Valerie Hsieh

Teaching

Columbia University

Lecturer, Columbia University

Physics 1494: Introduction to Experimental Physics Lab

  • Fall 2023 (177 students)
  • Spring 2024 (52 students)
  • Fall 2024 (131 students)
  • Spring 2025 (53 students)

Senior Lead Teaching Fellow

2022-2023

  • One of eight SLTFs within Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning supporting a cohort of 45 Lead Teaching Fellows to create sustained pedagogical support for graduate instructors across the university

Physics 1291

Introduction to Kinematics and Mechanics (Laboratory TA)

  • Fall 2020 (13 students)
  • Fall 2021 (27 students)

CIRTL Instructor

Fall 2023

  • Created two-part workshop for instructors nationwide through the Center for the Integration of Teaching, Research, and Learning
  • Facilitated two-hour workshop for 125 graduate students, staff, and faculty at over 70 institutions

Lead Teaching Fellow

2021-2022

  • Representative for Columbia’s Center for Teaching and Learning within the physics department
  • Developed pedagogical events in fall 2021 and spring 2022 for department graduate instructors

Physics 1292

Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism (Laboratory TA)

  • Spring 2021 (26 students)
  • Spring 2022 (25 students)

Physics 1201

Introduction to Kinematics and Mechanics (Recitation TA)

  • Fall 2022 (30 students, led exam review sessions for lecture class of 170)

Private Tutor

  • Physics 1201 (7 students; Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
  • Physics 1202 (6 students; Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2024)
  • Physics 1401 (1 student; Fall 2023)
  • Physics 1402 (2 students; Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
  • AP Physics (1 student; Spring 2025)
  • Polygence Mentor (3 students)
  • LearnSTEM Mentor (2 students)
  • College Impact Mentor (4 students)

University of California, Berkeley

BASIS “Be A Scientist” Mentor

Willard Middle School (7th grade science mentor)

  • Fall 2019 (instructed 4 students on the steps of the scientific method to develop their own 10-week-long science projects)

Volunteer Tutor

High-school-level geometry, calculus, physics, chemistry

  • Spring 2018 (3 students)