Teaching

Throughout the graduate school I have had many opportunities to teach graduate level courses at the Department of Educational Psychology. I taught the advanced quantitative courses Test Construction, Factor Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, and Cluster Analysis.

My teaching philosophy adopts culturally affirmative pedagogical methods to help students from different cultures integrate into the classroom more naturally. I encourage my students to think critically about the data analytic methods I teach and the contexts in which these methods are applied. I enjoy how students find unique opportunities to capitalize on the course content to creatively adapt what they have learned to their independent research projects. I find teaching rewarding when students effectively use the subject matter terminology to articulate and answer their research questions.

Courses Taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spring 2020

  • EDPSYCH 773: Factor Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, & Cluster Analysis

Major types of factor models, nonmetric multidimensional scaling methods and clustering procedures. Methods of data collection, mathematical algorithms, estimating the number of factors, transformation and identification of factors.

Fall 2019

  • EDPSYCH 771: Test Construction

Procedures for development and analysis of educational tests and questionnaires; strategies for measurement of achievement, attitude, and interests; procedures for item analysis and assessment of reliability and validity.

Spring 2019

  • EDPSYCH 761: Statistical Methods Applied to Education II

Analysis of variance and covariance, multiple linear regression; chi-square and various nonparametric techniques.

Fall 2018

  • EDPSYCH 760: Statistical Methods Applied to Education I

Introductory descriptive statistics and statistical inference; measures of central tendency and variability, confidence intervals, theory of hypothesis testing, correlation techniques.

Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

I won the Early Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020. The Early Excellence in Teaching Award at the graduate school recognizes outstanding and inspirational performance on the part of TAs with fewer than four semesters of teaching experience. For more information about this award, see the graduate school webpage.