2023-2024
BSCI 1510: Introduction to Biological Sciences
Jim Patton
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences | Thomas Clements
Senior lecturer | Learning Assistants
Marisa Albarran
Zoe Abel
Kanoe Bonilla
Drugan Brady
Abbie Carr
Aashi Gurijala
Eunyoung Hong
Audrey Lingan
Suhaah Nadir
Brina Ratangee
Kyle Vallone
Helen Yang
Henoc Zinga | How the LAs were integrated
Flipped classroom. Open
question and answer at
the beginning of class and
then LAs discussed new
problems with students in
small groups afterwards.
LAs hosted Zoom
meetings on Fridays to go
over questions from the
lectures each week. |
Todd Graham
Stevenson professor
of Biological Sciences |
Sabriya Rosemond
Assistant professor of the practice in
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Zoe Abel
Mackenzie Horne
Sarah Hourihan
Min Joo Kim
Ray Kongmanychanh
Natalie Loveridge
Gian Luca Lupica-Tondo
Jacob Meyers
Cheryl Quartey
Lexi Scheuing
Claire Tate | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos
and completing a
worksheet for participation
credit; each LA led a
discussion of the
worksheet in a separate
room in a small group, with
faculty members visiting
each room. |
CHEM 1601: General Chemistry
Tara Todd
Principal senior lecturer in
Chemistry and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Heather Bryant
Sebastian Bujoi
Kyle Davis
Alex Eisenrich
Jasmin Elnaggar
Camilla Guel
Hailey Kramer
Roman Thomas
Tigist Tilahun
Elena Woodburn
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
Adam List
Prinicipal senior lecturer
in Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Kyle Davis
Priya Bhatt
Isabella Binci
Avery Fortier
Ahmed Imani
Alex Lashgari
Thu Nguyen
Tristan Sealy
Jasmine Sun
Chloe Tzau
Soumya Vytla
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussion
during the last third of class. |
CHEM 2221: Organic Chemistry
Katie Clements
Senior lecturer of Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Pragnya Adapa
Marisa Albarran
Eshani Arumalla
Madalyn Bergman
Mike Jiang
Darius Johnson
Dorian Lawson-Qureshi
Victoria Li
Tom No
Alisa Shmidt
| How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos.
Class is interspersed with
short lectures. LAs led a
discussion of material in
small groups with faculty
member walking around. |
CHEM 2211: Organic Chemistry for Advanced Placement Students
Jeff Johnston
Stevenson professor of Chemistry | Learning Assistants
Avery Haynes
Shreyas Teegla
| How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for
class by watching videos.
Class is interspersed with
short lectures. LAs led a
discussion of material in
small groups with faculty
member walking around. |
EES 1510: The Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Geological Sciences
Lily Claiborne
Principal senior lecturer
of Earth and Environmental
Sciences and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Cora Jackson
Easton Maxey
Alicia Sigworth
Jeremy Tallon
Hannah Weishar
| How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
BSCI 1103: Green Earth: The Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants
Amanda Benson
Senior lecturer of
Biological Sciences | Learning Assistants
Lauren Bishop
Nora Fellas
Jake Gorham | How the LAs were integrated
Provide support as students
work through problems and
answer questions in small
groups during class. |
NSC 3269: Developmental Neuroscience
Elizabeth Catania
Assistant professor
in Neuroscience
and Director of
Undergraduate Studies | Learning Assistants
Sawyer Fleishman
Kayla Furney
Foster Johnson
Noah Kelley
Phoebe Young | How the LAs were integrated
Students prepared for class
by watching lecture videos.
In class, LA’s led small
groups of students through
assignments reviewing or
extending the lecture
videos. Assignments
ranged from worksheets, to
review of data and figures
from papers to short
problem based learning
type questions. |
PHYS 1501: Physics
Savanna Starko
Senior lecturer in
Physics & Astronomy | Learning Assistants
Section 1:
Gayatri Aluri
Lavanya Dhavala
Will Ford
Marina He
Sriya Jonnakuti
Amanda Maeglin
Anjali Raman
Isra Schuster
Section 2:
Leen Alabdalla
Rishik Bethi
Riya Chinni
Morgan Cramer
Minoli Fernando
Sam Josephson
Ryan Mckew
Grace Ward
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs led small group discussions
and active learning exercises
interspersed with short lectures. |
PSY 2100: Quantitative Methods
Adriane Seiffert
Senior lecturer and
research assistant
professor of Psychology | Learning Assistants
Kavi Jakes
Gakenia Muigai
Sophia Podolsky
Lillian Zheng
| How the LAs were integrated
LAs helped students
complete in-class activities
by answering questions and
encouraging students to
engage with a range of
topics. |
MATH 1200: Single-Variable Calculus I
Course Assistants
Amanuel Benti
Jake Du
Jasmine Ferrier
Kate Gallardo
Matthew Ku
Joyce Luo
Elisa Maknojia
Alexander Peters
Kathleen Praino
Paige Rieschick
Zoe Segal
Maya Shamari
Marques Watson
| How the LAs were integrated
Course assistants meet with small groups of students for collaborative homework sessions once per week. |
MATH 1300: Accelerated Single-Variable Calculus I
Course Assistants
Michelle Bramlett
Rhonda Giadolor
Kaylee Greenberg
Jose Gutierrez
Madeleine Guyton
Jacob Katz
Brooke Lytle
Alberto Magana
Demos Negash
Michelle Park
Isabella Peng
Kyle Pinzon
Dannah Sader
Lavonte Saunders
Rohit Sharma
Yijin Shen
Matthew Shipley
Yujie Wang
Suah Woo
Leyton Xing
| How the LAs were integrated
Course assistants meet with small groups of students for collaborative homework sessions once per week. |
SCED 2330: Pedagogy Seminar
Cynthia Brame
Associate director,
Center for Teaching | Learning Assistant
Easton Maxey | How the LAs were integrated |
Amy Palmeri
Associate professor of the
Practice, Early Childhood
and Elementary Education | Learning Assistant
Natalie Loveridge | How the LAs were integrated |
Taylor McNeill
Doctoral student, Teaching, Learning, & Diversity | Learning Assistant
Henoc Zinga | How the LAs were integrated |