“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan
Teaching
TEACHING GOALS
Most students find psychology, especially social psychology, to be intrinsically interesting. Thus, my primary goal as a teacher is to encourage that enthusiasm while developing my students' expertise in critiquing scientific findings. Regardless of whether my students continue to use psychological citation formatting or become experimental psychologists, citizens regularly encounter media simplifications of complicated scientific findings; many important decisions, such as those concerning their health, education, and lifestyle, can be guided by these scientific findings. In my teaching, I strive to familiarize my students with interesting findings that are relevant to their own life and introduce them to how scientific reasoning can deepen their understanding of themselves and of other human beings.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Research Methods, Statistics, Social Psychology, Implicit (Social) Cognition, Gender
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Discussion teaching assistant, Introduction to Social Psychology (Spring, 2009)
Primary supervisor for Oth Tran's Distinguished Major Program thesis (2008-2009)
Lab Teaching Assistant, Graduate Quantitative Methods I (Fall, 2008)
Lab Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Research Methods & Data Analysis II (2006; 2008)
Lab Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Research Methods & Data Analysis I (2005)
Review Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Research Methods & Data Analysis I (2004)