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August 2019 – June 2020 | Visiting Lecturer (100% teaching position)

Royal Holloway University of London, UK.


Responsibilities

  • Led teaching & administration for undergraduate, masters, & distance learning modules.
  • Developed significant improvements to teaching materials & exercises.

Teaching

  • Module lead: Regional Geology (2nd year UG)
  • Module lead: Stratigraphy (2nd year UG)
  • Module lead: Tectonics & Lithosphere Dynamics (MSc)
  • Module lead: Tectonics & Lithosphere Dynamics (distance learning MSc)

As a visiting lecturer at Royal Holloway, I taught the Regional Geology (2nd year geological map reading skills and a narrative history of the geology of the UK) and Stratigraphy (2nd year sedimentology and stratigraphic principles) modules, as well as the Tectonics & Lithosphere Dynamics module for both in-person and distance learning masters students. As part of this, I developed and modernised the slides and teaching resources. I gave lectures, taught practical classes, oversaw demonstrators, marked regular assessments and exams, and managed the administration of the modules, including handling mitigating circumstances claims and academic misconduct.


I’m Alex Clarke

I am a structural geologist working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Johannes Gutenberg–Universität Mainz and a hobbyist girl-with-camera.

My research focuses on the heterogeneities within large faults, shear zones, and subduction zone mélanges — how to map them, quantify them, and explain their origins. I am especially interested in 3D reconstructions of rocks and outcrops which allow detailed, realistic, and quantifiable models of natural phenomena. I also love to teach and I am interested in innovative and engaging methods of teaching earth sciences, both in the classroom and in the field.

In my free time, I enjoy photography and my images reflects my love of nature and the diverse forms nature can take.