I am the Founder and Managing Director of Teaching and Learning Research In Action, a non-profit research organization focused on conducting and disseminating research on effective teaching and learning practices. My formal training is in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience of memory and learning. My current research is focused on factors that impact students’ learning trajectories, including student engagement, experiential education, and application of cognitive learning principles in course design. Much of my research also explores student-faculty partnerships that foster the co-creation of learning and teaching.
Professional Positions
2019-present Founder and Managing Director, Teaching and Learning Research In Action
2022-present Co-Editor, The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2023-present Program Head, Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber
2022-2023 Interim Assistant Program Head, Psychology, University of Guelph-Humber
2020-2022 Associate Editor, The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2017-2019 SoTL Postdoctoral Researcher, Teaching Commons, York University
2014-2017 Research Investigator, Axonify Inc.
2014-2017 Research Associate, York University, Department of Psychology and Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, York University, Department of Psychology and Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital
Education
2013 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Toronto (Advisors: Drs. Claude Alain and Endel Tulving)
2009 M.A. in Psychology, University of Toronto (Advisors: Drs. Terence Picton and Endel Tulving)
2006 Hons B.Sc. with High Distinction in Human Behavioural Biology, University of Toronto
Certifications
2017 Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW), Facilitator of ISW
2015 Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
Selected Honours and Awards
2023 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning, Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)