I teach to empower students.
My work as an educator centers a deep commitment to inclusive pedagogy: a student-centered, collaborative, and culturally responsive approach to teaching that creates a welcoming environment in which all students are respected and valued. In my classes, students engage in contemplative and metacognitive practices, collaboration, discussion, and debate.
Student evaluations
Students consistently praise my teaching for the following qualities:
- Inspiring and effective: lecture delivery is engaging yet efficient.
- Warm, approachable demeanor: students can tell that I genuinely care about and support them.
- Fair and transparent assessment practices: clear criteria and supportive grading.
- Thoughtful course design: manageable workload and well-structured learning experience.
Example projects
Ungrading empowers students to value progress over perfection
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Psychology undergraduate mentoring program
Classes I currently teach
Happiness
Addresses the question of how our lives can be fulfilling, joyful, and meaningful by examining practices for cultivating individual happiness and the relative contributions of larger social, economic, and cultural structures. We explore strategies for improving individual happiness through our mental habits, social connections, and contribution to something larger than ourselves.
Psychology of Emotion
Explores why we have emotions; how they influence our thoughts, actions, and interactions with others; where emotions originate in the brain and how they develop within a cultural framework; the purposes served by specific emotions; how to control or regulate our emotions; and increasing our emotional intelligence.
Social Psychology
Explores the science of how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others. Topics discussed include cognitive heuristics and biases; stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination; attraction and close relationships; anthropomorphism and dehumanization; how we explain others’ behavior; cults; cognitive dissonance, hypocrisy, and justifying our actions; the psychology of groups including groupthink and mob mentality; and more.