TEACHING EXPERIENCE

"Professor Olson was very thorough in her communication, both in class and over email. I had very few questions during the term about assignments and content overall, which I attribute to her ability to cover all pertinent information."

"Dr. Olsen gave us many resources in order to learn outside of class as well as offered us different ways of learning. She was also very accommodating of different people's needs within the class. She offered consistent office hours and different ways for us to learn (aka synchronous, asynchronous). This instructor did a very good job of making sure everyone was cared for within this class. It was a very safe environment."

"The instructor challenged me to learn by thinking about drugs and the course content in a different way. She encouraged thoughtful inquiry by putting us into breakout rooms to engage in a more conversation in smaller groups about what we were learning or discussing. The course activities that challenged me to learn the most were the papers that were assigned. They challenged me to learn by making sure I understood the course content and applying the paper topics to the course material."

"The instructor was great at communicating the learning objectives for the day as well as expectations for assignments. As well, her lectures were actually some of the most engaging out of many I've experienced before, she's very relatable and personable. I really appreciated this in the context of this class, for she related the content to our lives very frequently. She answered questions in a very clear way and emailed back in a reasonable time. As well, she made sure that her intentions were very clear regarding controversial topics."

"The instructor encouraged us to respond in class, which was very helpful with zoom learning. She also prompted interesting and unique breakout room questions which really helped when it came to meaningful conversations with my peers. As well, the primary source reading was a unique and challenging way of self-teaching, for it inspired inquiry before class and made the lectures more meaningful with context. I was very impressed with how much the instructor related topics to understandable stories and statistics."

"I thought the Sakai site was very easy to navigate. I especially liked how the resources page was set up. None of my other classes have really utilized this function yet, and I thought it was really easy to navigate. I also found email reminders very helpful."

"Very organized. Professor Olson had office hours for any student to come in to ask questions if something wasn’t clear, but I didn’t even need to because she would either clarify something in more detail through an email or just mention it in class."