Lead instructional designer and adult learning expert

Independently designed and taught Introduction to Psychology (50 students).

Independently designed and taught Biological Psychology for Spring and Summer sessions.

Independently designed and taught Psychobiology (25 students; 50 students).

Independently designed and taught Psychobiology (15 students), Abnormal Psychology (50 students), Development across the Life Span (100 students).

Independently designed and taught "Brain and Behavior" (40 undergraduates).

o Investigated mechanisms of learning using behavioral, pharmacological, and histological techniques in a nonhuman animal model.o Discovered a novel behavioral observation in the submerged T-maze, a variant on the Morris water maze.o Uncovered critical first steps in understanding the neural mechanisms underlying this behavioral pattern, which was opposite from that previously reported in the widely-accepted literature.o Mastered survival stereotaxic surgery skills, including cannula implantation and excitotoxic lesions, as well as animal handling, including systemic injections and temporary inactivations without the use of anesthesia.o Developed improved protocols for histological tissue preparation, including intra-cardial perfusions, microtome sectioning, microscopy, Nissl staining, and Fos immunohistochemistry for immediate early gene (IEG) expression.o Advanced learning theory through associative learning conditioning paradigms, including blocking, unblocking, autoshaping, extinction, and contextual pairings.o Served as a conceptual and statistical consultant on a successful interdisciplinary collaboration with a human neuroimaging lab on the association between obesity, high-fat diet, and structural and functional differences in the brain.o Presented scientific results in 3 international conferences, 7 symposia, and 2 federal grant submissions as primary contributor.o Contributed to the scientific literature: 6 peer-reviewed empirical articles, with 4 as first-author publications.

o Independently designed and taught 3 upper-level courses: “Episodic Memory in Human and Nonhuman Animals” (taught 1 time, 30 students), “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology” (taught 2 times, 100 students each), “Your Lifestyle, Your Memory” (taught 3 times, 30 students each) to degree-seeking undergraduates.o Successfully initiated and drafted a proposal, petitioning approval and $3k funding for the addition, development, and instruction of the new elective course “Your Lifestyle, Your Memory.”o Served as co-instructor, then consultant, to improve the mandatory course, “Research Methods in Experimental Psychology.”o Awarded Dean’s Teaching Fellowship: $10k funding to independently develop and teach “Episodic Memory in Human and Nonhuman Animals” at Johns Hopkins University

Assisted in the teaching and evaluation of "Introduction to Psychology," "Animal Behavior," "Introduction to Physiological Psychology," and "Introduction to Social Psychology."