Teaching Experience
I have had the privilege of being an instructor-of-record eight times during my PhD, teaching more than 275 students in total. You can learn more about my instructor-of-record experiences below. At the bottom of the page are quotes from some of my previous students.
Research Methods
I taught this course asynchronously online during the Summer 2023 semester. I taught this course independently, creating the syllabus and all assignments. During this course, each student came up with a research question, wrote a survey, conducted their survey with their classmates, analyzed the results, and presented their findings to their classmates. I loved seeing the variety of research questions they came up with.
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First Year Seminar
This course is open to any first-year student in the College of Natural Sciences. I taught this in person during the Fall 2023 and Fall 2024 semesters through the Teaching Fellows Program led by Dr. Denise Pope. This program has four days of summer pedagogy training followed by weekly meetings during the semester to discuss ideas and problem-solve classroom challenges. I taught this course independently, deciding on the topic, creating the syllabus, and compiling all materials. I encouraged the students to experiment with their own habits through reflections (e.g., sleep reflection).
Cognitive Psychology
I taught this course asynchronously online during the Winter 2024 and Spring 2024 semesters. I taught this course independently, creating the syllabus and all assignments.​ I tried to make the assignments relevant to the students' lives. For instance, the assignment for the decision-making unit involved writing a letter explaining the benefits of opt-out policies for an issue that they're passionate about.
Junior Year Writing in Psychology
I taught this course in person during the Spring 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters under the supervision of Dr. Amanda Hamel who provided all instructors with a general structure for the course (see syllabus). I enjoyed creating in-class activities that were fun but also helped the students prepare for the writing styles needed for their next paper. For instance, before writing the popular science paper, students described their topic using only the 1,000 most common words in the English language. This was quite challenging but opened the students' eyes to how much jargon they were using.
Introductory Psychology
I taught this course asynchronously online during the Summer 2024 semester. I taught this course independently, creating the syllabus and all assignments. I enjoyed incorporating my research on the benefits of drawing into this course. For the neuroscience unit, one of their assignment options was to draw some of the structures we had discussed that week.