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My Teaching Philosophy

As an educator I approach each course, student and mentorship opportunity with a drive to share my passion and excitement for our field, and am humbled by the challenge to do so in a language that resonates with each student’s personal learning style and goals. I believe that successful instruction engages the student and encourages him or her to think critically about theory, method and data. To achieve this, I strive to emphasize the process of scientific discovery, not just its product. I want my students to develop skills that allow them to question and evaluate research design and data and to better understand the connections between the results of scientific studies and the inferences they support. With this approach, I aim to help them develop as thinkers, as these analytical skills will be invaluable regardless of the varied careers and life courses my students will ultimately pursue.

 

Courses Taught (at the University of British Columbia)

Course: Psychology 588-921: Special Topics: Implicit Cognition and Behavior

Date: Summer 2015

 

Course: Psychology 315: Child and Adolescent Development

Date: Winter 2011; Fall 2011; Fall 2012; Winter 2014; Fall 2014

 

Course: Psychology 413: Social Cognitive Development

Date: Winter 2010; Winter 2011; Fall 2012

 

Courses Taught (at Harvard University)

Course: Sophomore Tutorial (download syllabus, course for sophomore psychology concentrators)

Date: Spring 2008; Fall 2009

 

Course: Senior Tutorial (course for senior thesis students)

Date: 2007-2008 academic year

 

Course: Undergraduate Research Lab

Date: Spring 2007

 

Course: Contemporary Topics in Psychological Research

Date: Fall 2006; Fall 2007

 

Educational consulting / Professsional development

Classroom in Context: Perspectives from Cognitive and Social Science

Lexington Public Schools, Lexington, MA: 29 April 2010

Classroom in Context: Perspectives from Cognitive and Social Science

Greater Lawrence Technical High School, Lawrence, MA: 04 November 2009

Confronting our Hidden Biases: Applied Psychology

Staff training, Bureau of Study Counsel, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: 12 December 2008

 

The Learning Child: How Psychological Research Informs Educational Practice

Curran Early Childhood Center, Dedham Public Schools; 9 December 2008

 

The Psychological Study of Bias and the Implications for Tolerance Education

Commonwealth School, Boston, MA: 4 December 2008

 

Affecting Classroom Achievement: Insight from Current Research in Cognitive and Social Science

Symposium at the 14th annual meeting of the New England Conference on Gifted and Talented; Mansfield, MA; 17 October 2008

 

The Nature of Unconscious Bias

Emerson College; 18 August 2008

 

Measuring Unconscious Bias and Its Influence on Behavior

MIT Medical Diversity Fair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA; 31 July 2008

 

Making Sense of the Social World: Insights from Children

Adult Workshop at the Boston Museum of Science; Boston, MA; 20 March 2008

 

Boosting Academic Achievement in the Classroom: Insights from the Brain Sciences

(Graduate course for K-12 teachers through Endicott College)

Franklin Public Schools; Franklin, MA; 31 January 2008

 

Uncovering the Nature of Implicit Biases in Adults and Children

Community for Diversity, Milton Academy; Milton, MA; 17 January 2008

 

Social Cognitive Development and Racism

Adult Workshop at the Boston Museum of Science; Boston, MA; 15 November 2007

 

Seminar on Stages of Cognitive Development (for K-12 teachers)

Lawrence Public Schools; Lawrence, MA; 4 August 2006

 

Instructor: Brain Blast – course for children ages 9-11 on psychology and the brain   

Kaleidoscope – summer enrichment program for children; July 2006; 2007; 2008