Will enjoys learning from & with students through teaching. He finds great joy in working with students to consider the world through other animals’ eyes (and other senses!), to better understand, appreciate, and steward the ecosystems of which we are all a part.
I have developed the following courses as a part of pedagogical training with Stanford University's Center for Teaching & Learning & a teaching fellowship with Foothill College:
Marine conservation: biological, social, and technological dimensions
Sensory and behavioral ecology
I have contributed to teaching the following courses, as a lead instructor, guest instructor, or teaching assistant:
Ocean conservation: pathways to solutions - Stanford University (2022-2025; guest)
Oceans & our health - UC Santa Cruz (2025; guest)
Sensory ecology of marine animals - Stanford University (2021-2024; guest)
Marine conservation biology - Stanford University (2023-2024; guest)
Natural history and marine biology - Stanford University (2023; guest)
Behavioral ecology - Middlebury School of the Environment (2023; guest)
Field methods in large marine vertebrates - UC Santa Cruz (2023; guest)
Evolution, systematics, & ecology - Foothill College (2022; guest)
Application & proposal writing for graduate school - CSU Monterey Bay REU (2019-2020; lead)
Marine conservation biology - Stanford University (2019; TA)
Intro to research in ecology & evolutionary biology - Stanford University (2018; TA)
Public & environmental health - Northwestern University (2015; TA)