Teaching & Outreach
I have worked and continue to work on several teaching and outreach activities as I believe the work of a scientist shouldn't be confined to the academic publication setting. These activities include working as a Teaching Assistant in Undergrad and Grad level classes ranging both paleontology and geology, as well as outreach activities in Brazil that aim to bring paleontology to the general public and undergraduate students. Below you can find a short description of some of my previous and ongoing activities.
University-level teaching
I have worked as a TA in several classes to undegraduate and graduate students in Brazil and the US in paleontology and geology. Some of these include Vertebrate Paleontology, Basin analysis and Stratigraphy, as well as introductory courses to general geology and geography (e.g. Geology of National Parks; Intro to Physical Geography)
Museum Teaching
My teaching activities also include experience in using museum collections and exhibits as a learning took for undergraduate and graduate students for paleontology classes. Also have participated in projects of the "GeoOficinas" at UniRio where paleontology and geology activities including specimens and replicas are brough to basic- and high-school students in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Earth Sciences and movies
I've created with Dr. Deusana Maria da Costa Machado a project we named "GeoQuintas" where we used movies with themes related to geology and paleontology as a mean of introducing basic concepts of these areas to the general public. Movies provided examples of credible and fictional concepts that were then discussed with specialists in a short round table.
Field work teaching
Part of the teaching I do includes bringing students to the field or presenting field-related activities in class using specimens/samples. For example, this includes short field trip organization for EARTH 467 "Basin Analysis and Stratigraphy" in Michigan and Ohio, as well as giving short lectures to the local public when out in the field (e.g. lecturing to local students at Mafra, Santa Catarina, Brazil).
