Classroom teaching

You can view all of my teaching evaluations here, and a summary of student comments and assignments in my teaching portfolio here.

Instructor of record

Separating fact from fiction in psychological science (self-created course). First year writing-intensive seminar in the English department I developed during my fellowship at the Sweetland Center for Writing. [syllabus] [assignments] [Fall 2021, median instructor evaluation 5.0/5.0]

Graduate student instructor

Research Methods in Psychology. Lab instructor. [Winter 2020, median instructor evaluation 5.0/5.0] [Fall 2020, median instructor evaluation 4.9/5.0]

  • In addition to responsibilities for teaching experimental designs and statistics in lab-based sections, a fellow graduate student, (now Dr.) Nadia Vossoughi, and I created three modules that incorporate critical pedagogy into traditional research methods curriculum. These modules were developed to help students leverage the tools of psychological science to recognize and deconstruct systems of power and oppression. We presented these modules at the Teaching of Psychology pre-conference at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 2021. This work was part of a larger pedagogical project awarded the Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize at the University of Michigan. [materials]

Introduction to Social Psychology. Section instructor. [Winter 2019, median instructor evaluation 4.9/5.0] [Fall 2019, median instructor evaluation 4.9/5.0] [Guest lecture on Evolutionary Social Psychology]

Introduction to Psychology. Grader.

Research mentoring

Independent research advising

Ariella Kushner (2022). To sneeze or not to sneeze: The interpersonal consequences of infectious disease concealment. Honors thesis co-advised with Dr. Josh Ackerman.

Ariella Kushner (Winter 2021). Infectious disease concealment. For Psych 423, directed advanced research for Psychology.

William Gonzalez (Winter 2022). Lay beliefs about scent and social class. For Psych 326, directed early research for Psychology.

Lab-based research advising

Research assistants supervised for the Evolutionary Social Psychology Lab (Dr. Josh Ackerman): Haley Henry, Cara Jhang, Jian Sun, Tessa Woryk, Caitlin Hoyng, Julia Salamango (2019); Ariella Kushner, Emmaleigh Krause, Lily Jankowiak (2020)

Research assistants supervised for the Mind in Society Lab (Dr. Nick Camp): Lee Hickman, Samantha Cole, Yi (Bella) Jin, Manjiang Shen (2022)

Other mentoring experience

Graduate Student Instructional Consultant, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan. Responsible for classroom observation and coaching of graduate student instructors in different disciplines, providing feedback on teaching philosophies and student evaluations.

Academic mentor, Academic Success Program, University of Michigan Athletics department. Supervised three varsity football players per semester to monitor academic progress.