Ph.D., Psychological and Brain Sciences

University of California, Santa Barbara

N/A

2016

M.A., Psychology

University of California, Santa Barbara

N/A

2013

B.A., Psychology (minor Cognitive Science)

California State University, Fresno

N/A

2011

Associate Teaching Professor, Psychology

University of California, San Diego

N/A

Present - 2023

Assistant Teaching Professor, Psychology

University of California, San Diego

N/A

2023 - 2019

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

University of California, Riverside

N/A

2019 - 2016

Distinguished Teaching Award

Academic Senate, UC San Diego

N/A

2024

Outstanding Mentor Award

Undergraduate Research Hub, UC San Diego

N/A

2023

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Runner-Up Award

National Institute of the Teaching of Psychology

N/A

2020

Graduate Research Fellowship

National Science Foundation

N/A

2016 - 2013

Dissertation Research Award

American Psychological Association

N/A

2015

Dissertation Writers Professional Development Award

Graduate Division, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2015

SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind Graduate Student Fellowship

UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2015 - 2011

Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention

Ford Foundation

N/A

2013 - 2012

Graduate Teaching Fellowship

School for Scientific Thought, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2012

Smittcamp Family Honors Scholarship

California State University, Fresno

N/A

2011 - 2007

Volunteer of the Year Award

California State University, Fresno

N/A

2010

Teaching research methods in content courses

Pilegard, C. & Drexler, R. E. In R. A. R. Gurung & S. M. Byers (Eds.) Teaching research methods in psychology. Edward Elgar Publishing.

N/A

in press

Does connecting the processes and products of science facilitate learning? A schema-based approach

Drexler, R. E. & Pilegard, C. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.

N/A

2025

Scaling up APA Guidelines 3.0 for large-enrollment classes

Cross, V. L., Albada, N. A., Ditta, A. S., Geller, E. H., Hendley, H. S., Paquette-Smith, M., Pilegard, C., Woods, V. E. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. 11(1), 113-121.

N/A

2025

Can you spot the bot? Identifying AI-generated writing in college essays

Waltzer, T., Pilegard, C. & Heyman, G. D. International Journal for Educational Integrity. 20(11).

N/A

2024

Virtual pair programming and online oral exams: Effects on social interaction, performance, and academic integrity in a remote computer programming course

Lubarda, M. V., Phan, A. M., Schurgers, C., Delson, N., Ghazinejad, M., Baghdadchi, S., Minnes, M., Kim, M., Pilegard, C., Relaford-Doyle, J., Sandoval, C. L., & Qi, H. Computer Science Education. 1–41.

N/A

2024

Midterm oral exams add value as a predictor of final written exam performance in engineering classes: A multiple regression analysis

Kim, M., Pilegard, C., Lubarda, M., Schurgers, C., Baghdadchi, S., Phan, A. M., & Qi, H. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education. 10.18260/1-2–41102.

N/A

2022

Using gestures to signal lesson structure and foster meaningful learning

Pilegard, C. & Fiorella, L., Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(5), 1362-1369.

N/A

2021

Learner-generated explanations: Effects on restudying and learning from a multimedia lesson

Fiorella, L. & Pilegard, C. Educational Psychology, 41(1), 45-62.

N/A

2021

Game over for Tetris as a platform for cognitive skill training

Pilegard, C. & Mayer, R. E. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 54, 29-41.

N/A

2018

Helping students help themselves: Generative learning strategies improve middle school students’ self-regulation in a cognitive tutor

Pilegard, C. & Fiorella, L. Computers in Human Behavior, 65, 121-126.

N/A

2016

Evaluating the cognitive consequences of playing Portal for a short duration

Adams, D. M., Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 54, 173-195.

N/A

2016

Improving academic learning from computer-based narrative games.

Pilegard, C. & Mayer, R. E. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 44-45, 12-20.

