#  Teaching 

 



## Teaching

Courses designed and taught at Harvard College and Harvard Extension & Summer Schools, and at Columbia, NYU, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and Universidade Norte do Paraná (Brazil).

### Too Much of a Good Thing? The Psychology of Rewards

How reward shapes behavior, motivation, and psychopathology — and when a good thing turns. Harvard College & Extension School.

### The Science and Psychology of Music

From auditory perception to music as medicine; students draft music-based policy proposals. Harvard College & Extension School; also taught at Columbia University.

### Mechanisms & Markers of Psychopathology

Biological and behavioral markers of mental illness (formerly “Broken Brains”). Harvard College & Extension School; also taught at Columbia University.

### Intercultural Perspectives on Trauma

How culture shapes trauma expression and healing; students produce cross-cultural podcast episodes. Harvard College & Extension School; also taught at NYU.

### Introduction to Research in Psychopathology

Research design and methods for clinical science. Harvard Summer School.

### Engaging the Scholarly Conversation

Graduate scholarly writing — entering, mapping, and contributing to an academic literature. Harvard Summer School.

### Earlier teaching abroad

Lecturer (Chargé de Cours) in the Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2018–2022), and Lecturer at Universidade Norte do Paraná, Brazil (2016–2017).

Recognized with multiple Harvard **Certificates of Teaching Excellence** and the 2026 **Annamae & Allan R. Crite Prize**. Courses partner with local NGOs so students build real mental-health resources for immigrant and refugee communities.



 

 



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### Spring, 2022

  [###  PSY 1018 The Science and Psychology of Music

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 **Year offered:**  2022 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-218517/2021/spring/18186) 

 

  



  [###  PSY 1812 Intercultural Perspectives on Trauma

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 **Year offered:**  2022 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-218518/2021/spring/18187) 

 

  



### Fall, 2021

  [### PSY 1816 Broken Brains: Mechanisms and Markers of Mental Illness

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 **Semester:**   Fall 

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 **Year offered:**  2021 

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 **Link:** [Course Website](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/95555)