Benjamin White Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Fall 2024 PSYC 105 - Principles of Psychology PSYC 215 - Research Methods & Statistics I PSYC 354 - Cognitive Psychology

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

PSYC 354 - Cognitive Psychology

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

PSYC 110 - General PsychologyPSYC 360 - Social PsychologyCurrently teaching in both remote (Zoom) and asynchronous formatsCurriculum Development and Teaching:• Developed and executed tailored curricula to enhance student learning and engagement.• Created a comprehensive 16-week curriculum for general psychology and social psychology.• Designed a focused 5-week summer curriculum for social psychology, delivered remotely through 2x weekly zoom sessions or in an asynchronous format.• Utilized diverse media, tools, and resources to cultivate a collaborative learning environment.• Crafted and delivered engaging lectures with multimedia content and videos, enriching student learning experiences.Student Support and Advising:• Implemented student success programs to support underperforming students, resulting in improved outcomes.• Offered personalized study programs and maintained consistent communication via email and zoom throughout the semester.Engaged Inquiry Projects:• Developed and facilitated engaged inquiry (EI) projects in general psychology to encourage active exploration and collaboration.• Designed scaffolded assignments leading to final projects such as podcasting, science communication, and social media information campaigns.• Facilitated group discussions on effective collaboration and conducted regular check-ins to monitor progress.• Created assignments for students to reflect on their individual contributions and group dynamics throughout the projects.

St Cloud, Minnesota, United States

Developed and implemented a 16-week curriculum for PSYC 270 – social psychology, delivered in a fully asynchronous modality.

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, United States

Responsible for the design, development, and implementation the following coursesFall 2022:PSYC 105 - Introduction to PsychologyPSYC 320 - Introduction to Clinical PsychologyPSYC 338 - Cognitive PsychologySpring 2023:PSYC 338 - Cognitive PsychologyPSYC 289 - Positive PsychologyPSYC 244 - Developmental PsychologyCurriculum Development and Teaching Experience:• Developed and implemented 16-week curricula for positive psychology, lifespan development psychology, and cognitive psychology in Spring 2023.• Designed and executed 16-week curricula for general psychology, introduction to clinical psychology, and cognitive psychology in Fall 2022.• Created and delivered dynamic lectures enriched with slides, media, and video content to engage students effectively.Student Support and Advising:• Provided academic advising to psychology majors.• Implemented successful student success initiatives across all courses, resulting in improved student performance.• Conducted regular meetings with students to discuss study skills, time management, and other success strategies.• Collaborated with students to create personalized study programs.• Maintained expanded office and student hours beyond institutional requirements to provide additional assistance.• Developed personalized improvement plans for students enrolled in multiple courses.

Pedagogical Development and Faculty Support:• Created presentations, seminars, and workshops covering pedagogical and andragogical topics for all campuses.• Collaborated with approximately 10-15 faculty members per semester to develop courses and assessments.• Assisted in creating course development resources, instructional tools, and assessments for online and remote learning.• Provided support to faculty in developing blended and online courses to align with institutional and quality matters (QM) standards.• Conducted internal reviews of blended and online courses to ensure alignment with institutional and quality matters (QM) standards (ver. 6), offering feedback for course enhancements.

Bryan, Texas, United States

Curriculum Development and Teaching:• Developed and instructed 4-, 8-, and 16-week curricula for multiple courses and modalities, meeting quality matters (rubric ver. 6) standards.• Taught courses in face-to-face, blended/hybrid, and fully asynchronous formats.• Created and delivered engaging lectures for class sizes ranging from 30 to 120 students.• Expanded the social psychology course offerings from 1 section per semester to 3-4 sections, offered across various modalities.• Implemented course-wide assessments aligning with institutional criteria.• Taught 6-7 sections per semester, including large enrollment classes.Student Support and Success Initiatives:• Developed a student success initiative within courses.• Conducted regular meetings with students to enhance study skills, time management, and overall academic success.• Maintained expanded office and student hours, exceeding institutional requirements, to provide additional support.• Collaborated with students to create personalized improvement plans for enrolled courses.• Designed an in-course module focusing on student success skills as a resource for students.Faculty mentorship:• Mentored new faculty members, both full-time and adjuncts, within the department, aiding in their transition to teaching at Blinn College.• Assisted new adjunct faculty in developing course materials and syllabi meeting institutional standards.• Worked with faculty to troubleshoot integration between publisher platforms and the institution's learning management system (LMS) - Brightspace/d2l.Committee Leadership:• Served as the committee chair of the curriculum resource team (CRT) for 4 years finding consensus among faculty for textbook adoption, the creation of common discipline and course assessments, and spearheading initiatives to enhance curriculum quality.Academic Advising:• Provided both academic and student success advising to students throughout the college.

PI: Dr. Eddie Harmon-Jones• Managed personnel in the Social Emotive Neuroscience EEG lab.• Conducted human behavioral research using EEG.• Analyzed EEG data for publication.• Analyzed fMRI data sets for ongoing research.• Trained undergraduate researchers in EEG data collection, cleaning, and analysis.• Provided technical and analytical support to graduate students on lab projects.

PI: Dr. Jozsef Fisher• Managed undergraduate and graduate students in the Interdisciplinary Visual Learning Lab.• Developed experiments using MATLAB.• Designed, prepared and maintained a surgical facility for ferret research.• Conducted fMRI data analysis using AFNI.• Mentored undergraduate researchers and assisted in grant and publication writing.• Supervised human and animal research protocols and prepared reports.

PIs: Dr. Mahzarin Banaji & Dr. J. Richard Hackman• Managed daily operations of 2 labs, overseeing graduate and post-docs and equipment.• Tracked grant funding and managed budgeting, purchases, and travel arrangements.• Handled IRB submissions and supervised human behavioral research.• Created materials for presentations and demonstrations for both PIs.• Worked with post-docs to conduct fMRI research analyze data using SPM.

Master'S Degree, Experimental Psychology

Thesis: Mere exposure and racial prejudice: exposure to other race faces increases liking for strangers of that race.

Ba, Psychology