Date: Thu 27-Apr-2017
Time: 4:00-5:00pm
Location: PSC 1136
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Krug (Holton-Arms School)
Title: Going Back to High School: Astronomy PhD to Independent School Teacher
Hannah Krug is an Upper School Mathematics & Physics Teacher and the Science Research Coordinator at Holton-Arms School, an all-girls 3-12 independent school in Bethesda. She teaches two sections of Honors Physics to freshmen and two sections of Honors Precalculus to sophomores and juniors. As Science Research Coordinator, she runs a program that places students in research labs (many at UMD) during the summer prior to their senior year, as well as helping to train them for that experience. She also advises the Spectrum club, a safe space for LGBTQ+ students and allies. Hannah received her Ph.D. at UMD in 2013 and went straight into teaching.