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Teaching Experience

Sierra has experience teaching a variety of courses, class sizes, and formats. Specifically, she has taught five large sections of Social Psychology (73-278 students) and five smaller sections of Research Methods lab (19-27 students) in online, hybrid, and in-person formats. In the fall, she is excited to have the opportunity to teach a medium-size section of Intimate Relationships (114 students).

 

In addition to Sierra's instructor of record experience, she has been a graduate teaching assistant for 9 different classes, two of which were graduate-level courses (i.e., Meta-analysis and Teaching Practicum) and two of which were taught abroad (i.e., History of Evolutionary Psychology and Everyday Neuroscience). She has also guest lectured for classes such as Research Methods, Psychology of Women, Personality Psychology, and History of Evolutionary Psychology.​

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Teaching Philosophy

Sierra views teaching and mentorship as an opportunity to provide students with a set of tools that will help them navigate the world effectively. To accomplish this goal, Sierra's teaching philosophy is centered around (a) promoting life-long learning by encouraging students to apply concepts to their own lives, (b) facilitating the development of critical thinking skills and an appreciation for psychology as a science, and (c) fostering an enthusiastic, comfortable, and inclusive learning environment for students from all backgrounds. Moreover, she draws from universal design for learning principles in her courses to increase accessibility and flexibility, and to support students with a variety of abilities, strengths, and challenges as they work toward these goals.

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