“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
My teaching EVALUATIONS
This is a forest plot for my teaching evaluations.
Note: Scores range from 1 to 5. Faculty average is estimated at 4.0. Error bars display 95% confidence intervals.
Teaching resources
I love teaching, and here are some resources that have helped me become a better teacher over the years.
Books
Inspiring Articles for Teaching
Beck, H. P., Levinson, S., & Irons, G. (2009). Finding Little Albert: A journey to John B. Watson's infant laboratory. American Psychologist, 64, 605-614. doi:10.1037/a0017234
Cialdini, R. B. (2009). We have to break up. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 5-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01091.x
Gazzaniga, M. S. (2006). Leon Festinger: Lunch with Leon. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 88-94. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2006.t01-3-.x
Gilbert, D. T., Pelham, B. W., & Krull, D. S. (2003). The psychology of good ideas. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 258-260. doi:10.1080/1047840X.2003.9682889
Gray, K., & Wegner, D. M. (2013). Six guidelines for interesting research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 549-553. doi:10.1177/1745691613497967
Higgins, E. T. (2006). Theory development as a family affair. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 549-552. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.002
Kruglanski, A. W. (2001). That "vision thing": The state of theory in social and personality psychology at the edge of the new millennium. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 871-875. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00665.x
Ross, L., Lepper, M., & Ward, A. (2010). History of social psychology: Insights, challenges, and contributions to theory and application. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed, Vol. 1, pp. 3-50). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Murray, D. (1971). That's interesting: Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology. Philosophy of Social Science, 1, 309-344.
Shavelson, R. J. (2009). Biographical memoir of Lee J. Cronbach (1916 - 2001). Washington, D.C: National Academy of Sciences.
Stroebe, W. (2012). The truth about Triplett (1898), but nobody seems to care. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 54-57. doi:10.1177/1745691611427306
Cialdini, R. B. (2009). We have to break up. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 5-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01091.x
Gazzaniga, M. S. (2006). Leon Festinger: Lunch with Leon. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 88-94. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2006.t01-3-.x
Gilbert, D. T., Pelham, B. W., & Krull, D. S. (2003). The psychology of good ideas. Psychological Inquiry, 14, 258-260. doi:10.1080/1047840X.2003.9682889
Gray, K., & Wegner, D. M. (2013). Six guidelines for interesting research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8, 549-553. doi:10.1177/1745691613497967
Higgins, E. T. (2006). Theory development as a family affair. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 549-552. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2005.11.002
Kruglanski, A. W. (2001). That "vision thing": The state of theory in social and personality psychology at the edge of the new millennium. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 871-875. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9221.2008.00665.x
Ross, L., Lepper, M., & Ward, A. (2010). History of social psychology: Insights, challenges, and contributions to theory and application. In S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th ed, Vol. 1, pp. 3-50). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Murray, D. (1971). That's interesting: Towards a phenomenology of sociology and a sociology of phenomenology. Philosophy of Social Science, 1, 309-344.
Shavelson, R. J. (2009). Biographical memoir of Lee J. Cronbach (1916 - 2001). Washington, D.C: National Academy of Sciences.
Stroebe, W. (2012). The truth about Triplett (1898), but nobody seems to care. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7, 54-57. doi:10.1177/1745691611427306