Biochemistry
Head Teaching Assistant, Caltech Chemistry Department
Instructors: John Richards (2013), Scott Virgil (2015), Judith Campbell and Carl Parker (2016)
•Led a group of three graduate and two undergraduate teaching assistants (TA’s).
•Prepared problem set and exam questions and graded problem sets and exams; organized a weekly recitation and conducted weekly office hours; organized reviews for the midterm and final.
•Interfaced between professors, TA’s, and students to organize all course content (lectures, recitations, reviews, and assignments), and was honored for my TA work through an outstanding TA award and an invitation to a Caltech Academics and Research Committee (ARC) lunch.
•Feedback from Students:

"The head TA, Camille McAvoy, is exceptionally awesome and dedicated, staying long after class and going out of her way to answer student questions and concerns. I know she has worked tirelessly to keep this course together...She is by far the best TA that I have had in any biology or chemistry class."

Biophysical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Teaching Assistant, Caltech Chemistry Department
Instructor: Doug Rees (2013, 2014, 2015)
•Conducted recitations and review sessions for exams, conducted weekly office hours, graded problem sets and exams.
•Feedback from Students:

"Camille is awesome! She cares a lot about student's understanding and enjoyment of the material."

General Chemistry
Teaching Assistant, Caltech Chemistry Department
Instructors: Sarah Reisman and Geoffrey Blake (2013)
•Conducted a weekly recitation section reviewing concepts from lecture and practicing problems similar to those found in assignments.
•Formulated problems for quizzes and exams and conducted weekly office hours.
•Feedback from Students:

"Very prepared and very helpful for preparing us for sets. Great handouts. She pushed us to participate in section and made recitation engaging. Also easy to contact/communicate with through email. I would not have made it through this class without her!"

Fundamental Techniques of Experimental Chemistry
Teaching Assistant, Caltech Chemistry Department
Instructor: Jeffrey Mendez (2012)
•Oversaw students running chemistry experiments in an introductory lab course on a weekly basis.
•Graded weekly assignments, provided constructive feedback on technical understanding and scientific writing performance, and held weekly office hours.
•Feedback from Students:

"The TA was very open to help and spoke clearly."

Caltech Chemistry Club
Performed chemistry demonstrations for elementary, middle, and high school students. Demonstrations included Roman Candles (fireworks pictured here), freezing plant matter in liquid nitrogen, water to grape juice to milk to soda (demonstration of a pH indicator, solubility, and gas formation), and more. Caltech Chemistry Club Outreach

Mentor to Undergraduate and High School Students
Trained two undergraduate researchers and two high school researchers to clone, express, purify, and characterize cpSRP43 mutants, resulting in co-authorship of these researchers on multiple publications.


Women in Chemistry Vice President
Organize and run events for Women in Chemistry (WIC) at Caltech including breakfasts with Professors, career decision panels, career development seminars, and other informative events. Edit and update WIC website. Caltech Women in Chemistry


Women Mentoring Women and Chemistry Big Sib/Little Sib Mentor
Mentor to younger graduate students at Caltech; help incoming students to navigate choosing an advisor, deciding on classes, applying to fellowships, and time management. Caltech Women Mentoring Women


Caltech Y Washington DC Science Policy Trip
The Caltech Y DC Science Policy Trip was a phenomenal opportunity to learn the intricacies of science policy in context in Washington DC. This trip allowed us the opportunity to interface with leaders from many governmental science organizations including NSF, NIH, DARPA, ARPA-E, White House OSTP, AAAS and more. Caltech Y