Media mentions 

Indiana Public Media

Teaching awards, Grants, and Nominations 

1. IUB-Sharon Stephens Brehm Spring Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Awarded Spring 2025

2. 2026 IU Libraries Information Literacy Course Grant

3. 2025 Sustainability Course Development Fellowship

4. 2025 Sharon S. Brehm Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Award

5. Nominated for IUB-Sharon Stephens Brehm Spring Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Nominated Fall 2024

6. Nominated for Outstanding Mentor/Advocate Award, presented by the Center of Excellence for Women and Technology Nominated 2023 and 2026

7. 2026 IU Libraries Open Textbook Grant Fellowship (Turned down for UGS fellowship)

8. 2025 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Scholarship

9. Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program in Higher Education from IU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning – Associate level Awarded Fall 2023

10. Graduate Teaching Apprenticeship Program in Higher Education from IU’s Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning – Practitioner level Awarded Fall 2025

Courses

Instructor of Record

1. Social Psychology Laboratory IU PSY- 421 - Spring 2026

2. Research Methods II: Applications PSY-311 - Spring 2027

Associate Instructor

1. Social Psychology Laboratory IU PSY- 421 - Spring 2025, Spring 2023, Fall 2026

2. Consumer Psychology IU P366 - Fall 2025

3. Situations Matter IU P457 - Summer 2025, Fall 2024

4. Social Psychology IU P304 -  Summer 2026, Summer 2023, Spring 2022, Summer 2026

5. Abnormal Psychology IU P304 - Fall 2023

6. Forensic Psychology IU P457 - Fall 2022

Guest Lectures

1. Virtuous Hope - Baylor University PSY 3399 Positive Psychology; Dr. Wade Rowatt: 4-22-26 

2. Reporting Statistics in APA Format - IU P421 Laboratory in Social Psychology; Dr. Heather Perkins: 2-25-25 

3. Conducting & Understanding ANOVAs and Regressions In R - IU Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese HISP-S 513 Intro to Hispanic Linguistics: 1-28-25 

4. Research Methodology  - Dr. Manuel Díaz-Campos: 1-14-25 

5. Writing an Annotated Bibliography - IU P421 Laboratory in Social Psychology; Dr. Heather Perkins: 1-23-25 

6. Correlations  -  K-300 Statistical Techniques IU Bloomington; Dr. Nordli: 12-2-2024  

7. Group Differences in Stereotype Threat & Related Emotions - P457 Situations Matter Indiana University; Dr. Dorainne Green: 11-6-2024 

8. Stereotype Threat - P457 Situations Matter Indiana University; Dr. Dorainne Green: 10-16-2024 

9. The Self - P457 Situations Matter Indiana University; Dr. Dorainne Green P457 Situations Matter: 9-11-2024 

10. Prosocial Behavior - P304 Social Psychology Indiana University; Dr. BJ Rydell: 3-29-2024; 3-29-2024 (x2)

11. Prosocial Behavior Part 1 - P304 Social Psychology Indiana University; Dr. BJ Rydell: 3-29-2023 

12. Prosocial Behavior Part 2 - P304 Social Psychology Indiana University; Dr. BJ Rydell: 3-31-2023 

13. Special Topic: Prosocial Behavior - P324 Abnormal Psychology Indiana University Dr. Lauren Rutter: 10-24-2023

14. Literature Review - P211 Methods of Experimental Psychology Indiana University Dr. Lindsey Cole: 3-1-2023 

15. Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias - PSY 230 Brain and Behavior University of Indianapolis; Dr. MJ Loria: 4-2022 

16. Exam Review Sessions - PSY 230 Brain and Behavior University of Indianapolis; Dr. MJ Loria: Fall 2019-Fall 2021 (7 sections; 4 exams per section) 

WOrkshops

1.     Ray, E. (3-9-2026). From Results to Poster: Creating a Research Poster. [Virtual Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons .

2.     Ray, E. (2-11-2026). SPSS 101: Introduction to Using SPSS With Best Practices. [Virtual Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons.

3.     Ray, E. (11-15-2025). Saturday (4-hour) Crash Course in SPSS. [Accelerator Crash Courses]. Indiana University Bloomington IU Center of Excellence for Women In Technology.

4.     Ray, E. (3-28-2025). SPSS 101: Introduction to Using SPSS With Best Practices. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons.

5.     Ray, E. (4-1-2026; 9-26-2025). Preregistration and Open Science. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/items/ec5999cc-2664-4758-92eb-e33da406cdc6

6.     Ray, E. & Klein, N. D. (2-7-2025). Power analyses power hour: Understanding and conducting statistical power for your research [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/items/3d793eac-c133-402d-b06e-add8f217b576

7.     Klein, N. D. & Ray, E. (3-7-2025). Best practices with SPSS. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/items/6c5bd3b3-7d13-40d1-b21d-ce2fb13c8543

8.     Ray, E. & Klein, N. D. (9-26-2025). Preregistration and Open Science. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstreams/47989a2c-e6b6-4a1b-aef9-745a5f2e5e73/download

9.     Klein, N. D. & Ray, E. (12-5-2025). How to use Qualtrics. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University Bloomington Social Science Research Commons.

10.  Ray, E. (12-1-2025). Introduction to the Data Collection Platform Qualtrics. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University HirtLab.

11.  Ray, E. (2-11-2026; 2-22-2024; 9-7-2023). What are academic conferences? Why and how do you go to one? [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University HirtLab.

12.  Ray, E. (10-12-23; 10-17-22). Research Skills. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University HirtLab.

13.  Ray, E. (9-9-2024;1-16-2025; 9-8-2025). Academic & Extracurricular Goal Setting. [Academic Workshop]. Indiana University HirtLab.

Community Outreach

1. Ray, E. (4-10-26). Growth Mindset. [Workshop for Physical Therapists]. ATI Physical Therapy Bloomington, IN.

2. Ray, E. (8-15-2025). Being a Well-Rounded Associate Instructor. [Academic Workshop]. IU Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning.