Carolyn Koehn

Carolyn Koehn

I am a doctoral candidate at Boise State University primarily interested in teaching ecology and data science skills to undergraduates. My current research focuses on dynamics of ecosystem services and social-ecological archetypes in an urbanizing public-private lands network.

Teaching

R Tutorial Video Series for Undergraduates (Teaching Assistant)

Workshop, Boise State University, Biology Department, 2025

I created a series of 8 video tutorials for R novices who need to analyze and visualize data for classes or research. Links to the videos, code, follow-up activities, and references are currently hosted on this Google Sheet. A university webpage to host these resources is under construction.

Introduction to Spatial Data in R (Instructor of Record)

Graduate course, Boise State University, Human-Environment Systems, 2024

I served as instructor of record for the graduate class HES 505: Introduction to Spatial Data in R in the fall of 2024. This course was designed and previously taught by Dr. Matt Williamson. I taught the course with some modifications – notably, the addition of coding activities to most class sessions. The course syllabus, content, and activities (examples) can be found on the course website.