New Course!
What an exciting term! I haven’t developed a new course in a while, so early last academic year I thought, hey, why not take on a new challenge? Ha! I’m very glad I did! What started as a teeny tiny grain Continue reading New Course!
Category Archives: Reflections
2014/2015 Student Evaluations Response Part 3: Psyc 102
Thank you to each of my students who took the time to complete a student evaluation of teaching this year. I value hearing from each of you, and every year your feedback helps me to become a better teacher. Each Continue reading 2014/2015 Student Evaluations Response Part 3: Psyc 102
UBC needs a fall reading break
UBC desperately needs a fall reading break. I receive a greater proportion of requests for extensions/exceptions with each passing year. And students are not just trying to get out of work. These are serious mental health issues people are dealing with Continue reading UBC needs a fall reading break
Letter to the Prime Minister and Cabinet
For the first time in my life, I wrote to the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Thanks to the Honourable and tremendous Elizabeth May for inspiration today. Here’s what I sent (obviously not as a rep of UBC). ************** Please act Continue reading Letter to the Prime Minister and Cabinet
On finding my “big idea” in undergrad
I was asked to speak at tonight’s Jumpstart ProfTalks event on the topic of “finding your big ‘idea’–how you want to change the world–and developing the toolbox you need to translate that passion into practice”. Here’s what I came up with. Continue reading On finding my “big idea” in undergrad