Formal Teaching
Workshop Instructor, November 2024
Multimodal Data Collection: Combining Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and Eye-tracking
Research Training Centre, Baycrest Hospital
Role: Developed and taught a workshop on simultaneous MEG and eye-tracking, including theoretical background, code tutorials, and hands-on demonstrations for participants.
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2022
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Department of Psychology, New York University
Role: As a TA for NYU’s graduate-level Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) course, I assisted a teaching staff that included a lead instructor, MRI physicist, and scanner technician. Together, we helped students develop fMRI procedures and collect data in hands-on scanning sessions. I also held flexible office hours to help students grasp core concepts, including complex topics in physics and biomagnetism, and provided extra help on assignments that implemented fMRI data analysis from scratch in MATLAB.
Teaching Assistant, Summer 2021
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology, New York University
Role: As the sole TA for an intensive summer semester of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, I helped implement an innovative course curriculum, centered upon providing students multiple opportunities to complete every exam and assignment. This necessitated a heavier-than-usual TA workload, consisting of regularly grading students’ repeat attempts on each assessment over a 5-week period, and placed great priority on feedback to help students improve.
Teaching Assistant & Lab Section Leader, Spring 2020
Computational Cognitive Modelling, Spring 2020
Department of Psychology & Center for Data Science, New York University
Role: This course included Masters and Doctorate-level students from Psychology, Data Science, and Neural Science. I led bi-weekly computational modelling labs for 25-30 students at a time. These involved hands-on tutorials in Python for the building and testing of advanced computational methods, including recurrent and convolutional neural network models, reinforcement learning agents, model fitting, and connectionist approaches to semantic knowledge. I also held regular office hours and graded and provided feedback on all computational assignments. When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, we implemented accommodations for students who were unable to complete their coursework and switched to an online format.
Organizing & Guest Lectures
Coding Club Organizer, Fall 2023 – Present
Olsen Memory Lab, Baycrest Hospital
Details: Together with another postdoctoral fellow (Dr. Mrinmayi Kulkarni), I co-developed a weekly meeting for graduate students and research staff in the Olsen Memory Lab, focused on the development of programming skills in R and Python. Each week we lead a demonstration of a coding challenge and solution, and help attendees write and troubleshoot code written for their own research projects.
Guest Lecturer, 2016-2018
Research Methods in Psychology
Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi
Details: As a Lab Manager at NYU Abu Dhabi between 2015 and 2018, I was invited to give guest lectures and MEG Lab tours for Dr. Olivia Cheung’s undergraduate course Research Methods in Psychology. I led students through the theoretical basics of MEG research and each component of the MEG facility, culminating in a demonstration of data collection with a volunteer participant.
Non-Academic Teaching
Instructor (2009-2011) and Head Tennis Professional (2011-2013)
St. George’s Tennis Club, Nova Scotia
Details: I began teaching youth and adult tennis lessons when I was 16 years old, and have since taught tennis at clubs in Canada and Australia. From 2011 to 2013, I was the Head Tennis Professional at St. George’s Tennis Club in Nova Scotia. I developed the teaching curriculum for adult and junior tennis lessons for more than 300 members, promoted tennis programs in local elementary schools, and provided more than 25 hours of on-court instruction every week. I also founded the Dalhousie University Tennis Club in the 2013-2014 academic year. The provincial organizing body for the sport, Tennis Nova Scotia, honoured me with the Coach of the Year award in 2013.