"No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." - Bob Wise
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INSTRUCTORMS. FRAZIERHaving fought forest fires, evaluated medical files, served as a research assistant in 3 fields (retroviral vector research, computer/information sciences, and population biology), worked in agriculture, retail, and food service, and served as a leader of a nonprofit and design company, Ms. Frazier has seen the value of applying foundational mathematics, science, and design skills in research and the workplace. She is driven to immerse students in application contexts that can better prepare them for advanced study and careers, beyond a traditional, rote practice and memorization approach. Ms. Frazier has been awarded Teacher of the Year at her school and district, the National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing Educator Award, an ongoing Sarah D. Barder Fellowship through Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, the NASA Ames Honor Award, and an AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship, and contributed to her research team winning an Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Video Competition.
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AN APPROACH PEPPERED BY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Growing up with a modest income drove Ms. Frazier to work beginning when she was 13. She developed a strong work ethic and grew to fine-tune skills to be polymorphic, applicable in multiple contexts. She also learned to identify motivation in any project, clearly establishing the audience and end goal of a project so work was deliberate and targeted. She teaches succinct steps to application processes, making otherwise abstract processes accessible to students of all learning types and backgrounds. She also brings much of her industry and research experience into the classroom, building relevance and authenticity to her courses, while maintaining student choice and opportunities to risk and fail... then try again.