2024 - Present | Faculty Champion for Student Success, Parkland College ‐ Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning | |
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2022 - Present | Professor of Psychology, Parkland College ‐ Arts, Media, & Social Sciences | |
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2013 - 2022 | Associate Professor of Psychology, Parkland College ‐ Social Sciences and Human Services | |
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2016 - 2018 | Coordinator for Faculty Engagement, Parkland College ‐ Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning | |
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2011 - 2013 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Department of Educational Psychology | |
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2006 - 2011 | Assistant/Associate/Director for Introductory Psychology & Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Psychology Department | |
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2002 - 2006 | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
2017 - Present | Member, American Association of Community Colleges | 2017 - Present | Affiliate, American Psychological Association Community College Teacher Affiliate (PT@CC) | 2013 - Present | Member, American Psychological Association, Division 3 (Cognitive Science) and 15 (Educational Psychology) | 2013 - Present | Member, Illinois Community College Faculty Association | 2013 - Present | Member, International Mind, Brain, and Education Society | 2010 - Present | Member, American Educational Research Association | 2010 - Present | Member, Society for Teaching of Psychology | 2001 - Present | Member, Association for Psychological Science |
Honors and Awards
- Parkland College Teaching Excellence Award 2024
- NISOD Excellence Award 2024
- Parkland College Advisor of the Year, 2023
- List of Excellent Teachers (15 times, various courses), University of Illinois, 2006-2012
- Award for Teaching & Public Understanding of Psychology, Association for Psychological Science, 2010
- Provost’s Initiative for Teaching Advancement, University of Illinois, 2010
- Using Cognitive Science to Improve Learning in Introductory Psychology Students, Teaching Advancement Award, University of Illinois, 2009
- Event-Related Brain Potential Evidence for Representational Locus of Inhibition in Negative Priming, American Psychological Association David Pilon Award, 1998
- Using Event-Related Brain Potentials to Investigate Inhibitory Processes, Research Commendation, University of Utah, 1996
2002 | Ph.D., University of Wales, Bangor ‐ Cognitive Neuroscience | |
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1993 | B.A., Carnegie Mellon University | |
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Contact Information
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2400 West Bradley Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61821
217-353-2047
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