Reed Scott

Reed Scott

PhD Candidate at the University of Vermont studying disease ecology.

Teaching

Diary of a graduate student: What do I do and how did I get here?

Guest Lecture, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources, 2023

Gave a talk to the students of UVM’s Conservation Biology Course. This lecture discussed my research, but the focus was largely on career paths: I wanted to help students understand what it is like to work in the field of conservation biology, and tried my best to tell them all the things employers expect you to know, but never tell you.

Conservation Biology

Undergraduate course, teaching assistant, University of Vermont, Rubsenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources, 2023

In this class, I aided students in practicing use of population modeling to determine population viability and assess population needs. This included explaining the importance of modeling and understanding the basics of statistics. From there, we taught students how to build population models with increasing levels of complexity. This included population viability analysis, logistic growth, island biogeography models, and many more.

Meta-community approach to disease dynamics

Guest Lecture, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environmnetal and Natural Resources, 2022

Gave a talk on amplification and dilution effects on disease risk. This talk focused on my own research studying amphibian diseases in Vermont.

Global Environmental Assessment

Undergraduate course, teaching assistant, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources, 2022

This class focused on the uses of GIS in assessing environmental issues. As a teaching assistant I instructed students on the basic uses of GIS, as well as interpretation of their results.