As a grad student, I’ve had the opportunity to serve as teaching assistant for three undergraduate courses so far. I enjoy the discussion sections, as I get to interact with the students and get them thinking about the research papers we go over. My only experience speaking in front of large groups of people have been presenting my own work.
This spring I asked if I could give one of the class’s dozen or so lectures. So in March, I’ll be giving an hour and a half lecture on Down Syndrome. We’ll see how it goes…