Former Teaching Assistants

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Why did we become TAs?

KATHERINE MILLER:

"I guess the best enticement for me was that as an out-of-state student, I only have to pay in-state rates for tuition. That is a big help. And the chance to pass on what you've learned."

JASON JAMES:

"Initially, I became a teaching assistant to help pay school expenses, but I’ve continued to teach because I truly enjoy the job."

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Research done by former TAs

Erin McCarthy & Katherine Miller
Research project: Nesting success of the botteri's sparrow in south Texas.

Erica Padilla-Howard
Research project: Prey availability to migrating shorebirds (family Charadriidae) at Newport pass, Mustang Island, Texas

Vivek Devarayasamudram
Research project: Security issues related to wireless networks.

Amanda Bushon
Research project: Recruitment patterns of estuarine-dependent fishes.

Suraida Nanez-James
Research project: Identification and characterization of nursery habitat for juvenile southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, in Aransas Bay, Texas.

Jason James
Research project: Catch-and-release mortality of spotted seatrout.

Anne Evans
Research project: Toxicity assessments of hydrophobic organic contaminants on marine organisms.

Megan Reese
Research project: Opening of packery channel: impacts to fishes and crustaceans

Nikki Manuel
Research project: Development of standardized E. coli antibiotic resistance analysis libraries for tracking sources of bacterial contamination of surface water in Lake Belton and Lake Waco, Texas.

Ryan Fikes
Research project: Recruitment and succession of macroalgal species along the rock jetties at Packery Channel, TX