PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

Chris and Elizabeth track her career from faculty member to seasoned faculty developer. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.5

Jordan and Chris talk about his very strategic move from faculty at a small liberal arts college to working as an associate director in a TLC. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.4

In this episode: student sluggishness during the pandemic semester, human rights activities suited for the classroom, fall semester/term exhaustion, the work during a sabbatical, "paying attention," morningness and eveningness, frog swallowing (it's an analogy), defining a "fun" weekend task, audiobooks, mindfulness, and meditation, and other hobbies

In this episode: participating in online conference sessions (including the hackathon), sync sessions & the attraction of truly worldwide conference attendees, attending international conferences more affordable, challenging aspects of raising kids & attending conferences, Door Dash, conference exhaustion, a curmudgeonly response, recognizing travel budget privilege, introversion/extroversion and...

In this episode: the challenge of proof of vaccination, the luxury of the convenience of campus testing and vaccines, vaccine exemptions and quarantining, anxiety and the science, the joy of face-to-face instruction, guidance from above (?), the balance and challenge of serving students who want to switch during a semester to online or remote instruction, publishing revenue streams (!)

In this episode: Yinka, the award-winner, discussing campus mask mandates, caring and proper wearing of masks, oops you forgot your mask? What's a faculty member to do?

In this episode Eric interviews Regan A. R. Gurung from Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. Starting at OSU in 2019, we speak about his new School of Psychological Science, his leadership of the Center for Teaching and Learning, his 355-student gen psych course (+standing ovation), and what it's like to move your family cross-country pre-pandemic. Regan discusses his plans to celebrate unsun...

In this episode: what will a post-pandemic look like, stopping the tenure clock, serving others' needs, flex time at home, ah -- the pivot, publication lags, the R1 institution challenge, supporting faculty however they need it (ergonomically and otherwise)

Chris and Leslie talk about the transition from an HSI to a larger, R1 institution as the leader of a TLC. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.3

Chris and Tracie talk about Tracie's pathway from community college to Center Director. As a non-psychologist (Tracie is a biologist), we talk about how the pathway is eerily similar to that of others we spoke to. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.2

In this episode, Chris interviews Victor Benassi from the University of New Hampture in Durham, New Hampshire. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.1

In this episode, Chris and Garth talk about the need for a podcast that helps illuminate the pathway from faculty member to TLC director. They also talk about the podcast format and the goal of the series. Background music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/). Licensed under CC BY-4.0

In this episode Eric interviews Missy Beers from the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. In this return to the PsychSessions, Missy tells an updated story of her life, poignantly relating how her life completely changed when her husband Randy unexpectedly died in Dec. 2019. Missy shares her stories about grief, compassion, and coping, and how these experiences have changed many of her views as...

In this episode Garth interviews Viji Sathy from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC. Viji shares her new role in supporting faculty in SoTL work; this dovetails nicely with inclusive teaching & her continued developing influence on social media (Twitter: @vijisathy). Expectations were high for Viji growing up; her parents were excellent role models as life-long learner...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Cristina Zepeda from Washington University in St. Louis about the role motivation plays in student learning.

In this episode Garth interviews Louise Chim from the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. Parents valuing education chose a future in Canada that Louise maximized, enjoying school, band, choir, & hockey. She played on the hockey team for 2 years as a Harvard undergraduate before pursuing graduate work in psychology / affective science at Stanford. Her resilience and patience are impressive...

In this episode Eric interviews some of the individuals who have served as Chief Readers for Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology, including Jane Halonen from the University of West Florida, Ken Keith from the University of San Diego, Elizabeth Yost Hammer from Xavier University of Louisiana, & Rik Seefeldt from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. These four legendary leaders share their own AP...

In this episode Eric interviews Aaron Richmond from Metropolitan State University-Denver in Denver, CO. In his 2nd podcast interview, Aaron shares homecare challenges with two educators and three school-age daughters during the pandemic. In 2020 he became the Editor of STP's Teaching of Psychology journal, and he shares his insights and excitement about that new role. Aaron has an off-the-charts w...

Episode snippets: test item formats and how the item format is related to the effectiveness of the assessment procedure; do we ever match the measurement modality to optimize to what we want to know about the construct? (No.) The Laura Petrie "oh Rob" moment is born; equivalencies and validities, the hard work of writing test item files for intro psych publishers, the difficult task of predictive...

Episode snippets: four students working together in research methods on one project; the shared lab notebook through Google Docs; the possible usefulness of Microsoft OneNote for a lab notebook; attempting to record how students think, and if their thinking changes over the course of a year-long research methods course; using Poll Everywhere to engage students in class; the dominance of Google-sui...

Episode snippets: Rob mentions the re-release of the Albert Bandura episode after his death; the newsletter; Eric tells his own story of meeting Dr. Bandura at the 2010 RMPA in Denver; the dinner with Nancy Karlin, Cheryl Sanders, Albert Bandura, and me at a Mexican restaurant; got to introduce Elizabeth Loftus too. To receive the opt-in PsychSessions newsletter, go to bit.ly/psychsessions-email

Episode snippets: the joy of being face to face with students again, a capstone course and an intense research methods experience, consulting projects in the capstone course, writing in shorter segments, meaningful parent-teacher conferences, infographics, students leveraging grade feedback, Jane Halonen and magic, high school researchers and the challenge of access to resources 

Episode snippets: introductory psychology and APA's Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI), preparing psychology majors for the psychology workforce, access and affordability, educational systems, is the AP psych course an equivalent to the college level intro psych? The apprenticeship model, "Cs get degrees," the benefit of transfer credits to students (and parents), some current students are p...

Episode snippets: the luxury of two years to teach intro psych in the IB psych curriculum, our guest Casey has taught both the AP psych and IB psych curriculum, so he can compare and contrast better than most; we discuss if IB programs have an exclusively issue/concern; entire schools must be IB schools Note: The viewpoints expressed here by Casey Swanson represent his personal opinions and not th...

Episode snippets: AP Psych revisited, 1% interest level podcast, online training and what do you learn from automated testing, training vs. teaching, what instructors want for their students vs. what students want for themselves, students vote with their feet, what is the students' goal, mastery transcript, assessment centers in business schools