0119 Sutherland Building
Abington, PA 19001
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
Cognitive Psychology - August, 2021
Psychology: Inside and Out - August, 2021
Effortlessly strengthening infant memory: Associative potentiation of new learning - February, 2013
Collaborators: Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Co-Author; Katherine Mitchell, Student Author
Time windows in retention over the first year-and-a-half of life: Spacing effects. - June, 2010
The time window construct in early memory development - May, 2009
Collaborator: Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Co-Author
Memory reactivation in the second year of life - January, 2006
Collaborator: Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Co-Author
Effects of priming duration on retention over the first year-and-a-half of life - June, 2005
Collaborators: Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Co-Author; Debra Hill, Co-Author; Jill Grodkiewicz, Co-Author; Amy Joh, Co-Author
Education
Certificate in Applied Behavioral Analysis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ph D, Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
BS, Psychology, Northeastern University