Associate Professor
West Virginia University
Teaching is my passion and there is always room for improvement! That is why my same material lectures are never the same; they keep evolving to better meet my students’ aspirations. In my classroom, I adopt the three Rs mentioned in Stephen Brookfield’s The Skillful Teacher: respect, research, and respond. I encourage students to participate, critically think, and ask. No effort or inquiry is ever belittled; all questions are valid. Since students’ levels and intellectual capacities are not the same, I strive to find active learning techniques to enhance my teaching. I prefer simple and effective active learning techniques, such as group discussions, peer teaching, peer evaluation, and presentation. Depending on the size of the class, I implement these techniques selectively to suit the class overall as well as students’ individual goals. My pharmacy background, teaching experience in the pharmaceutical industry setting, and my training during the graduate program in the Physiology and Pharmacology and the Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences departments are particularly fit for effective teaching of PharmD students. My research interests include enhancing student engagement in classroom, and student wellbeing and improving coping strategies with the many stressors of graduate education. My journey with teaching has been informative, enlightening, and rewarding.
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