Erika Lynn Wagoner

Erika Lynn Wagoner

Physicist working in cosmology and astrophysics

Teaching

Lab Instructor - Physics 141

University of Arizona | Fall 2014

Physics 141 is the calculus based introductory mechanics course offered for undergraduates at University of Arizona, geared primarily towards engineering students. As a lab instructor for this course, I was responsible for two sections of about 25 students each. I would give a short quiz meant to check that the students had read the lab material before class, and then run a short overview of the concepts covered in the lab and a demonstration. Some weeks required more overview as the lab material was not always covered in the lectures first. I would then walk around and assist students as they worked in small groups to finish the lab.

Undergraduate Tutor

Ohio State University | Fall 2011 - Summer 2014

I was hired as a physics tutor by the physics department at Ohio State University. These positions were reserved primarily for undergraduates, with the occasional graduate student as needed. The tutoring was intended for students in the introductory physics sequence, mostly for the non-honors courses, both algebra and calculus based. As a tutor, I would help students with homework, and sometimes I would explain concepts they didn’t understand from lectures or as a review before exams.