Teaching Assistant: Current Prospectives on Parenting

Pre-college special program, Temple University, Psychology, 2023

Course Description

Psychology and Neuroscience have opened the understanding of human and animal emotion, cognition, and behavior through the lens of development, genetics, and physiology. This course is intended to be an introduction to the science of Psychology and Neuroscience. Students will explore discoveries in psychology and neuroscience that are providing new insights on human behavior and that are contributing to improving treatments for people experiencing mental health difficulties. This introduction is built to better equip students to decide whether to pursue these topics and to do so successfully.

Instructor: Psychology and Neuroscience: Exploring Mind, Brain, and Behavior

Pre-college special program, Temple University, Psychology, 2023

Course description

Psychology and Neuroscience have opened the understanding of human and animal emotion, cognition, and behavior through the lens of development, genetics, and physiology. This course is intended to be an introduction to the science of Psychology and Neuroscience. Students will explore discoveries in psychology and neuroscience that are providing new insights on human behavior and that are contributing to improving treatments for people experiencing mental health difficulties. This introduction is built to better equip students to decide whether to pursue these topics and to do so successfully.

Teaching Assistant: Brain Matters

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2021

Course Description

One of the last frontiers in science is the brain. We know a great deal about the structure and function of the brain and nervous system, but it is challenging to comprehend fully the complexity of a system made up of 100 billion components that are interacting with one another using tens of trillions of connections that can change and rewire during development and aging. Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary field in which brain research falls. Neuroscience is one of the fastest growing domains in all of science - and good bet for a future career path. Neuroscientists investigate brain function from the level of molecular genetics, to cellular dynamics, to brain anatomy and physiology, to relations between brain, behavior, and cognition, to brain development and aging, to diseases of the brain. In this course, we will touch on knowledge about the brain at all these levels, and more. We will also discuss case studies of brain impairment.

Teaching Assistant: Functional Neuro-anatomy

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2021

Course Description

This course provides a broad overview of the structures of the brain and their function. Gross anatomy of the central nervous system will be covered. The organization of the major neural systems underlying sensory, motor, and cognitive function will be emphasized. Within each topic, we will discuss dysfunction of the nervous system and how neuroanatomical changes can produce specific neurological disorders.

Teaching Assistant: Statistics for Psychology

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2020

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Teaching Assistant: Brain Matters

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2020

Course Description

One of the last frontiers in science is the brain. We know a great deal about the structure and function of the brain and nervous system, but it is challenging to comprehend fully the complexity of a system made up of 100 billion components that are interacting with one another using tens of trillions of connections that can change and rewire during development and aging. Neuroscience is the multidisciplinary field in which brain research falls. Neuroscience is one of the fastest growing domains in all of science - and good bet for a future career path. Neuroscientists investigate brain function from the level of molecular genetics, to cellular dynamics, to brain anatomy and physiology, to relations between brain, behavior, and cognition, to brain development and aging, to diseases of the brain. In this course, we will touch on knowledge about the brain at all these levels, and more. We will also discuss case studies of brain impairment.

Teaching Assistant: Foundations of Sensation and Perception

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2020

Course Description

This 3-credit course will describe how we experience the world. It will describe the biological sensors we use to gather information about the world and the psychological processes involved in interpreting that information. By the end of the course, students should be able to give an answer to the question: How do we see the world? The class will be lecture format with frequent opportunities to ask questions of the immediate material as well as broader questions about how the material may apply to other areas of psychology.

Lab Instructor: Neuroimaging: From Image to Inference

Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2019

Course Description

This course is intended to provide a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the technique of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a powerful tool for measuring brain function. Students will learn the basic physics underlying MRI, the biological principles of fMRI, the principles of experimental design, the processing steps associated with data analysis, and the use of available software packages. Each week’s session will be composed of a lecture and integrated laboratory session. The laboratory sessions will utilize Amazon Web Services and will involve analysis of fMRI data sets that illustrate issues discussed in the lectures. We will also have discussions focused on interpretative and ethical challenges with neuroimaging studies. Assessments in the class will include exams, participation, and a final project presentation. This course is designed to give students an understanding of the potential and limitations of this technique, and the ability to critically evaluate the inferences that can be drawn from fMRI.