Teaching
Assistant Teaching Professor at UCSD
Teaching Philosophy
My primary educational mission is to inspire students to think critically.
More broadly, I enjoy getting to know future leaders in mental health, helping clinical psychology majors develop a clinical science perspective, and preparing students to consider (and eventually solve) the current controversies in the mental health field.
Various departments approach problems in different discipline-specific ways. As such, any discipline-specific mode of inquiry engenders a partial perspective of a given phenomenon.
I encourage students to draw connections between these partial perspectives and synthesize opposing perspectives to obtain a more nuanced, multifaceted understanding of a given psychological phenomenon.
In my courses, students can expect to analyze psychological theories and methods, reevaluate conventional wisdom about psychology in everyday media and social interaction, and exchange critical dialogue.
Classes
2021-2022
PSYC 100: Clinical Psychology
PSYC 124: Clinical Assessment and Treatment
PSYC 155: Health Psychology
PSYC 172: The Psychology of Human Sexuality
PSYC 193: Topics in Psychology (Sexual Wellbeing
2022-2023
PSYC 172: The Psychology of Human Sexuality
PSYC 199: Independent Study