Teaching
Approach
My teaching starts from a simple conviction: students learn research by doing real research. In my courses they design genuine experiments, analyze their own data, and write up the results. Across fifteen years and two countries, I have taught developmental psychology, research methods, and econometrics in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. My full teaching philosophy is here:.
Teaching credentials
- Advanced Achievement in the Teaching of Psychology (AATOP) Certificate and Program Award — University of Pittsburgh, 2023
- Teaching Fellowship, Course on Teaching Principles and Practices — CERGE-EI, Prague, 2009
- ReSET Teaching Fellowships — Open Society Institute / Tbilisi State University, 2011 & 2013
Courses taught
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology (2018–2024)
Developmental Psychology · Instructor of record · Fall 2019, Summer 2021 : Undergraduate survey of human development from infancy through adolescence.
Research Methods · Instructor (Summer 2019) & Lab Instructor (five terms, 2019–2024) : Research design, data collection, analysis, and scientific writing for psychology majors.
Teaching Assistant · Biopsychology · Developmental Psychology · Learning and Motivation · Research Methods
National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy,” Department of Finance (2007–2018)
Associate Professor (2009–2018)
- Introductory Econometrics · undergraduate
- Regression analysis and applied statistical modeling for economics and finance students.
- Public Finance · graduate
- Taxation, public spending, and social policy analysis.
International Taxation · graduate
Microeconomics; Macroeconomic Policy Analysis · undergraduate · as Instructor, 2007–2008
Across both institutions I have taught face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats, and mentored student research on social and health policy questions.
Sample syllabi and full teaching portfolio available upon request.