PsychSessions: Conversations about Teaching N' Stuff PsychSessions: Garth Neufeld and Eric Landrum

In this AskPsychSessions feature, there is a discussion on how to help students when their preparation does not yield the expected high grade. Marianne Lloyd from Seton Hall University provides answers.

In this AskPsychSessions feature, a listener asks about when, if ever, students should complete work that does not receive feedback, and a lively conversation ensues. Plus a bonus discussion on grading presentations through peer review and faculty input. Jane Halonen from the University of West Florida provides answers.

In this episode Eric interviews Eric Martin from the Department of Kinesiology at Boise State University in Boise, ID. Eric was trained in sports psychology, and a healthy competitive spirit growing up contributed to his interests in basketball, golf, and even birth order survival tactics. We discuss his doctoral work at Michigan State, the transition to becoming an assistant professor, work-life balance, and his current line of research about student social support, resilience, and coping skills.

In this episode Garth interviewed Mohammed Hamoudi, an assistant federal public defender from Seattle, WA. Mohammed tells his story of coming to the U.S. from Iran at age 10, and shares his perspectives on his educational experiences in Texas and California. He was living in New York City on 9/11, and he shares the profound impact that event. Mohammed's journey is a success story, and also provides insights about some of the frustrations our own psychology students face must daily.

This award address was originally delivered on August 10, 2019, in Chicago, IL, as part of the American Psychological Association convention. Eric delivered the American Psychological Foundation (APF) Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award Address titled "Thirty Years Teaching Psychology: Lessons Learnt (...And Those Not So Much...)."

This original conversation was originally recorded on April 5, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM, as an informal chat between Rob McEntarffer, Garth Neufeld (Cascadia College), and Eric Landrum (Boise State University), related to an assessment presentation Rob was making at the Southwestern Psychological Association conference. The main topic of conversation was the use of single diagnostic assessment items, but the conversation wandered to other assessment topics as well.