N/A

2016

Within-subject and between-subject conceptions of metacomprehension accuracy

Pilegard, C. & Mayer, R. E. Learning and Individual Differences, 41, 54-61.

N/A

2015

Adding judgments of understanding to the metacognitive toolbox

Pilegard, C. & Mayer, R. E. Learning and Individual Differences, 41, 62-72.

N/A

2015

Principles for managing essential processing in multimedia learning: Segmenting, pre-training, and modality principles

Mayer, R. E. & Pilegard, C. In R. E. Mayer (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning (2nd ed., pp. 316-344). New York: Cambridge University Press.

N/A

2014

Cognitive Foundations

Collaboratively authored open textbook edited and maintained by C. Pilegard.

N/A

Present - 2019

A Modern Guide to Understanding and Conducting Research in Psychology

Collaboratively authored open textbook edited and maintained by C. Pilegard and E. Geller.

N/A

Present - 2023

Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education ($399,953)

National Science Foundation

N/A

2026 - 2023

• “Empowering Engineering Students to Become More Effective and Self-Regulated Learners: A Course-Integrated Intervention to Promote the Transfer of Learning Skills”
• PI: H. Qi; co-PIs: C. Schurgers, C. Pilegard, S. Baghdadchi, A. M. Phan

Academic Senate General Campus Research Award ($13,583)

UC San Diego

N/A

2025

• “Investigating the Impact of Nature of Science on Scientific Reasoning: A Task-Based Approach”
• PI: C. Pilegard

Course Development and Instructional Improvement Program ($30,956)

UC San Diego

N/A

2024 - 2023

• “A Modern Guide to Understanding and Conducting Research in Psychology”
• PI: E. Geller; co-PI: C. Pilegard

Course Development and Instructional Improvement Program ($29,030)

UC San Diego

N/A

2023 - 2022

• “Collaboratively-Authored Open Interactive Textbook for Cognitive Psychology”
• PI: C. Pilegard

California Education Learning Lab ($1,000,000)

State of California

N/A

2023 - 2020

• “Enhancing Student Success via Active Adaptive Learning and Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning”
• PI: S. Venkatadriagaram; co-PIs: A. Fuchs, M. Li, E. Mahmoud, M. Mason, C. Pilegard, M. Princevac, C. Robinson, B. Saller, N. Wildes

Board of Educational Affairs for Precollege and Undergraduate Teaching Conferences ($1,000)

American Psychological Association

N/A

2021

• “A California Virtual Conference on Equitable Teaching Practices in Psychological Research Methods and Statistics”
• PIs: N. Albada, V. Woods; co-PIs: V. Cross, A. S. Ditta, E. H. Geller, M. Paquette-Smith, C. Pilegard

Course Development and Instructional Improvement Program ($36,000)

UC San Diego

N/A

2021 - 2020

• “Enhancing the Psychology Core Methods Curriculum: A New Emphasis on Computational literacy, Open-Science Practices, and Project-Based Collaboration”
• PI: J. E. Fan; co-PIs: E. H. Geller, C. Pilegard

Instructional Resource Grant ($1,500)

American Psychological Association Division 2

N/A

2020

• “A Metacognitive Writing Intervention for Effective Communication and Scientific Tone”
• PI: C. Pilegard

Affordable Course Materials Initiative ($3,000)

UC Riverside

N/A

2018

• “EDUC 160: Cognitive Development and Education”
• PI: C. Pilegard

Teaching the processes of science improves learning science content in a classroom experiment: The role of explicit instructional hints

Drexler, R. E., DeSpain, A. A. & Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Denver, CO.

N/A

2025

Elevating pedagogy: Teaching-focused career paths at research-intensive universities

Wood, S., Malavanti, K., Scudder, S., Chan-Devaere, V. DeMoya, S, Pilegard, C., Maffeo Masicampo, M. Professional development presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

N/A

2025

Does a lapse in lesson coherence cause a negative cascade of mind wandering?

