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Teaching at Kenyon College

Teaching undergraduate students is the most important and rewarding aspect of my job. In all of my classes, I hope to convey the excitement that attracted me to the earth sciences and the polar regions. I couple active observation (often through sketching!) with inquiry-based techniques to motivate student learning. In addition, science communication is a thread that weaves through all of my courses. My experience teaching and tutoring science writing informs this aspect of my courses.

​Recent course offerings:
ENVS 341: The Science of Climate Change 
ENVS 231: Earth System Science 
ENVS 191: Reading the Ohio Landscape
ENVS 210: Introductory Environmental Laboratory
Images from ENVS 191: Reading the Ohio Landscape​, taught Fall 2020 at the Brown Family Environmental Center.

Teaching at other institutions

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University of Colorado Boulder:
ENVS 5100-010: The Scientific Writing Process
Dartmouth College:
Graduate Peer Tutor, Dartmouth College Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Teaching Assistant, ENVS 15: Environmental Issues of the Earth’s Cold Regions, EARS 40: Earth Materials and Structure; EARS 001: How the Earth Works
JSEP Field Instructor, Kangerlussuaq Science Field School and Science Education Week
Vermont Commons School:
Science Faculty

contact

Address
Environmental Studies Program
​Kenyon College
Higley Hall
​Gambier, OH 43022

Email
heindel1 at kenyon.edu

Twitter
​@RuthHeindel