Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching Philosophy
Within the classroom, I aim to bring high energy and a student-centered teaching approach that encourages student agency and peer-learning. This approach is informed by the WAC approach to pedagogy, which emphasizes the use of writing to learn, and centering on student-driven themes (e.g., fake news and psychology) and activities (e.g., blog posts, Twitter posts) to promote enthusiasm in the classroom. I believe fostering low stakes writing, positive engagement, and encouraging questioning (of all types, all the time!) are the best ways to develop and strengthen critical thinking skills.
Teaching Experience
Primary Instructor:
PSYCH 101: General Psychology, Queens College, Fall 2019, Spring 2020 [faculty eval; student evals]
PSYCH 107.1: Statistical Methods LAB, Queens College, Fall 2018 [faculty eval; student evals]
PSYCH 231: Psychology of Human Motivation, Queens College, Spring 2018
Intro to Psychology: Exploring Across Domains LECTURE, Summer College NOW Program
HLTH 301: Principles of Personal Wellness and Fitness, Emory University, Spring 2016
Teaching Assistant:
PSYCH 107: Statistical Methods LAB, Brooklyn College, Fall 2021
PSYCH 107: Statistical Methods LECTURE, Brooklyn College, Fall 2017
Mentoring
Mentorship is a primary focus of mine—the many excellent mentors I’ve been lucky to have have helped shape my career, and it’s important to me that I also contribute to advancing science through mentorship.
Currently, I mentor 5 undergraduate students at Boston College, including two pursuing senior theses. As a doctoral student at CUNY, I mentored over 20 undergraduates, masters students, and other students via the College NOW Summer Program.
Below are a few examples of poster presentations of students I have mentored:
Nektalov, M., Wylie, J., Madrid, C., Surujnarain, R., Campbell, A., Hussein, R., & Storbeck, J., (February 2020). Individual differences in resting and state frontal brain activity. Poster presented at the Queens College Neuroscience Conference, Queens, New York.
Zhou, R., Wylie, J., & Storbeck, J., (March, 2019). Investigating the influence of emotion on executive functioning. Poster presented at EPA Conference, Manhattan, NY.
Greenwood, K., Wylie, J., Gantman, A., & Storbeck, J., (March, 2019). Moral motivation: Exploring differences in accuracy of visual processing. Poster presented at EPA Conference, Manhattan, NY.
Hussein, R., Nektalov, M., Thacina, A., Wylie, J., & Storbeck, J., (March, 2019). The association between resting frontal asymmetries, behavioral inhibition, and personality traits. Poster presented at EPA Conference, Manhattan, NY.
Chiu, S., Wylie, J., & Storbeck, J. (February, 2019). In the heat of the moment: Predicting inhibition through emotional asymmetries. Poster Presented at 2019 SPSP Conference.
Dhillon, J., Wylie, J., Chiu, S., Storbeck, J., (August, 2018). An Exploration into Influences of Cognitive Control. Poster Presented at Queens College NOW Research Day.
Lopez, J., Wylie, J., Storbeck, J., (August, 2018). Facilitating Object Recognition Through Emotion and Spatial Frequency. Poster Presented at Queens College Fall Research Kickoff.
My current and former trainees are pursuing careers spanning many disciplines, including:
Kelly Morel is pursuing a PsyD in clinical psychology at William James College
Cheyenne Madrid is pursuing a masters degree in Developmental Psychology at Teacher’s College of Columbia
Renuka Surujnarain is the Research Program Coordinator with the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit
Kelly Morel is a Data Collector in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University
Samantha Chui is a clinical psychology PhD student at University of Iowa
Radiyyah Hussein is the Research Lab Manager for the Growing Minds Lab at Queens College (PI: Dr. Kerstin Unger)
Caitlin Wilson is pursuing a masters degree in forensic psychology at Montclair State University
Khanan Abayev completed a masters degree in I/O psychology at Baruch College