Rate My Professor Tamara Burback

Burback authored the fourth edition of the Master's Handbook on Ship's Business, published in 2021. In 2023, she co-authored the paper "Engagement of Students in Maritime Operations – An Exploration into Cultivating Cultural Connection Across Majors at a Maritime University," featured in the Proceedings of the International Association of Maritime Universities Conference on pages 174 through 179, alongside Margaret Ward, Fred Reiman, and Ben Hughes. This publication details a pilot program that fostered interdisciplinary maritime experiences, resulting in improved student sense of belonging, with survey data indicating a shift from 60 percent mostly disconnected to 80 percent somewhat connected participants. She integrates the open textbook American Practical Navigator - Navigation I into her undergraduate Marine Transportation course. Burback has engaged in institutional efforts such as faculty senate curriculum committee meetings, the Proteus faculty development program, presentations on education for autonomous shipping, and a 2019 team project advancing gender diversity.