Park, A., Allison, J. D., Kuppa, S., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Las Vegas, NV.

N/A

2025

Knowledge beyond the facts: Does teaching the Nature of Science help undergraduates understand science content?

Drexler, R. E. & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

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2025

Schemas of science: Does understanding how science works impact science learning?

Drexler, R. E. & Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2024

The impact of lapses in coherence on student’s mind wandering in a cumulative lesson

Allison, J. D., Kuppa, S., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 36th annual Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2024

Investigating individual differences in the effectiveness of causal reasoning diagram training

Sheng, Z., Lloyd, H., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 36th annual Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2024

Using gestures to signal a causal lesson structure: Effects on meaningful learning

Lopez, A., Fiorella, L., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 36th annual Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2024

What can eye movements tell us about spatial contiguity and expertise in a multimedia lesson?

Tang, A. & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 36th annual Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2024

Increased rate of mind wandering following lapse in lesson coherence

Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2023

Getting by with a little help from your friends (who have jobs like yours): Cultivating an inter-campus community of practice

Pilegard, C., Woods, V. E., Ditta, A. S., Cross, V. L., Albada, N. A., Paquette-Smith, M., Geller, E. H., & Rinehart, J. K. Talk presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 22nd Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, CA.

N/A

2023

Who researches this stuff, anyway? Humanizing psychological science for introductory research methods students with scientist videos

Pilegard, C. Teaching demonstration presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 22nd Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, CA.

N/A

2023

Overcoming the paradox: What should training look like for a teaching-intensive position when the focus of graduate school is research?

Ditta, A. S., Woods, V. E., Albada, N. A., Paquette-Smith, M., Pilegard, C. Roundtable discussion presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 22nd Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, CA.

N/A

2023

Models of supporting graduate student teacher use of evidence-informed, inclusive practices

Cross, V. L., Gurung, R. A. R., Ditta, A. S., Woods, V. E., Pilegard, C., Albada, N. A., Paquette-Smith, M. Talk presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 22nd Annual Conference on Teaching, Portland, CA.

N/A

2023

Pretraining based on causal structure improves learning from a multimedia lesson

Liu, S., & Pilegard, C. Paper presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

N/A

2023

Instructional lessons’ contribution to students’ mind wandering

Kuppa, S., Kamura, K., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Riverside, CA.

N/A

2023

Behind the research: How does seeing video introductions from authors shape students’ perceptions of science and scientists?

Tao, Y., Santiago, R., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Riverside, CA.

N/A

2023

Lapses in lesson coherence cause students’ minds to wander

Kamura, S. K., Santiago, R., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

N/A

2022

Video introductions from scientists to help students see what’s behind the research

Pilegard, C., Santiago, R. E., Zhang, D., & Nguyen, N. Talk presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 21st Annual Conference on Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA.

N/A

2022

Equitable teaching practices in psychological research methods and statistics

Woods, V. E., Albada, N. A., Ditta, A. S., Geller, E., Paquette Smith, M., & Pilegard, C. Symposium presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 21st Annual Conference on Teaching, Pittsburgh, PA.

N/A

2022

Behind the research: Implementing scientist videos in an introductory research methods class

Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 2nd Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science, Paris, FR.

N/A

2022

Insights from the First Year of Project # 2044472: Improving the Conceptual Mastery of Engineering Students in High Enrollment Engineering Courses through Oral Exams

Qi, H., Lubarda, M., Schurgers, C., Sandoval, C. L., Klement, L., Ghazinejad, M., Relaford-Doyle, J., Kim, M., Minnes, M., Baghdadchi, S., Phan, A. M., Liu, H., Gedney, X. E., Pilegard, C., & Delson, N. Poster presented at the 129th American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.

N/A

2022

Can the testing effect reduce the negative influence of stereotype threat on learning?

Washington, S. & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 102nd Western Psychological Association Convention, Portland, OR.

