Teaching

Hannah is an award-winning teacher, with experience teaching statistics, research methods, data science, and social networks. She believes students learn best when they feel supported, so her classrooms are built around peer connection, flexibility for different backgrounds, and hands-on work that ties abstract concepts to students’ own interests. Her goal is to help students leave with both new skills and the confidence and curiosity to keep learning.

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"I loved having Hannah as my teacher for this course. She helped explain the content of our work very well and made statistics fun to learn about! She always had great energy and was enthusiastic in section, overall I feel lucky to have gotten her"

"I met with Hannah almost weekly to go over difficult course concepts, seek advice on graduate school, and clear up an questions about lecture material. her explanations and willingness to assist me was unmatched in my time at UCSB. As a senior who is about to graduate, I have never had a teacher is was as helpful to my learning experience as Hannah. The course material on Social Networks is very dense and different from all other Comm courses, but her assistance made me confident that I would do well in this course. 10/10."

"Hannah is always super helpful, gives clear explanations, and checks in with students regularly. I recommended my friends to take this class and mentioned how I really like Hannah. She also does a good job explaining lectures when she presents. She does a really good job."

"Hannah is honestly the most HELPFUL and passionate teacher I've ever had. She is very enthusiastic, especially about data and data analysis lol if you can handle it. I can tell that she genuinely wants us to do well on assignments. She'll never leave you hanging. She is very patient and will explain something to you a million times until you get it and provide simple and straightforward examples. She is kind, encouraging, and uplifting. And lastly, she goes over homework to make sure we understand the main points/skills; makes suggestions and outlines for how we can improve; is flexible/ available during office hours for extra feedback or guidance."