OVERVIEW: My teaching experience includes two Instructor-of-Record positions for a graduate-level certificate course on the Fundamentals of College Teaching at Duke, two undergraduate and five graduate teaching assistantships for upper-division psychology courses (15-150 students), and the completion of an Advanced University Pedagogy certificate at UC Riverside. My teaching philosophy incorporates my own research and the work of others into my lessons to illustrate how scientific data inform formal psychological theory. In contrast to stating our knowledge of the field as established fact, my approach aims to help students develop the skills needed to think critically about information presented within and beyond academia. I help students achieve these learning outcomes by employing a repertoire of educational techniques that allow me to effectively teach a variety of students (i.e., research assistants, undergraduates, graduate students) in distinct learning environments (e.g., online, lectures, laboratory-based).
Teaching Interests
Specialty courses: Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology of Aging, Learning and Memory, Human Neuroimaging, Human Neuropsychology
Core courses: Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics for Behavioral Science
Instructor of Record, Duke University
GS 750, Fundamentals of College Teaching for the Duke Graduate School Certificate in College Teaching Program, Fall 2024
GS 750, Fundamentals of College Teaching for the Duke Graduate School Certificate in College Teaching Program, Spring 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant, UCR (average effectiveness rating)
* Evaluations available upon request
PSYC134 Cognitive Processes (6.6 / 7.0), Fall 2020
PSYC122L Human Neuroimaging Laboratory (7.0 / 7.0), Winter 2020
PSYC134 Cognitive Processes (6.4 / 7.0), Spring 2019
PSYC129 Human Neuropsychology (6.9 / 7.0), Winter 2019
PSYC110 Brain and Behavior (6.6 / 7.0), Fall 2018
Guest Lecturer
The Developing Adolescent Brain: Impacts on Decision-Making, Presented for Lifespan Development at Meredith College, Spring 2024.
Heterogeneity in Cognitive Aging: Insights from MRI. Presented for Cognitive Neuroscience Research Internship, Duke University, Spring 2024 and Fall 2024.
Peer Review. Presented for Duke University Neuroscience Experience. Duke University, Summer 2023.
Aging and the Brain: Super-Agers. Presented for Cognitive Neuroscience Research Internship. Duke University. Fall 2022, Spring 2023
The Consciousness Problem. Presented for Cognitive Processes at UCR. Fall 2020
Memory and the Aging Brain. Presented for Introductory Psychology at UCR. Summer 2017
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, CSU
PSY252 Mind, Brain, and Behavior. Spring 2016
PSY100 Introductory Psychology. Fall 2015
Formal Training
Workshops: Effective lesson planning, Learning-centered teaching, Spring 2021
Advanced University Pedagogy and Teaching Certificate, Spring 2021