N/A

2022

Learning with electronic devices: The effect of taking tablet-based and longhand notes on academic performance

Liu, Y., Goldschmidt, A., Gomatam, K., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Converting your research proposal assignment into a preregistration assignment

Pilegard, C., Geller, E. H., & Fan, J. E. Talk presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 20th Annual Conference on Teaching. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Please help! Equity implications of student requests for assistance or exceptions

Cross, V., & Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s 20th Annual Conference on Teaching. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Teaching open science principles in intro-level research methods courses

Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 3rd Annual University of California Psychology Teaching and Learning Conference. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Formalizing the informal: Universal extensions, exam feedback, and improvement incentives

Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 3rd Annual University of California Psychology Teaching and Learning Conference. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Do lapses in lesson coherence cause students’ minds to wander?

Kamura, S. K., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Association for Psychological Science. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Learning with electronic devices: The effect of taking notes with iPad and Apple Pencil on academic performance

Liu, Y., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Association for Psychological Science. Virtual.

N/A

2021

Synchronous storytelling: Ideas for large lecture courses

Geller, E. H., & Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 2nd Annual University of California Psychology Teaching and Learning Conference. Virtual.

N/A

2020

3 Ss: Syllabus, structure, and support

Cross, V., & Pilegard, C. Talk presented at the 2nd Annual University of California Psychology Teaching and Learning Conference. Virtual.

N/A

2020

What should I do with my hands? Using gesture to facilitate meaningful learning

Pilegard, C., & Fiorella, L. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL.

N/A

2020

Using instructional support to eliminate the seductive details effect

Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, CAN.

N/A

2019

Can instructional support mitigate the negative effect of seductive details?

Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, New Orleans, LA.

N/A

2018

Gestures as a signal of lesson structure

Fiorella, L., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

N/A

2018

Using gestures to signal lesson structure and foster meaningful learning

Pilegard, C., & Fiorella, L. Poster presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Vancouver, Canada.

N/A

2017

Effects of writing explanations on subsequent restudying and learning

Fiorella, L., & Pilegard, C. Poster presented to the 57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Boston, MA.

N/A

2016

Can instructional support during Tetris training help facilitate transferable spatial skills?

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Poster presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D. C.

N/A

2016

A cognitive consequences approach to game research: What is learned from playing video games?

Pilegard, C., Adams, D. M. & Mayer, R. E. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D. C.

N/A

2016

Adding instructional supports to train transferable skills with games

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Poster presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Chicago, IL.

N/A

2015

Adding worksheets to improve learning from a computer-based narrative game

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

N/A

2015

Can playing Portal affect spatial thinking and physics intuitions?

Adams, D. M., Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Poster presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

N/A

2015

Improving academic learning from a computer-based narrative game

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach, CA.

N/A

2014

Study strategies improve metacomprehension accuracy

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

N/A

2014

Metacomprehension accuracy of judgments of understanding during multimedia learning

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

N/A

2013

Judgments of understanding predict transfer performance in a multimedia lesson

Pilegard, C., & Mayer, R. E. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, MN.

N/A

2012

Generalizing the betting technique for increasing metacognitive accuracy

Oswald, K. O., Gonzalez, J., Pilegard, C., & Blake, A. Poster presented at 92nd Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association. Burlingame, CA.

N/A

2012

Evaluating betting as a tool for enhancing metacognitive calibration

Gonzalez, J., Pilegard, C., Blake, A., & Oswald, K. O. Poster presented at 31st Annual Central California Research Symposium, Fresno, CA.

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2012

Neural correlates of time perception in an oddball task: An ERP study

Pilegard, C., Hernandez, C., & Shapiro M. S. Poster presented at 22nd Annual Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.

N/A

2010

Short interval time perception in an oddball task: An ERP study

Pilegard, C., & Shapiro, M. S. Oral presentation given at 29th Annual Central California Research Symposium, Fresno, CA.

