Below I have included my full teaching history with selected student comments from university course evaluations. For more examples of student work through innovative extra credit projects (exclusive to my sections), please click here for the subtab.
TF: Spring 2025 (4.4/5) with Professor Allison Harris
Selected comments:
"Very approachable and willing to help."
"She always came prepared to section and provided many materials to help students learn."
"Sophia did a great job a facilitating learning and all around a great TF."
"Sophia did a great job and providing resources to understand political science on a deeper level and is a great addition to the TA team. Sophia also made sure to include all members of the section to ensure that people felt connected to the course material as well as the topics that we discussed."
"I loved her. section was very engaging and she was very nice."
“Jinghong went above and beyond as a TF -- creating an in-section booklet project for students to engage with on their own terms, allowing us to explore topics from the show that particularly interest us while also preparing us well for assignments and exams. Fantastic feedback on all work submitted, very accommodating of student needs, volunteers her own time outside of class to host review sessions and meet with students, has a very cute and lovely dog.”
“The best TF Ive ever had!!!”
“She did an amazing job making the section engaging and really helped me understand the concepts. She also provided excellent feedback that helped me improve on my assignments over time.”
TF: Fall 2024 (4.0/5) with Professor Andrea Aldrich
Selected comments:
"Sophia was very helpful and pushed us to challenge our thinking. She was very supportive and encouraging, especially for the final project."
"Sophia was a great TF and did an amazing job explaining concepts to students who may have been unfamiliar with them before (e.g. DiD analysis)"
"Sophia is a great TF!!! She was very clear about her expectations and her sections were interesting."
"My Teacher Fellow did an excellent job of ensuring everyone was intrigued throughout the entire semester, while conveying all the necessary topics regarding women in politics. Such a quality job was done."
"Sophia was fantastic! Sections were always organized and balanced between letting students share ideas with adequate facilitation. Sophia was very helpful with the final presentation, taking extra time to give our groups feedback."
"Offered very insightful teachings and explanations that may not have been thoroughly discussed in class."
"Sophia is a very kind and respectful TF. She provided clear feedback when we worked on our final project and encouraged us to ask questions."
"A strength would be the resources Sophia made available during class and outside of it. No weaknesses."
"Jinghong/Sophia was a great teaching fellow. She was incredibly kind and patient in every interaction with us and always answered every question with thought and detail."
TF: Spring 2022 (4.4/5), Spring 2023 (4.7/5) with Professor P Aronow
Selected qualitative evaluations:
"Sophia is an excellent teaching fellow who really cares about students and wants to help them learn. She is very knowledgeable, approachable and kind. Her most effective sections were those where she provided more practical skills (like coding) to help with the content/material from the week. She had a lot of patience and this was appreciated especially by students who were learning the material for the first time. Some suggestions for improvement would be to make section material as concise as possible and focus more on practical application and skills-building related to the lecture." - Student comment from Spring 2023
"Sophia was also an amazing TF. She facilitated excellent sections and is very good at distilling complex topics introduced in lectures into their essential parts. I really appreciated the opportunity to learn from Sophia. She was very easy to engage with whenever I had questions about the course or wanted to learn more about her experience in quantitative methods in the political science department. All in all, she was a great TF this semester!" - Student comment from Spring 2022
TF: Fall 2021 (4.2/5), Fall 2022* with Professor John Roemer
"Sophia was a great TA. She was extremely approachable and she made it easier to understand concepts that I had trouble understanding" - Student comment from Fall 2021
*Evaluation not available as only 5 students registered for the class.