Teaching

Teaching Assistant Experience 

STAT 108 - Statistics for Everyday Life (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Prof. Jeff Maria Heinze and Prof. Traci Hamilton)

• Independently taught four weekly sections of 26 students each and held two office hours. 

• Managed in-person quizzes, exams, and grading on Canvas

• Taught students to analyze data using SPSS.

Feedback from my students:

"Yushan's activity class was truly impactful to me personally as a freshman in college. Her kindness, patience, and support motivated me to do my best on hard days. Thank you, Ms. Yushan, for being such a kind person."

"Yushan took the time to help each student and gave everyone a chance to understand."

"Yushan always gives an example and if you don't understand she is very helpful."

HDE 131 — Thriving Across the Lifespan (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Dr. Anne M Iaccopucci)

HDE 100c - Adulthood and Aging  (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Prof. Trina Stanford)

HDE 012 - Human Sexuality (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Dr. Lisa Rapalyea)

CHDV 1410 - Development Across the Lifespan (Adulthood & Aging) (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Prof. Marialejandra Gutierrez)

CHDV 3420 - Development of Sexuality across the Lifespan (Undergraduate lecture: Instructor: Dr. Claudia Kouyoumdjian)

HDE 110 - Families in communities (Undergraduate lecture: Dr. Maciel M. Hernández)

Guest lecturer: Remarriage and Stepfamilies (Yushan Zhao)

HDE100B - Middle Childhood & Adolescence (Undergraduate lecture: Dr. Henry Gonzalez)

Guest lecturer: Growth Mindset Development in Indonesian Middle School Students (Yushan Zhao)

HDE 120 - Research Method (Undergraduate lecture: Dr. Kelley Wick)

• Independently taught one section of 19 students, meeting twice weekly.

• Taught students introductory statistical methods, including correlation, regression, and ANOVA.

• Taught students how to write research papers, guiding them through each section—Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.

Feedback from my students: 

"Yushan's guidance during lab and office hours makes such a huge difference. I appreciate the kindness, patience, and time she has shown and given to all her students. Her dedication and passion for helping us undergrads did not go unnoticed. Wishing her the best on her current and future endeavors!"

"The part of the lab I have enjoyed the most is running the SPSS together; it was helpful when Yushan would do it on the monitor, and we could follow along on the lab computers. I also found it great how she was willing to review our work and provide helpful feedback, this made the writing process less scary and helped me to feel more prepared!"

"I really enjoyed when Yushan worked alongside us with the assignments. It made it much clearer and easier to understand what was required of us to do. I also really enjoyed how supportive she was in making sure everyone understood things correctly."

"What I found most helpful was the way Yushan provided feedback and answered all the questions that my classmates and I had. I really liked the way Yushan went over the material, the examples Yushan provided, and how patient she was."

I really enjoyed Yushan's instructions, and she always made sure we were clear on everything before moving on. She made me feel secure in my SPSS."

"I appreciated how we went over each statistical test and how it will look like in SPSS. Additionally, I  like how we were given templates and time in class for the assignments. It was also helpful to have access to the lab materials before class in a single Google Drive file."