Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant (June 2023 - Sept. 2023)
School of Education, Master's of Arts in Teaching Program, University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)

EDUC 248: Teacher Agency (Master of Arts in Teaching Program): Course trains teacher candidates to write a research paper and present it to their peers and educators.

• Assisted candidates in connecting academic research to real-world classroom practices.

• Helped candidates conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of data they collected.

• Provided feedback on students' drafts, data analyses, and final inquiry papers.

EDUC 364 A: Instructional Design and Education Technology for the Elementary Classroom (Master of Arts in Teaching Program): Course trains teacher candidates in integrating educational technologies into elementary classroom lessons and activities.

• Aided students in exploring a variety of educational technologies and online tools.

• Supported active classroom discussions on the practical application of technologies, aligning with California's Teaching Practice Standards (TPEs 3, 4, and 5).

• Assisted in grading, offering feedback on discussion boards, assignments, and presentations.

Instructor (July 2022 - Aug. 2022)
NIH BUILD PODER, California State University, Northridge (Northridge, CA)

• Designed and led an intensive summer research program to teach undergraduate researchers key skills in research design, data collection, analysis, and presentation.

• Facilitated workshops on qualitative research methods, statistical techniques, and data analysis.

• Guided students through projects that required the application of foundational research designs and statistical analyses.

• Mentored students in preparing and confidently presenting their research findings at academic conferences.

Teaching Associate (Aug. 2020 - June 2022)
Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge (Northridge, CA)

• Instructor of record (i.e., faculty member) for Introduction to Psychology (PSY 150), creating all instructional materials, including curriculum, syllabi, activities, quizzes, and exams.

Undergraduate Instructional Apprentice (Jan. 2019 - June 2019)
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
Supervisor: Angela Lowe, Ph.D.

• Independently directed a discussion section by mastering fundamental concepts of introductory statistics and cognitive psychology.