Teaching
Classroom Teaching:
I have taught five different courses while I have been at OU. The course level ranged from introductory general education to graduate level.
Term |
Course |
Enrollment |
Spring 2006 |
ASTR 3190-020 & 5900-010: Observational Astrophysics |
3 undergraduate majors and 2 graduate students |
Fall 2005 |
ASTR 5900-020: Seminar on Active Galactic Nuclei |
4 graduate students |
Spring 2005 |
ASTR 1504: General Astronomy |
181 undergraduate nonmajors |
Fall 2004 |
ASTR 3103: Stars |
4 undergraduate majors & 1 audit |
Spring 2004 |
ASTR 3990 & 5900: Observatory Methods |
4 undergraduate majors & 3 graduate students |
Fall 2003 |
ASTR 5403: High Energy Astrophysics |
5 graduate students |
Spring 2003 |
ASTR 4512: Observatory Methods |
7 undergraduate majors |
Fall 2002 |
ASTR 1504: General Astronomy |
193 undergraduate nonmajors |
Spring 2002 |
ASTR 1504: General Astronomy |
196 undergraduate nonmajors |
Fall 2001 |
ASTR 5970: Seminar on Active Galactic Nuclei |
3 graduate students |
Spring 2001 |
ASTR 1504: General Astronomy |
118 undergraduate nonmajors |
Student and postdoc research supervised:
I have supervised the research projects of 17 undergraduate and graduate students and a postdoc. My group typically consists of 3-5 students.
Kimberly Prescott, OU graduate student, December 2005-July 2006
Supervised Masters thesis research. Thesis title: Photometry and Spectrophotometry of a Heterogeneous Sample of Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies.
Jason King, OU undergraduate student, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Supervised capstone (senior thesis). Thesis title: Locally Optimally-Emitting Cloud Models of Active Galactic Nuclei Emission Spectra.
Bobby Fleshman, OU graduate student, Summer 2005-Spring 2006
Supervised analysis of XMM-Newton data from the luminous Narrow-line quasar RX J0439-45.
Caitlin Finley, OU undergraduate student, January 2005 – present
Supervised analysis of SDSS spectra that will ultimately yield a catalog of near-UV spectral properties of intermediate redshift narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (with Randi Worhatch).
Randi Worhatch, OU undergraduate student, January 2005 – present
Supervised analysis of SDSS spectra that will ultimately yield a catalog of near-UV spectral properties of intermediate redshift narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (with Caitlin Finley).
Ryan Biesemeyer OU undergraduate student, Summer 2004 – Spring 2005
Supervised REU and Capstone project consisting of principal components analysis of SDSS spectra.
Jiehae Choi, OU undergraduate student, Spring 2004 – Summer 2005
Supervised REU and Capstone project consisting of reduction and time series analysis of ASCA data from the long observation of NGC 4395, and analysis of XMM-Newton data from the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 quasar PHL 1811.
Andrea Crews, OU REU student from Carnegie Mellon, Summer 2003
Supervised analysis of XMM-Newton data from the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy 1H 0707-495.
Boon-kuan Woo, OU graduate student, Summer 2003 – Spring 2004
Supervised construction of a database of photoionization results.
Larry Maddox, OU graduate student, Fall 2002 – Fall 2004
Supervised analysis of the extended X-ray emission and extra-nuclear point sources in the XMM-Newton data from the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300.
Aida Nava, OU graduate student, Summer 2002
Supervised analysis of XMM-Newton data from the Seyfert 2 nucleus NGC 6300.
John Moore, OU undergraduate, Spring 2002 – July 2005
Supervised reduction and analysis of HST UV spectra, SDSS spectra from a large sample of quasars, and Chandra data.
Darrin Casebeer, OU graduate student, Fall 2001 – Present
Supervised dissertation research (with Eddie Baron), including analysis and modeling of FUSE data from the Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy RE 1034+39, PHOENIX modeling of optical—UV spectra of FeII Low-ionization Broad Absorption-line Quasars, and PHOENIX modeling of wind acceleration in AGN.
Toshihiro Kawaguchi, visiting Kyoto University graduate student, Summer 2001 – Fall 2001
Facilitated construction of accretion disk models.
Chiho Matsumoto, OU postdoctoral research associate, May 2001 – June 2004
Supervised analysis of Chandra and XMM-Newton data from Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxies including Ark 564 , a sample of high-luminosity NLS1s, and the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 6300.
Miranda Jackson, Columbia University graduate student, June 1999 – December 2000
Supervised analysis of 10 coordinated RXTE and ASCA observations of Mrk 509.
Karl Forster, Columbia University graduate student, January 1997 – July 1998
Partial thesis supervision (with J. Halpern). Supervised analysis of ASCA observations of intermediate-type Seyfert galaxies.
Dissertation Committee Membership:
Melissa Brucker , OU Ph.D. candidate, committee member
Kimberly Prescott , OU M.S. candidate, committee chair
Darrin Casebeer, OU Ph.D. candidate, committee chair
Larry Maddox, OU Ph.D candidate, committee member
Chris Stockdale, Ph. D. 2002, committee member
Instructional Development Activities:
- OU Instructional Development Program Faculty Discussion Group “How to Design Courses for More Significant Student Learning”, Spring 2003
- OU Professional Development Seminar for New Faculty Members, Fall 2000
- Workshop on Astro 101 at Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, June 15, 2001
- AAS New Faculty Workshop, Rochester, NY, June 2000
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