Keerthana Kesavan, an experienced graduate TA, shares strategies for creating a comfortable learning environment and a connected classroom culture while navigating the American university structure as an international student.
Keerthana completed a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Arizona in 2022. During graduate school, she was a teaching assistant for 5+ years and has taught general and organic chemistry labs and assisted with some lectures. Keerthana has won awards for her teaching including receiving the promotion to Distinguished TA, the highest honor awarded by the Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry (CBC). In 2021, she was selected to join CBC's TA Evaluation Committee, which discusses and evaluates the performance of graduate students every semester. She currently works as a scientist in Illumina's protein engineering group in San Diego.
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