Teaching Experiences
Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies
Summer Session 2009, 12 Students
This course provided an overview of normative development from birth to death. We covered major developmental theories, methods, and research related to human development across the lifespan. Topics included multiple domains of development, yet focused primarily on social and cognitive development and the social contexts that influence development (e.g., family, schools, peers, communities).
Click HERE to download the course syllabus.
The How To's of Multilevel Modeling (MLM): A Workshop
Spring 2008, 6 Students
I, along with a fellow graduate student, taught a six-week workshop to graduate students on longitudinal multi-level level modeling for nested data. Responsibilities included: Collaborating with co-instructor around workshop objectives, assignments, and overall course expectations, presenting workshops on MLM, helping to apply MLM techniques to students’ research questions, and consulting/troubleshooting with students’ models.
Week 1: Intro to MLM and Stacking Two- and Three-Level Models
Week 2: Fitting Fixed and Random Effects in a Three-Level Model
Week 3: Testing and Interpreting Time-Invariant Predictors
Week 4: Testing and Interpreting Time-Varying Predictors
Week 5: Trouble-Shooting and Individualized Instruction
Week 6: Student Presentations of Models
Summer Session 2009, 12 Students
This course provided an overview of normative development from birth to death. We covered major developmental theories, methods, and research related to human development across the lifespan. Topics included multiple domains of development, yet focused primarily on social and cognitive development and the social contexts that influence development (e.g., family, schools, peers, communities).
Click HERE to download the course syllabus.
The How To's of Multilevel Modeling (MLM): A Workshop
Spring 2008, 6 Students
I, along with a fellow graduate student, taught a six-week workshop to graduate students on longitudinal multi-level level modeling for nested data. Responsibilities included: Collaborating with co-instructor around workshop objectives, assignments, and overall course expectations, presenting workshops on MLM, helping to apply MLM techniques to students’ research questions, and consulting/troubleshooting with students’ models.
Week 1: Intro to MLM and Stacking Two- and Three-Level Models
Week 2: Fitting Fixed and Random Effects in a Three-Level Model
Week 3: Testing and Interpreting Time-Invariant Predictors
Week 4: Testing and Interpreting Time-Varying Predictors
Week 5: Trouble-Shooting and Individualized Instruction
Week 6: Student Presentations of Models
Teaching Assistantships
Introduction to Human Development and Family Studies (Dr. David Almeida), Penn State University, Fall 2008 Introductory Psychology (Dr. John T. Ptacek), Bucknell University, Spring 2003
Introductory Psychology (Dr. Chris Boyatzis), Bucknell University, Fall 2003
American Ways of Life Seminar with Service Learning Component (Dr. Kimberly Daubman), Bucknell University,
Fall 2002
Life Perspectives Seminar with Service Learning Component (Dr. Eric Stone), Wake Forest University, Spring 2002
Introductory Psychology (Dr. Chris Boyatzis), Bucknell University, Fall 2003
American Ways of Life Seminar with Service Learning Component (Dr. Kimberly Daubman), Bucknell University,
Fall 2002
Life Perspectives Seminar with Service Learning Component (Dr. Eric Stone), Wake Forest University, Spring 2002
Guest Lectures
Ten guest lectures in courses at all levels at Penn State University covering topics of: civic identity development, youth civic engagement, social change, peer relationships, positive youth development, value development, adolescent decision making, and emerging adulthood.