TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626) (2017-2019)
  • Three years as head teaching assistant (2017, 2018, 2019); one year as field teaching assistant (2017) 
  • Duties include:
    • Supervising students as they design and conduct field-based research projects on marine mammals
    • Assisting with necropsy set up and execution
    • Organizing and transporting field gear
    • Assisting students in the field
    • Grading field notebooks, project proposals, final papers, and presentations

Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Introduction to Psychology (85-102) (2011-2013)
  • Designed and taught weekly recitations for two sections of students (~20 students/section)
  • Graded exams and assignments, held weekly office hours to address student questions, and led exam review sessions
  • Promoted to Head TA for the Fall 2013 term (Aug - Dec 2013); promotion involved organizing the team of TAs, entering final grades for students, and attending additional weekly meetings with the course professor

Cognitive Psychology (85-211) (2012)
  • Held weekly office hours to answer student questions and attended weekly meetings with the course professor
  • Helped grade assignments and exams for ~200 students


GUEST LECTURES
Hersh, T. A multi-methods approach to understanding sperm whale behavioral ecology. Dalhousie University, Behavioral Ecology (BIOL 3062). Mar 2019. 

Hersh, T. Human language evolution. Dalhousie University, Cultural Evolution (BIOL 4510). Nov 2018.

Hersh, T. Genetic evolution in marine mammals. Dalhousie University, Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Mammals (BIOL 4090). Oct 2018.

Hersh, T. An introduction to marine mammal culture. Endicott College, Marine Biology (BIO 226). Oct 2018.

Hersh, T. Social, acoustic, and cultural hierarchy in sperm whale societies. Dalhousie University, Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626). Aug 2018.

Hersh, T. An introduction to marine mammal acoustics: Quantifying, characterizing, and interpreting sound in the ocean. Dalhousie University, Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626). Aug 2017; July 2018.

Hersh, T. Sperm whales: Ecology and life history of a deep sea leviathan. Dalhousie University, Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626). Aug 2017; July 2018.

Hersh, T. Bottlenose dolphins. Dalhousie University, Marine Mammalogy (MARI 3090).  Mar 2017; Jan 2018; Mar 2019.

Hersh, T. An introduction to careers in marine biology. Barringer Academy of the Arts and Humanities. Oct 2015.
 
Hersh, T. Novel bioinformatics tools for analysis of gene expression in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea. Endicott College, Bioinformatics (BIO 340). Mar 2014.


WORKSHOPS
Lidgard, D, Hersh, T. Life history of Sable Island grey seals. Dalhousie University, Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626). July 2018.

Hersh, T., Lidgard D. Marine mammal acoustic analysis using Raven Lite.  Dalhousie University, Field Studies of Marine Mammals (BIOL/MARI 3626). Aug 2017.
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OUTREACH
-The Discovery Centre (2017)
-Animal Welfare Institute Marine Mammal Campaign (2016)
-Animal Welfare Institute Shark Fin Campaign (2015-2016)
-Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Open House (2014)
-Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory Family Science Night (2013)
-Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium (2012-2016)