Learning Design
Evidence-informed seminars, assessment design and curriculum architecture.
Professor · Researcher · Mentor
Ideas in motion.
Questions
with depth.
I teach, research and build learning environments where difficult questions become useful knowledge, across seminars, scholarship, curriculum and student mentorship.
Field note / 07
Curiosity is a
discipline.
question → investigate → teach → question again
Current inquiry
How can evidence-rich teaching make complex ideas feel discoverable rather than intimidating?
CHALK / THINK / SHARE
THE CHALK CURRENT
01 / About
A classroom is a laboratory for thought.
My practice connects rigorous scholarship with memorable teaching. I design seminars around inquiry, discussion and evidence, while mentoring students toward independent intellectual work.
“Teach the question well, and the room starts thinking with you.”
Teaching philosophy
I believe students learn most deeply when they are invited to test ideas, challenge assumptions and make an argument of their own. My courses pair structured frameworks with generous space for curiosity.
Current role: Professor of Learning Sciences
Academic focus: cognition · pedagogy · learner agency
02 / Expertise
Four ways I work with knowledge.
Expertise is presented as practices rather than percentage bars: the recurring methods that shape my teaching, research and mentorship.
Cognition
Attention, memory and durable mental models in complex learning.
Research
Mixed-method inquiry translated into questions people can act on.
Mentorship
Guiding undergraduate and graduate researchers from question to contribution.
03 / Scholarship
Research with a classroom echo.
Selected projects connect empirical inquiry to the everyday realities of students, educators and institutions.
Attention After the Bell
A longitudinal study of how retrieval routines and discussion structures influence sustained attention in advanced seminars.
Learning sciencesMixed methodsHigher educationMental Models in Motion
Investigating how learners revise explanations when confronted with contradictory evidence and authentic research problems.
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04 / Academic path
Years shaped by questions.
A concise academic timeline across teaching, research leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Professor · Department of Learning Sciences
Lead advanced seminars, supervise graduate research and shape curriculum around evidence-informed learning and learner agency.
Associate Professor · School of Education
Built interdisciplinary courses and a research lab focused on attention, memory and the transfer of knowledge.
Assistant Professor · Cognitive Studies
Established a teaching practice grounded in discussion, retrieval practice and authentic research experiences.
Research Fellow · Learning & Cognition
Conducted empirical studies on how learners build durable mental models from complex information.
05 / Contact
Continue the question.
For academic collaborations, guest lectures, research conversations or thoughtful teaching exchanges, send a note.
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