N/A

2010

Comparing facial composite software effectiveness in correct target identification

Xavier, N. M., Bassi, A., Pilegard, C., & Oswald, K. O. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Central California Research Symposium, Fresno, CA.

N/A

2010

PSYC 3: General Psychology: Cognitive Foundations

FA19; SU20; FA20; SP21; SU21; FA21; SP22; FA22; SP23*; FA23*; SP24*; FA24*; SP25*

UC San Diego

Present - 2019

• *PSYC 3R: online course offering

PSYC 70: Research Methods in Psychology

WI20; FA20; SP21; FA21; SP22; FA22; SP23; FA23; SP24; FA24; SP25

UC San Diego

Present - 2020

PSYC 71: Laboratory in Psychological Research Methods

WI20; WI21; SU21; WI22; WI23; WI24; WI25; SU25

UC San Diego

Present - 2020

PSYC 193: Educational Psychology

SP20; WI21; WI22; WI23; WI24; WI25

UC San Diego

Present - 2020

• Original course

PSYC 87: The Science of Self-Regulated Learning

WI23; SP23

UC San Diego

2023

• Original freshman seminar

PSYC 87: The Science of Learning with Technology

SP21

UC San Diego

2021

• Original freshman seminar

PSYC 105: Cognitive Psychology

SP20

UC San Diego

2020

EDUC 160: Cognitive Development and Education

WI18; SP18; WI19

UC Riverside

2019 - 2018

EDUC 200: Human Differences

SP17; SP19

UC Riverside

2019 - 2017

EDUC 269I: Cognitive Principles of Instructional Design

SP19

UC Riverside

2019

• Original course

EDUC 211A: Cognitive Development

WI17; FA17; FA18

UC Riverside

2018 - 2017

EDUC 110S: Learning Theory and Psychology in Education

SP17

UC Riverside

2017

PSY 108: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

SU15

UC Santa Barbara

2015

PSY 124: Educational Psychology

SU14

UC Santa Barbara

2014

Teaching Assistant

N/A

UC Santa Barbara

2013 - 2011

• PSY 1: Introduction to Psychology (2013)
• PSY 117: Human Memory (2011)
• PSY 117L: Laboratory in Human Memory and Cognition (2013)
• PSY 120L: Laboratory in Advanced Research Methods (2013)
• PSY 124: Educational Psychology (2012)

School for Scientific Thought: “This Is Your Mind On School”

Center for Science and Engineering Partnership

UC Santa Barbara

2012

• Graduate teaching fellow
• High school outreach program

Volunteer English Teacher

N/A

N/A

2012 - 2010

• La Patera Elementary School, English Language Development, Goleta, CA (2011–2012)
• Sunshine School, Vientiane, Laos (2010)
• Social and Economic Developers Association, Vientiane, Laos (2010)
• Lao Union of Science and Engineering Associations, Vientiane, Laos (2010)

Primary Research Advisor or Co-Advisor

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Rian Drexler (Ph.D., Experimental Psychology; 2022–present)
• Christine Lee (Ph.D., Experimental Psychology; 2025–present)
• Hannah Lloyd (M.A., Experimental Psychology; 2022–2024)
• Yerkezhan Tokbergen (M.A., Educational Psychology; UCR; 2018–2020)

Service on Graduate Student Committees, Psychology

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Alejandro Carranza (quals; 2025–)
• Dania Ibrahim (quals/dissertation proposal; 2022–)
• Claire Mason (quals; 2025–)
• Alexandra Rett (proposal through Ph.D.; 2022–2025)
• Maribeth Trego (quals; UCR; 2024–)
• Inez Zung (quals; 2022–)

