Fulmer, A.G. "Social Signaling and Distance in the Greater Sac-Winged Bat" CS Lightning Talks Series, Invited lecture sponsored by School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |