Wahida Chowdhury, PhD Wahida.chowdhury@hotmail.ca
Cognitive Scientist
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward
Part-Time Professor for Introduction to Criminology
Sept. 2018– Dec. 2018
Sessional Lecturer for First-Year Seminar Course, Cognitive Science: Thinking and Knowing
Sep. 2017 - April 2018
Course objective: This course is designed to provide with the opportunity to:
1.Work on writing skills (critical analysis, writing a research proposal);
2.Better understand the conceptual underpinnings and methods of cognitive science;
3.Draw connections among the disciplines that make up cognitive science; and learn how to present research (culminating project)
Teaching Assistant for Mysteries of the mind
Jan. 2017– April. 2017
Instructor: Dr. Myrto Mylopulos
Responsibilities: Assisting the professor to quiz issues, and addressing students' concerns
Teaching Assistant for Mysteries of the mind
Sept. 2016 – Dec. 2016
Instructor: Dr. Jim Davies
Responsibilities: Attending the class with the Professor, assisting the professor to make exams, meeting with students, and proctoring exams
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
Sep. 2015 - Dec 2015, Jan 2016 - April 2016
Instructor: Dr. Guy Lacroix
Responsibilities: Grading lab assignments and exams.
Teaching Assistant for Human Neuropsychology II
Jan. 2015 – April 2015
Instructor: Dr. Brian Tansley
Responsibilities: Attending the class with the Professor, assisting the professor to make exams, meeting with students, and proctoring exams.
Teaching Assistant for Cognitive Psychology
Sept. 2014 - Dec 2014
Instructor: Dr. Chris Herdman
Responsibilities: proctoring and marking exams.
Teaching Assistant for Motivation & Emotion
Jan. 2014 – April 2014
Instructor: Dr. Brenda Baird
Responsibilities: Attending the class with the Professor, assisting the professor to make exams, meeting with students, and proctoring exams.
Teaching Assistant for Mysteries of the mind
Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013
Instructor: Dr. Jim Davies
Responsibilities: Attending the class with the Professor, assisting the professor to make exams, meeting with students, and proctoring exams
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
Jan. 2013 - April 2013, Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2012 & Sept. 2011 – Dec. 2011
Instructor: Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk
Responsibilities: proctoring and marking exams.
Teaching Assistant for Motivation and Emotion
Jan. 2012 – April 2012
Instructor: Kyoko Hattori (PhD cand.)
Responsibilities: delivering a lecture on evolution of emotion to 170 students, attending the class with the Professor, assisting the professor to make exams, meeting with students, proctoring exams and marking assignments and exams