PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

In this episode, Eric interviews Michael Wertheimer from the University of Colorado Boulder (emeritus) in Boulder, CO with guest host Doug Woody from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. Michael's own educational experiences are featured and the obvious family connection to his father, Max Wertheimer, the founder of Gestalt psychology. Michael served as a teaching assistant in grad...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne speaks with Julie-Ann Scott-Pollack from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. They discuss how the performance of stories can help us build a more inclusive classroom as well as how to find the right boundaries within it.

In this episode Eric interviews Roxanne Sullivan from Bellevue University in Bellevue, NE. Roxanne has taught at BU for 38 years. Much of her inspiration came from her role model mother, first to serve on a local school board and declared that Roxanne will earn at least a master's degree. Roxanne shares poignantly her experiences of gender discrimination and mistreating during graduate school. She...

In this episode of AskPsychSessions, Marianne chats with Sharda Umanath from Claremont McKenna. They discuss the shift to remote undergraduate supervision and then discuss why the Career award from NSF is a good fit for those in a faculty role with a teaching focus.

In this episode Eric interviewed Mark Ware from Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Retiring in 2008, Mark served Creighton for 40 years. As a new faculty member, he shares his struggle to balance being a husband, starting a family, and starting a career. At Creighton, he was present for the pivot from teaching-focus to more emphasis on undergraduate research. The conversation includes his contribu...

In this SoTL PsychSessions feature, Anna Ropp interviews Amy Moors from Chapman University about an exercise she created to teach students about inter-rater reliability and observational definitions. Students also learn a bit about sexual harassment in this exercise, making it appropriate for a research methods course or a course related to gender. A link to the journal article describing the acti...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Bethany Fleck and Chris Garris from Metropolitan State University-Denver about student responses to the Spring 2020 pivot to online learning; If faculty take on one new behavior during these times, it should be increased flexibility.

In this episode, Garth interviews Trevor Packer from The College Board in New York, New York. Trevor shares the origins of advanced placement and how its secondary benefit was earning college credits faster. Serving underrepresented and low-income groups with AP opportunities has become a major focus with documented success. Trevor's personal college story was sparked by a gifted AP History teache...

In this SoTL PsychSessions feature, Anna talks with Andrea Francis from Albion College about her research on retrieval practice and the testing effect. The article they discuss can be found at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1475725720924872

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Karen Stamm from APA gives some info on the latest workforce report and the role of adaptability in psychology. They also discuss a few places a psychology background gives a leg up over the competition.

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Seungyeon Lee from the University of Arkansas Monticello about how to help students tap into self-efficacy in order to enhance learning.

In this episode Garth and Eric celebrate the centennial, 100th episode of PsychSessions. With the assistance of Special Guest Host Sue Frantz, PsychSessions hosted a live Zoom studio audience where attendees asked Garth and Eric questions in the chat box and Sue served as moderator during the live recording. The overarching theme of the evening was gratitude, expressed in many ways. There were rem...

In this SoTL PsychSessions feature, Anna Ropp talks with Cari Alvarez and Melanie Domenech Rodríguez from Utah State University about their research on whether there are differences in cultural competence between students who take multicultural psychology online or in-person. Their research could inform how instructors teach cultural competence for any course online. The article they discuss can b...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Kosha Bramesfeld from the University of Toronto about how to create engaging experiences online even when you have an enormous class.

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks to Karen Eifler from the University of Portland about the role of gratitude and wonder when approaching the new semester.

In this episode Garth and Eric interview Marianne Lloyd from Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ (she curates the AskPsychSessions features - bit.ly/askpsychsessions). Strongly extroverted, she enjoys collaborations and truly loves to learn. Her most prolific collaborator is a theologian at Notre Dame, and Catholicism plays an important role in her life story. Marianne likes talking to stran...

In this SoTL PsychSessions feature, Anna talks with Catherine Gayman from Troy University about her research on interteaching in an asynchronous online format. Catherine explains interteaching and describes her investigation into whether interteaching can be effectively implemented online. The article they discuss can be found at https://linktr.ee/sotlpsychsessions

In this EDI_AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Stacey Jackson from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire about how to infuse more diversity into the introductory psychology course.

In this EDI_AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Rihanna Mason from Georgia State University. They discuss how to assess your university's current equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) landscape as well as opportunities to develop as a faculty member.

In this EDI_AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Valerie Jones Taylor from Lehigh University. They cover how to have conversations around race in the classroom as well as the research on what factors are likely at play. Plus, Valerie offers a helpful metaphor to help you stay motivated to keep up the work.

In this EDI_AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Susanna (Susy) Gallor from the University of Massachusetts Boston about Psi Chi Diversity opportunities regarding social justice and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) as well as the importance of community and curiosity.

In this EDI_AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Moin Syed from the University of Minnesota about how to be more inclusive at both the departmental and individual course levels.

In this PsychSessions sidebar conversation, Eric chatted with 2020 STP leaders Amy Fineburg (President), Tom Pusateri (Executive Director), and Jordan Troisi (ACT Director of Programming) about the arduous decision to cancel the in-person version of STP's premiere programming event. So many factors go into planning the Annual Conference on Teaching -- the conversation about the decision-making aro...

In this episode, Eric interviews Chris Hakala from Springfield College in Springfield, MA. As the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Director, Chris is incredibly popular serving his campus, especially in the COVID-19 era. We discuss his origin story and his occupations progression post-PhD, and the vital importance of undergraduate mentors. We reminisce about the AP Psyc...

In this SoTL PsychSessions episode, Anna Ropp interviews Leslie Cramblet Alvarez from the University of Denver and Nikki Jones from Colorado Mesa University about their content analysis of History of Psychology textbooks, including who is missing from these texts. Nikki and Leslie also give tips on how to incorporate these invisible pioneers into all psychology courses. A link to their journal art...