I am an Associate Teaching Professor in the Psychology Department at UCSD. I am interested in facilitating meaningful learning: learning that is flexible and long-lasting. I investigate how various instructional approaches—from learning strategies to principles of multimedia learning and instructional scaffolding—influence learning processes and comprehension, with particular focus on how students develop sophisticated knowledge of science content and processes. [ CV | GOOGLE SCHOLAR ]
I am a fourth year PhD student in the Psychology Department at UCSD. I am interested in how people's understanding of the nature of science (e.g., science as tentative, science as a debate) impacts learning science in the classroom and evaluating scientific information in everyday life. Most of my free time is spent rock climbing, but I also enjoy hiking, surfing, and techno.
I am a 4th year undergraduate studying psychology and education. My honors thesis with the PSI Lab investigates the role of motivation in developing students' beliefs about science. I love to read, spend time outdoors, and explore new places in San Diego.
Research Assistant (2023–)
I'm a junior year student majoring in Psychology and currently developing keen interest in the fields of developmental and cognitive psychology and their roles in educational practices. Some of my hobbies include playing the guitar, the ukulele, cooking and watching movies!
Psychology Department Honors (2024–2025)
I'm a 4th year undergraduate majoring in psychology. I'm interested in teaching practices that are best for learning and clinical psychology. Outside of school, I like traveling, exploring new places, and just watching anything that has water: oceans, rivers, waterfalls, etc.
BTR Team 2022
URC 2023
PSLIME 2023
SRC 2023
PSLIME 2022
Hannah Lloyd, M.A. in Experimental Psychology (PSI Lab 2022–2024)
Yerkezhan Tokbergen, M.A. in Educational Psychology, (UCR 2018–2020)
Jaylen Allison (McNair; 2023–2024)
Siyuan Liu (PSYC Honors; 2021–2022)
Alan Lopez (PSYC Honors; 2022–2024)
Yang Lu (PSYC Honors; 2019–2020)
Zhihui Sheng (PSYC Honors; 2023–2024)
Giulia Silver (PSYC Honors; 2021–2022)
Annie Tang (FMP; 2022–2024)
Yuhan Tao (FMP; 2022–2023)
Megan Tavares (PSYC Honors; 2022–2023)
Bobbette Alexander (2022)
Olivia Deniz Cetin (2022–2023)
Aamyah Davis (2022–2023)
Jessica Denny (2021)
Cecilia Fridge (2022)
Kyle Fune (2020)
Abigail Goldschmidt (2020–2021)
Krishna Gomatam (2020–2021)
Grace Hong (2020)
Keeshia Kamura (ERC Honors; 2019–2022)
Ki-Yeon Kim (2020)
Emily Liu (2020)
Yuxin Liu (2020–2021)
Justin Moran (2024)
Titus Ng (2023–2024)
Nathan Nguyen (2021–2022)
Rob Ethan Santiago (ERC Honors; 2021–2024)
Lynette Sauceda (2024)
Evan Schwager (2021)
Sydney Washington (STARS; CSU Fullerton; 2021)
Derek Ye (2022–2023)
Dongbowei (Iris) Zhang (2021–2022)