Biography
Teaching Philosophy/Research Interests
My teaching philosophy involves incorporating effective strategies of relevancy so that students go from understanding the material to “living” it. To meet this experience, I am committed to encouraging students to engage in learning and build confidence in their abilities both in and out of the classroom environment. I am also passionate about collaboration and community involvement.
My specific research interests include infant and child development with an emphasis on learning and memory, understanding early emotional learning and its links to cognitive development, comparative biopsychology/neuroscience and Autism and ABA therapy.
Teaching Interests/Courses Taught
Selected Involvement in Campus Organizations
Abington Faculty Senate Chair-Elect (2021-2022)
Instructional Advisory Board, OAER Working Group of the University Strategic Plan Transforming Education Steering Committee, Board Member
Academic Environment Committee Co-Chair
Academic Environment Committee, Proposal and Awards Subcommittee Chair
Faculty Senator, Social Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Psychology Club
Faculty Advisor, Asian Student Association
Abington Common Theme Co-Chair
Grants, Awards, Honors
2022 Affordable Course Content Faculty Fellowship (PSYCH 244), Abington College
2020, Faculty Grant (2 separate awards, HDFS 429 and PSYCH 473), Academic Environment Committee, Abington Faculty Senate
2020, Teaching Enhancement Microgrant, Institutional Effectiveness & Faculty Development, Abington College
2020, Microgrant for General Education (Common Theme Guest Speaker), Office of General Education, Penn State University
2019, Affordable Course Content Faculty Fellowship (PSYCH 100), Abington College
2019, Microgrant for General Education (PSYCH 100 course development), Office of General Education, Penn State University
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association
Christian Association of Psychological Studies
International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
International Society of Infant Studies
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Society for Research in Child Development
Publications
Rovee-Collier, C., Mitchell. K., & Hsu-Yang, V. (2013). Effortlessly strengthening infant memory: Associative potentiation of new learning. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology of Psychology. [Special issue, Recent advances in early memory development: Input from typical and atypical children]. M. Heimann, J. Herbert, & T. Tjus, Eds.], 54, 4-9.
Hsu, V.C. (2010). Time windows in retention over the first year-and-a-half of life: Spacing effects. Developmental Psychobiology. doi: 10.1002/dev. 20472
Hsu, V.C. & Rovee-Collier, C. (2009). The time window construct in early memory development. In F. Columbo (Ed.), New Directions in Developmental Psychobiology, pp.1-22, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Hsu, V.C. & Rovee-Collier, C. (2006). Memory reactivation in the second year of life. Infant Behavior and Development, 29, 91-107.
Hsu, V. C., Rovee-Collier, C., Hill, D., Grodkiewicz, J., & Joh, A. (2005). Effects of priming duration on retention over the first year-and-a-half of life. Developmental Psychobiology, 47, 43-54.
Education
PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Psychology - Behavioral Neuroscience, 2007
M.S. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Psychology - Behavioral Neuroscience, 2004
B.S. Northeastern University, Psychology, 2001
Certifications
Foundations for Online Teaching Certificate, Penn State University World Campus
Got Your Back Live Webinar Facilitator Certification, PREP, Inc.
QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Certification, Penn State University