Service on Graduate Student Committees, Other

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Ben Cornell, Education (M.A., UCR; 2017)
• Amirali Darvishzadeh, Computer Science (quals; UCR; 2017)
• Robert Imel, Education (quals through Ph.D.; UCR; 2017–2018)
• Adam Koehler, Computer Science (quals through Ph.D.; UCR; 2017–2020)
• Xingfeiyue Liu, Education (M.A.; UCR; 2018)
• Ainsley Losh, Education (quals/dissertation proposal; UCR; 2021)
• Jared Saunders, Education (dissertation proposal; UCR; 2017)
• Sara Taylor, Education (quals through Ph.D.; UCR; 2017–2019)
• Matthew Ung, Mechanical Engineering (quals; UCR; 2017)

Graduate Teaching Mentor

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Pria Daniel, Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar (2023)
• Stefanie Holden, Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar (2022)
• Debra Lindsay, Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar (2023)
• Chloe Shields, Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar (2021)

Psychology Honors Thesis Advisor

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Abby Despain (2024–2025)
• Ignacio Espinoza (2025–2026)
• J Hernandez (2025–2026)
• Siyuan Liu (2021–2022)
• Alan Lopez (2023–2024)
• Yang Lu (2019–2020)
• Amy Park (2024–2025)
• Zhihui Sheng (2023–2024)
• Giulia Silver (2021–2022)
• Megan Tavares (2022–2023)

Undergraduate Research Program Mentor

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Jaylen Allison, McNair Program (2023)
• Keeshia Kamura, Eleanor Roosevelt College Honors (2019–2020)
• Shanthi Kuppa, Eleanor Roosevelt College Honors (2022–2023)
• Rob Ethan Santiago, Eleanor Roosevelt College Honors (2021–2022)
• Savannah Sprague, University Honors (UCR; 2017–2018)
• Annie Tang, Faculty Mentor Program (2023–2024)
• Yuhan Tao, Faculty Mentor Program (2022–2023)
• Sydney Washington, STARS (2021)

Undergraduate Research Advisor not otherwise listed

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Bobbette Alexander, Olivia Cetin, Aamyah Davis, Jessica Denny, Cecilia Fridge, Kyle Fune, Abigail Goldschmidt, Krishna Gomatam, Grace Hong, Ki-Yeon Kim, Takuya Kitamura, Emily Liu, Justin Moran, Daniel Nguyen, Nathan Nguyen, Yuxin Lu, Shivani Nandakumar, Titus Ng, Lynette Sauceda, Evan Schwager, Yakuan Wang, Alyssa Wong, Derek Ye, Dongbowei Zhang
• At UCR: Daniel Choi, Jose Cruz, Kaela Holmes, Courtney Kelly, Markalee Ortiz, Zehra Qazi, Katherine Ramirez, Emily Su, Jillian Surdzial, Curtis Tsoi, Fiorella Valles

Undergraduate Instructional Apprentices

N/A

N/A

N/A

• 2024–2025: Annie Ball, Ebone Brower, Deborah Hughes, Shanthi Kuppa, Nic Leroy, Jenifer Madrigal, Lina Musa, Hana Nguyen, Amy Park, Samia Rahman, Sophie Rosenfeld, Shane Texeira, Miles Tobitt, Caleigh Tran
• 2023–2024: Danielle Ballesteros, Sophia Daluraya, J Hernandez, Shanthi Kuppa, Philip Li, Alan Lopez, Brenda Martinez, Emma Penev, Xiaofan Shi, Kevin Soto, Shyla Sullivan, Sol Vashez, Yakuan Wang, Gabriel Zamora
• 2022–2023: Mack Caldwell, Kevin Deng, Siyi He, Hani Kang, Christine Kwon, Haowei Li, Yixuan Li, Zaza Nguyen, Andrea Ortiz, Mariana Reyes Sandoval, Annie Tang, Yuhan Tao, Ellie Wang, Junzhi Wei, Justin Wu, Angie Zhao
• 2021–2022: Emma Bjoernholt, Ariana Calderon, Olivia Cetin, Cindy Chen, Yutong Guo, Ellen Ko, Van Noon, Jessa Ponce, Ritisha Ramesh, Pallavi Saksena, Margaret Satchwell, Dani Silsbee, Kari Siu, Skylar Winckler
• 2020–2021: Jenniver Alvarez, Irene Chung, Jessica Denny, Vanessa Do, Keeshia Kamura, Rebecca Lim, Valarie Millward, Audrey Nichols, Nathan Nguyen, Anissa Owen, Allan Sanchez, Rachel Weber, Erick Valencia
• 2019–2020: Sophia Huang, Kaylee Kantorowski, Jianyi Liu, Yang Lu, Yuxin Lu, Erick Sandoval, Cheng Xu

