Kayla Rachel Mehl
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University-Level Teaching
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New York University

As the Instructor: 
The Ethics of Reproduction
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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

As the Teaching Assistant (TA) 
In spring 2025, I served as a TA at the Berman Institute. My responsibilities as a TA involved helping the instructor facilitate classroom discussions, leading a few classes, assisting students and addressing their queries via email, and evaluating students' work. 
  • Climate Change and Health: Bioethics Perspectives - Term 3, 2025 (with Maria Merritt)

Guest Lectures
I was invited to give guest lectures for two courses. Both lectures intersected with the topic of fatness/"obesity."
  • Hot Topics in Bioethics - Term 2, 2023 (with Travis Rieder) - on applying a value-neutral model of disability framework to fatness
  • Bioethics & Embodiment - Term 4, 2025 (with Anne Barnhill) - on fat embodiment
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University of Washington
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As the TA
As a TA at the University of Washington, I was responsible for leading two quiz sections (each meeting twice a week for 50 minutes), preparing the content for these sessions, assisting students and addressing their queries via email and during office hours, and evaluating students’ work.
  • Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality - Spring 2023 (with Benjamin Feintzeig)
  • Introduction to Environmental Ethics - Winter 2023 (with Stephen Gardiner)
  • Introduction to Medical Ethics - Fall 2018 & Fall 2019 (with Sara Goering) and Winter 2020 (with Carina Fourie)
  • Introduction to Philosophy - Winter 2019, Spring 2020 (with Paul Franco)

As the Instructor:
  • Introduction to Medical Ethics - Summer Term A 2023 ​
SumMer '23 Med Ethics Syllabus
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University of Texas at El Paso

As the Teaching Assistant (TA)
At UTEP, my primary responsibilities as a TA were to grade the class assignments, hold office hours, and be the primary point of contact for students.
  • Introduction to Philosophy - Fall 2016 (with Amy Reed-Sandoval) & Fall 2017 (with Deepanwita Dasgupta)
  • Introduction to Ethics - Spring 2017 (with Caroline Arruda)



Primary and Secondary Education Teaching

While studying at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), I was trained to be a Philosophy for Children (P4C) Instructor. For more information about this teaching experience, please see the "Service & Outreach" tab.
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