Elise A. Piazza
fall 2016, fall 2017
Instructor for a Neuroscience Junior Tutorial (an undergraduate course), Princeton University
Average Rating (2017): 4.9/5
Average Rating (2016): 4.5/5
fall 2016
Invited Guest Lecturer for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (an undergraduate course), Princeton University
summer 2015
Instructor for Music and the Brain (an undergraduate course), UC Berkeley
spring 2015
Invited Guest Lecturer on auditory and multisensory perception for Sensation and Perception (an undergraduate course), Cal State University East Bay
spring 2015
Invited Guest Lecturer on multisensory integration for Visual Cognitive Neuroscience (a graduate course), UC Berkeley
summer 2014
Teagle Foundation Award for Excellence in Enhancing Student Learning, UC Berkeley
Essay prize for Teaching Effectiveness Award winners who connect their effective teaching
strategies to research on how students learn
Read essay here
spring 2014
Teaching Effectiveness Award, UC Berkeley
For Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award winners who have made a significant contribution to teaching and learning in their departments through their identification of and response to a problem that they have faced in their own classes, laboratories, and sections.
(14 winners chosen from 133 total submissions)
Read essay here
fall 2013, spring 2014
Invited Guest Lecturer on research methods and statistics for BROCA (an undergraduate cognitive science course), UC Berkeley
spring 2013
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
For exceptional achievements as an instructor for Cog Sci 1
(9% of all UC Berkeley Graduate Student Instructors chosen annually)
spring 2012
Graduate Student Instructor for Introduction to Cognitive Science (an undergraduate course), UC Berkeley
Led two, one-hour discussion sections per week, acted as guest lecturer, held office hours, led review sessions, graded papers, proctored exams (40 students)
Average Rating ("Overall Teaching Effectiveness"): 6.6/7
fall 2010
Graduate Student Instructor for Visual Perception and Sensitivity (a graduate optometry course), UC Berkeley
Gave weekly lectures during lab sections, led six hours of lab/discussion sessions per week, mentored junior GSI, held weekly office hours and review sessions, graded exams and lab reports, proctored exams (70 students)
Average Rating ("Teaching Effectiveness"): 6.5/7
Average Rating ("Interactions with Students"): 6.6/7
fall 2009
Graduate Student Instructor for Visual Perception and Sensitivity, UC Berkeley
Gave weekly lectures during lab sections, led six hours of lab/discussion sessions per week, held weekly office hours and review sessions, graded exams and lab reports, proctored exams (67 students)
Average Rating ("Teaching Effectiveness"): 5.8/7
Average Rating ("Interactions with Students"): 5.8/7
fall 2008
Teaching Assistant for Fundamentals of Music, Williams College
Tutored and taught undergraduate students for a music theory and philosophy course, held office hours, graded assignments