Priya N. Raghunathan
Graduate Assistant, Chemistry Teaching
Madison, WI · (608) 555 0147 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/priyanraghunathan
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Three years teaching general chemistry laboratories, five semesters as lead section instructor
SETTINGS
Research university chemistry department, 1,900 students a year in general chemistry
SPECIALTIES
Laboratory instruction, grading, safety supervision, office hours, examination proctoring
SYSTEMS
Canvas learning management, Gradescope, Vernier data collection software, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Laboratory safety certification, teaching assistant training program certificate
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry in progress, Four Lakes State University
Executive Summary
Doctoral candidate in analytical chemistry in the third year of a graduate teaching assistantship that covers two general chemistry laboratory sections of 24 students each semester. Runs the laboratory sessions, grades reports and quizzes, holds four office hours a week and keeps the safety record of the sections clean. Known in the department for laboratory sections whose students score above the course average on the practical examination.
Signature Achievements
- Taught 240 students across ten laboratory sections with no recordable injury or chemical exposure incident.
- Sections averaged 84 percent on the laboratory practical examination against a course average of 78 percent for three semesters.
- Returned graded laboratory reports inside five days on 95 percent of assignments, measured by the Gradescope submission log.
- Earned the department's outstanding teaching assistant award in 2025 from student evaluations averaging 4.7 of 5.
- Rewrote the titration laboratory handout with the course coordinator, cutting student questions during the session by about half.
- Mentored four first year teaching assistants through their first semester of laboratory instruction.
Professional Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry
Four Lakes State University, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI August 2023 to present
Two laboratory sections of 24 students each semester within a general chemistry course of about 950 students
- Lead two three hour laboratory sections a week, giving the safety briefing, demonstrating technique and supervising bench work.
- Grade laboratory reports, quizzes and notebooks for 48 students in Gradescope with written feedback on calculations and error analysis.
- Hold four office hours a week and run a review session before each of three midterm examinations.
- Proctor examinations and report suspected academic misconduct to the course coordinator under the university policy.
- Check chemical inventories and waste containers at the end of each session and log them for the stockroom.
Undergraduate Learning Assistant, Organic Chemistry
Prairie Bluff College, Cedar Falls, IA August 2021 to May 2023
Peer learning assistant for a 90 student organic chemistry lecture with weekly problem sessions
- Ran a weekly problem session for about 30 students on reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy.
- Graded weekly problem sets for the course and returned them within a week.
- Held two office hours a week in the chemistry help room.
Certifications and Training
Laboratory safety and hazardous waste training, Four Lakes State University Office of Chemical Safety, renewed 2025
Teaching assistant training program certificate, Center for Teaching and Learning, completed 2023
Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, American Red Cross, current through 2027
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Four Lakes State University, Madison, expected 2027
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Prairie Bluff College, Cedar Falls, 2023
Core Skills
Laboratory instruction · Safety briefing delivery · Gradescope grading · Canvas course management · Office hour tutoring · Examination proctoring · Titration technique · Spectroscopy teaching · Chemical waste logging · New assistant mentoring