PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff

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ASK090: How can we better support new faculty? Apr 07, 2023

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In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Dr. Dana Miller-Cotto from Kent State University. They discuss being a new faculty member, refocusing a class to be more aligned with information students can use, and handling when a student's personal experience does not match the data.

Season 5 Episode 03: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and International Initiatives -- the 2022 STP Presidential Task Force Apr 01, 2023

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In this episode: the Beyond teaching podcast welcomes special guests Arlen Garcia from Miami Dade College and Millie Cordaro from Texas State University from the 2022 Task Force on the Integration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and International Initiatives Across STP.

E169: Tamarah Smith: Statistical Expert, Influential Teacher, Selfless, Math = Language Mar 28, 2023

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In this episode Garth interviews Tamarah Smith from Gwynedd Mercy University in Gwynedd Valley, PA. With expertise in both applied statistics and educational psychology, Tamarah teaches and mentors doctoral students in education. She became connected to the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) world through the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), having served on its Board of Directors. Tamarah recently concluded service on an STP task force about statistics; she has been interested in student self-efficacy and improving math performance for some time. She struggled a bit in her early academic career, so perhaps she clearly relates to the struggles many psychology majors encounter with statistics. When Tamarah had her own epiphany that math is just a language, she began to conquer math and statistics. She mentors and supports doctoral students' development of statistical skills every day.

Season 5 Episode 02: Pivot Teaching from the 2022 STP Presidential Task Force Mar 25, 2023

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In this episode: the Beyond Teaching podcast welcomes special guests Jenel Cavazos from the University of Oklahoma and Chris Hakala from Springfield College. Both served in 2022 on the STP Presidential Task Force on Pivot Teaching.

ASK089: What is the faculty of color network? Mar 21, 2023

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In this AskPsychSessions feature, Marianne chats with Drs. Irene Lopez and Simon Garcia from Kenyon College. They discuss ways to better consider the additional stressors of and ways to support faculty of color. Be sure to check out the resources at their website https://facultyofcolornetwork.com/

Season 5 Episode 01: Welcome to Season 5, ChapGPT, AI, and More Mar 18, 2023

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In this episode: AI and ChatGPT, educator detection or teaching our students to use these tools, how will educators leverage these new tools, what occupations will need to stay away from AI and ChapGPT

E168: Alison Melley: Teacher of Teachers, Insightful, Generous, Industrious, Forward-Thinking Mar 14, 2023

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In this episode Garth interviews Alison Melley from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Alison discusses post-pandemic life, to Zoom or not to Zoom, and the importance of a good microphone. She is embedded deeply into the teaching of teachers, which she provides for graduate students, and she actively explores the possibilities with open educational resources (OER). Alison is at the forefront of putting all this knowledge, skill, and ability together and implementing APA Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI) themes into her intro course. She considers herself a generalist, even though by training she earned a clinical PhD. Alison discusses how she enjoyed some of the "great" teachers for her and how she does not to to be exactly like them -- and they discuss so much more.

SB19: Sarah Grison (Introductory Psychology Textbook Author) Mar 02, 2023

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Sarah Grison is the author of Psychology in Your Life, a textbook for the Introductory Psychology course. In this sidebar interview, Sarah and Garth discuss the IMPACT framework that she weaves throughout her book, as well as her desire to support both students and instructors.

E167: Alex Swan: Studious, Industrious, Persistent, Innovative, Creator of the CinemaPsych Podcast Feb 28, 2023

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In this episode Garth interviews Alex Swan from Eureka College in Eureka, IL. They begin their conversation by discussing Alex's CinemaPsych podcast, launched in mid-2019, where psychology professionals and instructors talk about movies with psychological content. Alex's innovative spirit is not limited to podcasts; he also has a popular YouTube channel. He grew up in Los Angeles in the 1980s in 'valley boy' surfer culture; however, he did not want to be an actor, partly due to his massive levels of stage fright. His goals ranged from being a physician to an astrophysicist to a chemist until the day he stepped into PSYC 101. Alex shares his story of his first two years at a community college, then graduating from Cal State Northridge with bachelor's and master's degrees, and then earning a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from UC Santa Barbara.

Bonus! Eric Landrum- How Far the Pendulum Can Swing (With Privilege) Feb 22, 2023

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Garth Neufeld is overhauling his Introductory Psychology course, and he has invited colleagues to give feedback along the way. Co-hosted by Regan Gurung, this series features conversations with some of the most renowned instructors and researchers of the Introductory Psychology course.

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