PHILOSOPHY
My primary goal is to teach students how scientific knowledge is produced so that they can evaluate and communicate such knowledge effectively. To achieve this goal, I focus my teaching, class activities, and assignments on developing students’ capacities (1) to understand the logic behind experiments and statistical tests, (2) to identify underlying assumptions and possible limitations, (3) and to make appropriate inferences given a set of data.
My second goal is to develop students’ ability to listen, engage with, and incorporate the viewpoints of other people into their work – a cornerstone of scientific practice. To achieve this goal, I require students to work with different partners I select and lead in class workshops designed to develop students’ discussion skills and their ability to provide kind, specific, and helpful feedback.
AWARDS
2017, Spring Nominated by the Harvard University Undergraduate Psychology Department for
the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Wilbert J. McKeachie Teaching Excellence Award
2017, Spring George W. Goethals Teaching Prize for Sophomore Tutorial, Harvard University
2017, Spring Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
2016, Fall George W. Goethals Teaching Prize for Sophomore Tutorial, Harvard University
2016, Fall Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
2015, Spring ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Prize, Harvard University
2015, Spring Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University
2015, Spring George W. Goethals Teaching Prize for Sophomore Tutorial
2014, Fall George W. Goethals Teaching Prize for Sophomore Tutorial