Jade Fostvedt is a teaching assistant professor of chemistry at UNC-CH. Jade is originally from South Dakota and received her B.S. degree in chemistry in 2017 from the University of South Dakota. Jade then moved to California for doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley; she received her Ph.D. in synthetic chemistry in May 2022 and moved to UNC-CH in Fall 2022. At UNC-CH, Jade teaches CHEM 251 (intro to inorganic chemistry), general chemistry I and II, and CHEM 550L (synthetic chemistry lab). Jade believes that everyone in the classroom – including the teacher – is a co-constructor of knowledge. She aims to guide students towards mastery of chemistry by departing from traditional lecture-based methods of teaching, validating student science identities, creating a joyful and supportive classroom community, and offering flexible opportunities for demonstrating content mastery.