Jobs Panel, Invited Speaker

Education Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, University of Georgia

N/A

2025

Cognitive Learning Theories, participant workshop

Virtual Education Research in STEM Academy (NSF REU), UC San Diego

N/A

2025 - 2023

Teaching students that scientific uncertainty is a good thing, Invited Talk

SciTrek, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2024

Psychological science vs. pop psychology, Or, Teaching students that scientific uncertainty is a good thing, Invited Talk

Society for the Teaching of Psychology Teaching Institute, Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA

N/A

2024

Workshop Series on Teaching Careers in Psychology

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego; SP21, SP22, SP24

N/A

2024 - 2021

• Careers in Teaching (co-lead with psych dept teaching faculty)
• Drafting your Teaching Philosophy Statement
• Peer Editing your Teaching Statement

Workshop Series on Teaching and Mentoring in Psychology

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2024 - 2019

• Assessment
• The Science of Learning
• Teaching Strategies
• Supporting Students
• Being a Teacher

Behind the research: Do videos from the authors of journal articles change students’ beliefs and attitudes about science?, Invited talk

CogFog, Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab, UC Los Angeles

N/A

2023

Formalizing Informal Processes in the College Classroom, Invited lecture

PSY 590: Teaching of Psychology; UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2022

Invited speaker for Teaching Career Speaker Series

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2021

Keynote speaker for Psi Chi Honors Society induction ceremony

UC San Diego

N/A

2021

Creating Online Courses–Resources, Policies and Best Practices Panelist

Educational Innovation Expo, UC San Diego

N/A

2020

Media vs. Methods: Technology, Metacognition, and Active Learning in the Classroom, Invited talk

CAMSEE (Center for Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education), UC San Diego

N/A

2019

The Science of Learning, Invited talk

zyBooks Lunch and Learn, Riverside, CA

N/A

2018

Are Video Games The New Homework?, Invited talk

Living the Promise UCR Chancellor reception, Thousand Oaks, CA

N/A

2018

Facilitating Meaningful Learning with Games, Invited talk

Developmental Psychology research series, UC Riverside

N/A

2017

Teaching Assistant Pedagogy Workshop Series

Office of Instructional Development, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2016 - 2015

• Accommodating Multiple Prior Knowledge Levels in Math and Science
• Debunking Learning Myths and Misconceptions with Science
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Study Skills

Teaching Associate Panelist, Teaching Assistant Advisory Panel

Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2015

This is Your Mind on School, Invited Talk

Early Academic Outreach Program, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2014

Research-based Guidelines for Effective Instruction, Invited Talk

Teaching Assistant Advisory Panel, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2013 - 2012

Study Strategies for Meaningful Learning, Invited Talk

Anacapa High School Speaker Series, Santa Barbara, CA

N/A

2012

Membership in Professional Societies

N/A

N/A

N/A

• American Educational Research Association
• Psychonomic Society
• Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2)

Ad hoc reviewer

N/A

N/A

N/A

• Applied Cognitive Psychology
• Cognitive Science
• Computers in Education
• Educational Psychology
• Journal of Cognitive Enhancement
• Journal of Educational Psychology
• Memory
• Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (grant reviews)
• American Educational Research Association, Division C (conference reviews)
• American Educational Research Association, TICL SIG (conference reviews)

