Teaching

Teaching Philosophy

Psychology is a special type of human sciences. On the one hand, it is a scientific discipline with emphasis on controlled experimental environment and statistics-driven hypothesis testing. On the other hand, it is impossible to learn psychology without referring to one’s subjective experiences. I believe that teaching psychology is to first motivate students’ inward examination and then guide them to look beyond the subjective experience towards a scientific understanding of mental phenomena. From my point of view, psychology is not only a scientific field of human mind and behavior, it is also a philosophy about coordinating subjective and objective thinking, which should be beneficial to a student’s career no matter what path they choose to pursue.

Teaching Experience

Instructor (University of Idaho)

PSYC 509 Human Factors in Engineering Design
- Semester(s): Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025
PSYC 446 Engineering Psychology
- Semester(s): Fall 2024, Fall 2025
PSYC 325 Cognitive Psychology
- Semester(s): Spring 2024, Spring 2025
PSYC 494 Attention & Human Performance Research (Undergraduate Research)
- Undergraduate Students Involved: 6
PSYC 599 RES: Human Factors in Driving (Graduate Research)
- Graduate Students Involved: 4

Teaching Assistant (Purdue University)

PSY 376 Attention and Cognitive Control (instructor: Dr. Robert W. Proctor)
- Semester(s): Spring 2022, Spring 2020
PSY/IE 577 Human Factors in Engineering (instructor: Dr. Robert W. Proctor)
- Semester(s): Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018
PSY 605 Applied Multivariate Analysis (instructor: Dr. Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov)
- Semester(s): Spring 2021
PSY 100 Introduction to the Science and Fields of Psychology (instructor: Dr. Colin T. William)
- Semester(s): Fall 2020
PSY 200 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (instructor: Dr. Yu-Chin Chiu)
- Semester(s): Spring 2019
PSY 310 Sensation and Perception (instructor: Dr. Yu-Chin Chiu)
- Semester(s): Fall 2018