Teaching Philosophy

I began studying pedagogy as an undergraduate English minor and have been teaching as a teaching assistant and grader since 2013 for both qualitative (i.e., leading discussions for more traditional philosophical text-based courses) and quantitative courses (i.e., teaching statistics and logic). Over the years, I have developed a pedagogical stance that is student-centered and aimed at inclusivity and accessibility. My main aim as a teacher is to introduce problem-solving methods to my students with the ultimate goal of not simply memorizing answers and formulas, but learning critical-thinking skills that can be applied to real-world scenarios, allowing my students to take ownership of what they have learned in our course.

Teaching Assistant

• University of Virginia
• PSYC 3006: Research Methods and Data Analysis II
• Fall 2022, Karen Schmidt, Ph.D.
• Spring 2022, M. Joseph Meyer, Ph.D.
• Fall 2021, M. Joseph Meyer, Ph.D.
• Wake Forest University
• PSY 311: Research in Developmental Psychology
• Spring 2021, Lisa Kiang, Ph.D.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy
• Spring 2017, Martha Gibson, Ph.D.
• Fall 2016, Hank Southgate, Ph.D.
• PHIL 210: Reason in Communication
• Spring 2019, Farid Masrour, Ph.D.
• PHIL 211: Elementary Logic
• Fall 2018, John Mackay, Ph.D.
• Fall 2017, Peter Vranas, Ph.D.
• University of California-Irvine
• LPS/History 60: Making Modern Science
• Spring 2014, Bennett Holman, M.A.
• LPS/Bio141W: Philosophy of Biology
• Winter 2015, Brian Skyrms, Ph.D. & Francisco Ayala, Ph.D.
• Winter 2014, Brian Skyrms, Ph.D. & Francisco Ayala, Ph.D.
• Econ 15A: Probability and Statistics in Economics
• Winter 2016, Kent Johnson, Ph.D.

Grader

• Wake Forest University
• PSY 151: Introduction to Psychology
• Fall 2019, Dale Dagenbach, Ph.D.
• Fall 2019, Heath Greene, Ph.D.
• PSY 243: Biopsychology
• Spring 2021, Melissa Maffeo Masicampo, Ph.D.
• Fall 2020, Melissa Maffeo Masicampo, Ph.D.
• Spring 2020, Melissa Maffeo Masicampo, Ph.D.
• Fall 2019, Melissa Maffeo Masicampo, Ph.D.
• PSY 248: Cognitive Psychology
• Spring 2020,Bridget Smeekens, M.A.
• Fall 2019, Anthony Sali, Ph.D.
• PSY 255: Personality
• Fall 2020, Mason Garrison, Ph.D.
• PSY 331: Research in Cognitive Psychology
• Spring 2021, Janine Jennings, Ph.D.
• PSY 362: Psychological Testing
• Spring 2021, Mason Garrison, Ph.D.
• University of California-Irvine
• LPS/History 60: Making Modern Science
• Summer 2014, Ben Feintzeig, M.A.