Conference co-organizer (Annual conference)

Teaching to Enhance Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (PsychTERMS)

N/A

Present - 2022

Chair, Instructional Resource Grant Committee

American Psychological Association Division (Society for the Teaching of Psychology)

N/A

2027 - 2025

Grant Review Panel, Research Grants on Education: Small

Spencer Foundation

N/A

2021

• Spring, summer, and fall cycles

Conference co-organizer

Equitable Teaching Practices in Psychological Research Methods and Statistics

N/A

2021

Conference co-organizer

University of California Psychology Teaching and Learning Virtual Conference

N/A

2020

Grant Review Panel, Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

National Science Foundation

N/A

2019

Educational Policy Committee member

Academic Senate, UC San Diego

N/A

Present - 2025

Climate Committee member

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

Present - 2024

Instructional Assistant Faculty Advisor

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

Present - 2021

Undergraduate Affairs Committee member

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

Present - 2019

Academic Senate Department Representative

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2025 - 2023

Department Commencement Representative (Warren College)

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2025 - 2022

• Spring 2022 and Spring 2025 ceremonies

Faculty Tech Advisor

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2022 - 2020

Teaching and Technology Committee member (ad hoc)

Academic Senate, UC San Diego

N/A

2022

Committee on Academic Information Technology member

Academic Senate, UC San Diego

N/A

2022 - 2020

Educational Continuity Committee member (ad hoc)

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2020

Faculty research advisor, Psi Chi Research Committee

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2020

Faculty search committee co-chair, Clinical/Community Teaching Professor

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2020 - 2019

Faculty advisor, Psi Chi research journal

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2020 - 2019

Department Convocation Representative

Department of Psychology, UC San Diego

N/A

2019

Executive Committee member

Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside

N/A

2019 - 2018

Ad Hoc Faculty Personnel Committees

Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside

N/A

2018

Faculty search committee member, Teaching Professor

Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside

N/A

2018 - 2017

• Position 1: Learning and Behavioral Sciences
• Position 2: Education, Society, Culture, or Higher Education/Policy

Staff search committee member, Business Technology Support Analyst

Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside

N/A

2017

Faculty search committee member, STEM Teaching and Learning Cluster Hire

Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside

N/A

2017 - 2016

Judge in Behavioral and Social Sciences

Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair

N/A

2025 - 2020

• Team captain starting 2025

Invited Speaker, Summer Research Cohort Meeting

Undergraduate Research Hub, UC San Diego

N/A

2024

Psi Chi/Psychology Club Professor Spotlight Hour

UC San Diego

N/A

2023

Professor Panel, Psi Beta

UC San Diego

N/A

2022

Research Degree Panel, Psi Chi

UC San Diego

N/A

2019

Science Women Achieving Greatness (High school outreach group)

Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2016 - 2015

Judge in Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences

Santa Barbara County Science Fair

N/A

2016 - 2014

ScienceLine Designated Scientist in the Life Sciences

Materials Research Laboratory ScienceLine, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2016 - 2013

Seeing With Your Brain, Invited Talk at the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships

UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2015

Consultant, Digital Learning Research and Development (Post-Secondary Education)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

N/A

2024

Textbook Material Reviewer

W. W. Norton & Company

N/A

2023 - 2020

• Cognition (2020)
• Research Methods in Psychology (2020)
• Statistics for Everyone (2023)

Research Consultant

zyBooks

N/A

2019 - 2018

• Department of Education SBIR project, Structured adaptivity for computer science coding

Program Coordinator, Teaching Assistant Development Program

Office of Instructional Development, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2016 - 2015

Teaching Consultant, Teaching Assistant Development Program

Office of Instructional Development, UC Santa Barbara

N/A

2016 - 2014

Research Consultant

National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, University of California, Los Angeles

N/A

2015