Instructor of record
PSYC 1021 – The Science of Psychology: Explorations and Applications
- Institution: Columbia University
- Term: summer 2022
Course details
- Intro-level undergraduate class, satisfies core science requirement for non-majors
- 12 students, with learning teams of 4 students each
Instructional responsibilities
- Updated curriculum
- Defined learning objectives
- Evaluated and selected readings
- Edited lesson plans, pre-class quizzes, and assignment prompts
- Created and edited teaching materials: slides, activity materials
- Lectured and led discussions
- Graded writing assignments
- Detailed formative feedback on individual and group writing assignments and projects using single-point-style rubrics
- Held weekly office hours
Instructor (non-credit courses)
WiSTEM Data Science Lab Module
Course details
- Offered as part of an application-only 6-week summer bridge accelerator for incoming STEM first-year students
- Full program includes enrollment in summer math and computer science courses for credit, and science lab courses not for credit (including this course)
- Students learned basic data manipulation and visualization skills in R and completed independent lab projects
Instructional responsibilities
- Created curriculum
- Defined learning objectives
- Created all lesson plans and teaching materials
- Lectured, supervised lab work, and advised on independent projects
Curriculum developer and co-instructor
PSYC 1021 – The Science of Psychology: Explorations and Applications
- Institution: Columbia University
- Term: spring 2021
- Lead instructor: Caroline Marvin
Course details
- As above
- Approximately 30 students, with learning teams of approximately 4 students each
Instructional responsibilities
- Developed curriculum, in conjunction with lead instructor
- Defined learning objectives
- Evaluated and selected readings
- Wrote lesson plans, pre-class quizzes, and assignment prompts
- Created teaching materials: slides, activity materials, mini-lecture videos
- Guest lecturing (approximately 1/4 of instructional modules)
- Graded writing assignments
- Detailed formative feedback on individual and group writing assignments and projects using single-point-style rubrics
- Held weekly office hours
Psychology department coding bootcamp
- Institution: Columbia University
- Terms: spring 2018, fall 2018, fall 2019, fall 2020, fall 2021
Course details
- Unofficial open-enrollment workshop for psychology students at the undergrad level and above
- 5-20 students per session, depending on the semester
Instructional responsibilities
- Curriculum development
- Drafted lessons for 2 half-day sessions
- Peer-reviewed 1 session lesson drafted by another co-instructor
- Lecture: Live-code lectured some or all of the lessons I prepared (depending on the semester)
Section leader
PSYC 1490 – Research Methods in Psychology
Course details
- Upper-level undergraduate class, required for the psychology major
- Approximately 70 students in the entire class, with lab sections of approximately 15 students
Instructional responsibilities
- Updated course materials
- Wrote 2 new R lesson plans and 2 new associated problem sets
- Updated and annotated existing lesson plan outlines for each lab class
- Created slide decks for each lab class
- Taught lab section
- Graded assignments
- Exam short-answer questions (for all students)
- Methods problem sets in R (for students in my section)
- Science writing assignments and projects (for students in my section)
- Individual and group presentations (for students in my section)
- Held weekly office hours
- Wrote short-answer exam questions
Bootcamp instructor
Foundations for Research Computing coding bootcamp
- Institution: Columbia University
- Terms: fall 2019, spring 2020, winter 2022
- Coordinator: Patrick Smyth
Course details
- Open-enrollment workshop hosted by Columbia Libraries for graduate students and postdocs across the university
- 30 students per session (in-person), 50 students per session (online)
- Associated with The Carpentries
Instructional responsibilities
- Delivered live-code lecture sessions introducing students to basic file navigation commands in Unix shell (1 3-hour session per workshop)
Teaching assistant
BUSI B8144 – Intro to Programming in R
- Institution: Columbia University
- Terms: spring 2019, spring 2020, fall 2021
- Lead instructor: Jared Lander
Course details
- Master’s level half-semester elective course in the business school
- Lecture class with 40-70 students depending on the term
Instructional responsibilities
- Updated course materials
- Revised existing problem sets to align objectives with lecture content
- Re-implemented problem sets using learnr for students to complete exercises online
- Graded and gave written feedback on R problem sets
- Held weekly office hours
- Supported students’ work over email
PSYC 1001: Science of Psychology
- Institution: Columbia University
- Term: fall 2017
- Lead instructor: Kathleen Taylor
Course details
- Intro-level undergraduate class, satisfies core science requirement for non-majors
- Approximately 100 students
Instructional responsibilities
- Graded exam essays
- Wrote multiple-choice and essay exam questions
- Held weekly office hours
- Delivered guest lecture on memory