Teaching Experience

FA 08-SP10          Instructor, Abnormal Psychology
                                   Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                             Supervisor: Mikhail Lyubansky
                             Responsibilities: instructed 9 sections of an undergraduate Abnormal Psychology;developed
                                              course syllabus and lectures; created in-class activities and original exams; maintained
                                              course web site; used classroom technology; supervised new instructors; assisted with
                                              administrative tasks; designed a psychology-focused scholarly writing/editing workshop
                                              for undergraduates.
                                       **Course ratings qualified for List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent SP 09 and FA 10**

SP 2008                Support TA, Introduction to Community Psychology
                                  Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                             Supervisors: Ben Hidalgo; Nicole Allen
                             Responsibilities: served as a support TA for a large course focused on the basic principles and
                                             research methods in Community Psychology; led small-group, in-class discussions;
                                             graded exams and written assignments.

FA 2007               Support TA, Special Topics in Psychology: Race and Ethnicity
                                  Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                             Supervisor: Mikhail Lyubansky
                             Responsibilities: served as a support TA for a large course focused on race and ethnicity in
                                             relation to mental health and social institutions; led small-group, in-class discussions;
                                             graded exams and written assignments; created weekly short-essay assignments; assisted
                                             with various administrative tasks; substitute taught for instructor as necessary (Fall 2007;
                                             Fall 2009).

SP 2007                Support TA, Theories of Psychotherapy
                                  Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                             Supervisor: Mikhail Lyubansky
                             Responsibilities: served as a grading TA for a large course focused on several of the most
                                            common modes/approaches to psychotherapy; graded exams and written assignments;
                                            assisted with various administrative tasks; assisted students with questions/concerns.
                             Invited Lecture: Multicultural Competence in Psychotherapy

FA 2006               Support TA, Special Topics in Psychology: Neighborhoods as a Context for Social Change
                                  Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                             Supervisor: Mark Aber
                             Responsibilities: served as a support TA for a large course focused on community-level social
                                              participation and action; led small-group, in-class discussions; graded exams and written
                                              assignments; assisted with various administrative tasks.

Current undergraduate research assistants (from left to right) Angel Wang, Patricia Smolarski, Dori Brender, Lauren Stovall, and Tori Deitche, showing off our finger pressure algometer.

Mentorship Experience

SP 08-Present   Research Mentor
                              Psychology Department, UIUC
 
                        Responsibilities: mentored ten
                                         undergraduate students in various
                                         aspects of the research process,
                                         including: literature search and
                                         review, data collection and
                                         management, basic data
                                         analytic techniques, and poster
                                         presentations.

Teaching-Related Professional Development

SP 2010           Trainee, Creating Effective Groups/Teams
                                    Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SP 2009           Trainee, “How Am I Doing?  Using Early Informal Feedback to Improve Teaching”
                                    Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SP 2009           Trainee, “Classroom Assessment Techniques”
                                    Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SP 2009           Trainee, “Developing a Teaching Philosophy and Statement”
                                    Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign