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Teaching Experience
Supplemental Instructor, C106: Introduction to Computers
Supplemental Instruction Program, Indiana University Kokomo
Name of Class: C106: Introduction to Computers
Duration: Spring Semester, 2000 (January to May), twice per week
Student Population: College undergraduates (about 20)
Description: C106: Introduction to Computers and Their Use is a basic computer course in the Indiana University Kokomo Computer Science Department that covers the basics of computer use, from how to turn a computer on, to the names and use of various computer hardware, to the fundamentals of how to use Microsoft Visual Basic. Julia Tinsley was the instructor of record for the class. The Supplemental Instruction program provided assistant instructors for a variety of classes at Indiana University Kokomo, including Introduction to Computers. As a Supplemental Instructor, I conducted study groups outside of class time and provided individual tutoring for students in this course. I also assisted the instructor of record in conducting class, helped students with their work during class time, and occasionally substitute-taught the class. Most of the students I worked with were non-traditional aged college students (age 25 and older) who had very little computer knowledge or experience.
Supervisor: Ethel Swartzendruber; Julia Tinsley
Group Discussion Leader, HPER F255: Human Sexuality
Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University Bloomington
Name of Class: HPER F255: Human Sexuality
Duration: Spring Semester, 2001 (January to May), once a week
Student Population: College undergraduates (about 20)
Description: F255: Human Sexuality is an undergraduate course that introduces college students to the academic topic of human sexuality in a mature manner emphasizing informed decision-making in, education about, and tolerance for the diversity found within the field of human sexuality. A course in the department of Applied Health Science within the Indiana University Bloomington School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, this class consisted of a lecture, taught by Dr. Yarber (the instructor of record), and a group discussion section, in which the 300+ students in the class separated into about a dozen discussion groups that each met separately under the direction of a group discussion leader. I served as a group discussion leader for one of those sections, which met once a week. Using a standardized curriculum which was the same for every discussion group, I led weekly group discussions and activities dealing with topics such as sexual terminology, rape, sexual orientation, fantasies, sexual attitudes, gender roles, and sexual disorders. Though I was not in charge of creating the curriculum, I often added my own activities and illustrations to it.
Supervisor: Dr. William L. Yarber, Ph.D.
Group Discussion Leader, HPER H220: Death and Dying
Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University Bloomington
Name of Class: HPER H220: Death and Dying
Duration: Spring Semester, 2002 (January to May), twice a week
Student Population: College undergraduates (about 20)
Description: H220: Death and Dying is an undergraduate course that introduces college students to the academic topic of death and dying in a mature manner that confronts without fear one of the most difficult and taboo topics in our culture. A course in the department of Applied Health Science within the Indiana University Bloomington School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, this class consisted of a lecture, taught by Dr. Yarber (the instructor of record), and a group discussion section, in which the 100+ students in the class separated into four discussion groups that each met separately under the direction of a group discussion leader. I served as a group discussion leader for one of those sections, which met once a week. Using a standardized curriculum which was the same for every discussion group, I led weekly group discussions and activities dealing with topics such as euthanasia, ideal deaths, death images, suicide, funeral preparation, creation of a will, and grief. Though I was not in charge of creating the curriculum, I often added my own activities and illustrations to it.
Supervisor: Dr. William L. Yarber, Ph.D.
Instructor, CPSY 230: Human Relationship Development
Department of Counseling Psychology, Ball State University
Name of Class: CPSY 230: Human Relationship Development
Duration: Fall Semester, 2002 (August to December) and Spring Semester, 2003 (January to May), three times per week
Student Population: College undergraduates (about 30 per semester)
Description: CPSY 230: Human Relationship Development is a course in the Ball State University Department of Counseling Psychology that offers an introduction to the basic psychological principles and techniques of enhancing relationships with self and others. Emphasizing the understanding of self-limiting behavior, self-understanding, skill development, and knowledge in the dynamics of interacting with others, the course serves as an introduction for students to the basic issues of personal development and wellness. Students examine the adjustment and growth of individuals with a focus on issues unique to each person (i.e. self-esteem, values, and beliefs) as well as issues related to individuals as social beings (i.e. cultural influences, attitudinal factors). The interdependence of the body, mind, emotions, social life, and spirituality are explored.
Supervisor: Dr. Phyllis Gordon, Ph.D.
Instructor, CPSY 420: Psychological Techniques of Interviewing
Department of Counseling Psychology, Ball State University
Name of Class: CPSY 420: Psychological Techniques of Interviewing
Duration: Fall Semester, 2003 (August to December) and Spring Semester, 2004 (January to May), three times per week
Student Population: College undergraduates (about 30 per semester)
Description: CPSY 420: Psychological Techniques of Interviewing is a course in the Ball State University Department of Counseling Psychology that offers pre-professionals a thorough grounding in the basic psychological principles and techniques of counseling. This course is intended as an exploratory didactic and experiential course for students planning to do graduate work in counseling and related areas, or for those in other fields requiring skills in interviewing. The goals of this course are to develop a working knowledge of interview microskills, to conduct a full interview using effective interview microskills, to develop a basic knowledge of integrating developmental, systemic, and multicultural issues during interviews, to begin developing a personal style and theory of helping others, and to develop a self-awareness which allows for the examination of the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings of oneself and of others when interviewing.
Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Bowman, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor, CPSY 606: School Counseling Pre-Practicum
Duration: August to December 2004
Type of Experience: Providing weekly supervision to Masters-level counselors-in-training of their counseling work with elementary, middle, and junior high school students
Clinical Supervisor: Jennifer Conti, MS
Description: The Ball State University School Counseling Pre-Practicum class is the first training experience that Masters students receive in which they have contact with real clients. As a part of their training, these Masters students interview elementary, middle, or junior-high school students as they learn how to do counseling. These students were supervised by a doctoral student counselor and a Masters-level instructor who is also a school counselor. My duties as an Assistant Instructor were to meet weekly with the class and help the instructor teach, as well as watching and grading tapes of the students doing their interviews.
Instructor, CPSY 490: Issues in Counseling
Department of Counseling Psychology, Ball State University
Name of Class: CPSY 490: Issues in Counseling
Duration: Spring, 2004 (January to May), meeting approximately once every other week
Student Population: 1 college undergraduate
Description: CPSY 490: Issues in Counseling is an independent study course in the Ball State University Department of Counseling Psychology which offers one undergraduate the opportunity to work one-on-one doing research with a faculty member or graduate student. Typically, the student joins the faculty member or graduate student in the research they are conducting. For this semester, a Senior undergraduate joined me in the research I was conducting for the Ball State Research Team on Spirituality. This research team was conducting a content analysis on how the mental health research literature defines the constructs of spirituality, religiousness, and faith, focusing on assessment instruments and concept mapping studies published as articles in peer-review journals within the psychology and counseling research literatures. As a starting point, this team wanted a reference list of all the journal articles published in the psychology or counseling research literatures whose primary subject is spirituality, religiousness, or faith in psychology or counseling. No such reference list had been published since Capps, Rambo, & Pansohoff (1976), so the team developed one of its own. For CPSY 490, I had my student focus primarily on the construction of this bibliography, which will be used as the starting point for the content analysis being conducted by the Ball State Research Team on Spirituality.
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Spengler, Ph.D.
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