Ella Crotty

Teaching & Outreach

May 2026 | CalCOFI Conference Sketchnotes

I volunteered to take sketchnotes for a session of the CalCOFI 2026 conference to communicate the main points of scientific talks through art. Linkedin Post

December 2025 | CalCOFI Blog Post

I wrote a blog post describing my experience sampling DNA on the Fall 2025 CalCOFI cruise. Blog Post

Sep 2023-May 2025 | Math 141 and Biology 352 Individual Tutor, Reed College

Assisted students in one-on-one tutoring sessions in statistics and bioinformatics. Worked with students on effective study and time management techniques, debugged code, and explained difficult concepts.

July 2024 | Hollings Scholarship Blog Post

I wrote a blog post summarizing my experience as a NOAA Hollings scholar. Blog Post

Sep-Dec 2023 | Organic Chemistry Grader, Reed College

Worked independently to give constructive feedback on weekly organic chemistry problem sets. Informed professor of concepts that many students were struggling with in order to inform lectures and review sessions.

Sep-Dec 2022 | Math 141 (Statistics) Teaching Assistant (TA)

Assisted statistics professor during lab and helped students code in R, held weekly office hours.

Sep-Dec 2022 | Chemistry 101 Lab TA, Reed College

Assisted introductory chemistry professor during lab sections, helped troubleshoot student experiments, enforced lab safety rules, communicated with the professor about common points of confusion for students to improve lab instruction in the future, and graded lab reports.