Teaching Experience
My teaching experiences encompass undergraduate research, statistics labs, lectures, and discussion-centered learning. I was the primary instructor for the Sociology of Gender during the Summer 2020 session, where I incorporated weekly synchronous and asynchronous discussions (1 semester, 28 students total). I taught hands-on undergraduate research courses through a Research Practicum in Sociology (9 semesters, 16 students total) and through UW-Madison's Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (2 semesters, 2 students total). I have also facilitated statistics labs (2 semesters, approximately 60 students total) and discussion-based class sessions (5 semesters, approximately 430 students total).
Lecturing
Sociology of Gender, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Summer 2020
Course description: Sociology challenges us to analyze and question what we see as "normal" or "the way the world works." While many in daily life use gender to refer specifically to women, sociologists of gender use the term in a broader sense: gender is a power relationship, rather than an individual's identity. This course invites students to critically examine how gender ideologies shape themselves, their interactions, and the institutions and cultures they live in, and how they can impact institutions and cultures through individual and collective action. Course syllabus.
Qualitative Feedback
"I've learned a lot. It's been interesting to understand so much of what I've taken as common sense as social constructions of gender."
"The structure of this course is really nice. The modules are easy to navigate and the deadlines are very clear. The discussion roles are nice especially the counterargument advisers. It really makes me look at the argument in a different perspective. I really like reading about other people's perspective on the discussion and the Seeing Gender Activities. The journal entries are really nice because it's just another place for me to express my thoughts. Expressing thoughts in the virtual learning is very difficult and I love all the opportunities we have to share our thoughts."
"I have really enjoyed the synchronous Seeing Gender activities. I like the discussion with my peers and Nona and find the activities to be well-organized and engaging."
"The structure of this course is really nice. The modules are easy to navigate and the deadlines are very clear. The discussion roles are nice especially the counterargument advisers. It really makes me look at the argument in a different perspective. I really like reading about other people's perspective on the discussion and the Seeing Gender Activities. The journal entries are really nice because it's just another place for me to express my thoughts. Expressing thoughts in the virtual learning is very difficult and I love all the opportunities we have to share our thoughts."
"I have really enjoyed the synchronous Seeing Gender activities. I like the discussion with my peers and Nona and find the activities to be well-organized and engaging."
Undergraduate Research Supervision and Mentoring
Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
For more information on the URS program see this link. For the academic year 2020-2021, I mentored two students.
Sociology Research Practicum, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nona Gronert and students presenting on the research practicum at the Wisconsin Women's and Gender Studies Conference and 4W Summit on Women, Gender, and Well-Being 2019.
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Qualitative Feedback
"I appreciate the research skills that learning to code has taught me. It's given me a new way of thinking and it's informed me on how to go about how I might go about my own research." "Nona is an excellent person to work under. She is clear about expectations, encouraging, understanding, and driven." "The readings always added to my experience and it felt especially topical given the political climate and our Dept of Education right now. I feel like I understand so much more about the history of campus sexual assault. " |
Violence Prevention, University Health Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison
History of Men's Engagement in Anti-Violence Work: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
While working in the Violence Prevention unit, I supervised two undergraduate Men's Engagement Coordinators as they learned about the history of men's engagement in anti-violence work and developed a presentation focused on such efforts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2000 through 2020.
Quantitative Evaluations Overall
Sociology of Gender, Summer 2020: 4.55
Statistics for Sociologists I, Spring 2018: 4.63
Social Psychology, Spring 2017: 4.42
Statistics for Sociologists I, Fall 2016: 4.55
Survey of Sociology, Writing Intensive, Spring 2016: 4.76
Human Sexuality, Fall 2015: 4.59
Social Psychology, Spring 2015: 4.12
Human Sexuality, Fall 2014: 4.08
Note: 5 is the highest possible score.
Department teaching evaluations available upon request for the Sociology of Gender (primary instructor), Statistics for Sociologists I (Teaching Assistant), Social Psychology (TA), Survey of Sociology, Writing Intensive (TA), and Human Sexuality (TA). For my undergraduate research supervision, anonymous evaluations I collected are available upon request. Due to the undergraduate research practicum class size, the university's online evaluation system did not collect evaluations.
Statistics for Sociologists I, Spring 2018: 4.63
Social Psychology, Spring 2017: 4.42
Statistics for Sociologists I, Fall 2016: 4.55
Survey of Sociology, Writing Intensive, Spring 2016: 4.76
Human Sexuality, Fall 2015: 4.59
Social Psychology, Spring 2015: 4.12
Human Sexuality, Fall 2014: 4.08
Note: 5 is the highest possible score.
Department teaching evaluations available upon request for the Sociology of Gender (primary instructor), Statistics for Sociologists I (Teaching Assistant), Social Psychology (TA), Survey of Sociology, Writing Intensive (TA), and Human Sexuality (TA). For my undergraduate research supervision, anonymous evaluations I collected are available upon request. Due to the undergraduate research practicum class size, the university's online evaluation system did not collect evaluations.