PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona close out this mentoring series (for now) with our first AI guest. We give the ASK AI app (powered by ChatGPT and GPT-3) the questions we've been asking guests all series. How does AI define mentoring? What tips does AI have about the process? Should those of us mentoring be worried about AI competition? Listen to find out!

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona chat with Jasmine Mena of Bucknell University. Listen as we discuss mentorship as interest in progress, profound respect for the whole person, and growing together. We also talk about undercover mentoring and Jasmine's Rocky Mountain Psychological Association keynote on cultivating students' sense of belonging. Jasmine shares great advice and discusses how critical...

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona chat with Dina Gohar of the University of Michigan. Listen as we discuss mentorship as collaboration, facilitating a growth mindset, the importance of self-disclosure (and how to navigate the process), how mentoring styles change over time, and how identity factors can impact mentoring. Dina shares how being a clinician informs her mentoring and reminisces about he...

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona chat with Karen Naufel of Georgia Southern University. Listen as she shares her experiences mentoring and being mentored. We discuss ways to have structured but casual mentoring (coffee anyone?) and her impactful Rocky Mountain Psychological Association keynote on the ethics of research mentorship. We delve into the risks that research assistants face, the need for...

In this episode Garth and Jane Halonen (University of West Florida) interview Dan Willingham from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA as part of the 2023 East Coast Tour.  They begin with a discussion of Dan's new book, Outsmarting Your Brain.  When they trace back his interest in the topic, it may have emerged from high school student studies about self-regulation regarding emotion...

In this episode Garth and Jane Halonen (University of West Florida) interview Roy Hopkins (Professor Emeritus) from the St. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City, MD.  This interview was part of the East Coast Tour 2023, in which Garth and Jane interviewed Roy in his hometown of Charlottesville, VA. Roy can look back now and celebrate a career of twists and turns or use the phrase he prefe...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Dr. Shivon Robinson from Williams College about teaching more than neuroscience in neuroscience courses, specifically in her course on opioids. 

In this episode Garth interviews Ellen Langer from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA.  Early in September, look for the release of Ellen's new book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health . Garth and Ellen share a lovely and far-reaching conversation; she has been studying mindfulness for 45 years, with mindfulness being the process of noticing new things.  However, she laments tha...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Dr. Jeni Kubota from the University of Delaware about how to effectively teach courses that involve classroom conversations around sensitive topics, including stereotypes, extremism, and prejudice. 

In this interview Garth and Jane Halonen (University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL) kick off their PsychSessions 2023 East Coast Tour with Ludy (Ben) Benjamin, professor emeritus, from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.  This interview takes place in Ludy's home in Charlottesville, VA. His early aspirations were to become a physician and play as much golf as possible, but both aspiratio...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Drs. Cinzia Pica and Christian Williams from Assumption University about the many benefits of a class on listening and interviewing skills for undergraduate students.

It is with profound sadness that teachers of psychology everywhere lost an ardent advocate, as Dr. Lee Gurel passed away on July 24, 2023.  His support of high school teachers of psychology through the American Psychological Foundation is legendary, and his gifts to support teachers then in turn help to improve the learning outcomes of untold numbers of high school students nationwide. To learn mo...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Dr. Mike Madson from the University of Southern Mississippi about assessing for workplace skills in psychology courses and how to approach this at the program level rather than just class by class.

This episode is a re-release of our previous episode E051. On Friday, June 30, 2023, our beloved friend Dr. Rick Miller passed away.   Rick had been ill for a couple of years and it appeared he was making a comeback; it was delightful for many of us to see him at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association meeting in Albuquerque, NM in April 2023.   Rick was a leader among leaders.   He served as...

In this episode Eric interviews Cheryl Sanders (Metropolitan State University--Denver, Denver, CO) and Nancy Karlin (University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO), leaders from the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (RMPA). We discuss the logistics and infrastructure of what it takes to host a regional psychology convention, including the composition of the RMPA Executive Committee. We also...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Dr. Amanda Sharples from the University of Toronto about how to develop widsom in students as part of psychology courses.

In this episode Eric interviews Bethany Fleck Dillen (for a Part 2 interview) from Metropolitan State University-Denver in Denver, CO.  We reconnect on many topics relating to Bethany's personal life, including her service to the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.  We chat about challenges students face, such as how to address faculty, and how...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Dr. Melissa Lehman from Lynn University. They cover the myth-busting work that happens in a cognitive psychology class and information about helping students prepare for careers.

In this episode Garth and Eric interview Brooke Whisenhunt from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO.  With a live studio audience, we begin by talking about introductory psychology textbook details and what it's like to work together as a pair on a textbook.  In fact, this textbook dynamic duo work so well together that they just finished their new textbook on psychological disorders. The...

In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Dr. Vanessa Chan from the University of Notre Dame. They discuss the work she is doing for Psychology for the Public project, which is being funded by an STP instructional resource grant.

In this episode Eric interviews Leslie Cramblet Alvarez for a Part 2 interview from the University of Denver (DU) in Denver, CO. Leslie chats about the before-times, and her job transition from Adams State University in relatively small Alamosa, CO, to the Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning at the University of Denver, in Denver, CO.  The smaller-town college life comes with strengths...

In this episode: a conversation about applying for honors and awards, the benefits of applying for an award and receiving an award (beyond benefits for the individual), handling the imposter syndrome, paying it forward when writing letters of recommendation; accolades can open doors

 In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne talks with Dr. Deidre Johnston from Hope College and Dr. Irene Lopez from Kenyon College about how to create classes with global engagement. You can learn much more including how to assess the impact of these experiences by reading their book The Wiley Handbook of Collaborative Online Learning and Global Engagement .   

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona chat with Melissa Robertson of Purdue University. Listen as we discuss her research on mentoring and work relationships, ways to assess mentoring, and her experiences and advice on important mentoring processes, including navigating mutual self-disclosure. Melissa shares results from a project on inclusive mentoring and the three main themes that emerged - professi...

In this episode, Kenzie and Mona chat with Sarai Blincoe of Longwood University. Listen as we discuss her experiences as the Disciplinary Based Educational Researcher for a multi-year NSF S-STEM grant and her research on the strategies that STEM faculty mentors use to support undergraduate STEM mentees. Sarai shares her experiences with mentoring, different mentoring styles and how identities/indi...