Jennifer Fillo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University at Buffalo, SUNY
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Teaching Experience

Courses Taught
2018                              Statistics Mini-Course: The Generalized Linear Model, CHB 610
                                      Module of: Seminar in Community Health and Health Behavior
                                      Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
                                      School of Public Health and Health Professions
                                      University at Buffalo, SUNY

2017                              Applied Longitudinal Analysis, CHB 620 (graduate)
                                      Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
                                      School of Public Health and Health Professions
                                      University at Buffalo, SUNY

2012 - 2013                   Psychology of Women & Gender, PSY 4501 (undergraduate)
                                      Department of Liberal Arts
                                      University of Minnesota

Teaching Assistantships
2009, 2011                    Introduction to Social Psychology, University of Minnesota
2010                              Psychology of Women & Gender, University of Minnesota
2008 - 2010                   Introduction to Psychology, University of Minnesota
2006 - 2007                   Introduction to Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
2007                              Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition*, Carnegie Mellon University
2006                              Experimental Design for the Behavioral and Social Sciences**, Carnegie Mellon University

Note: All courses listed were taught in the Department of Psychology, with the exception of those designated by *(Department of Social and Decision Sciences) and **(Department of Statistics).

Invited Lectures
2015                              Dyadic Data Analysis (graduate course), University of Houston
                                                Longitudinal modeling with dyadic data
2015                              Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston (workshop), University of Houston
                                                Over-time data analytic methods for studying sleep
2013                              Psychology of Gender (undergraduate course), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
                                                Gender differences in health: Political forces in women’s health
                                                Gender in the workplace: Negotiating work and parenting roles

2013                              Introduction to Psychology (undergraduate course), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
                                                Developmental psychology: Attachment orientations across the lifespan
2012                              Introduction to Individual Differences (undergraduate course), University of Minnesota
                                                Attachment: Theory and research

Teaching Development
2013                              Teaching Institute, 2-day teaching workshop series
                                                Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Washington D.C.
2013                              Practicum for Future Faculty, 3-credit graduate seminar
                                                Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota
                                                Mentor: Dr. Joan Ostrove, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2011                              Teaching in Higher Education, 3-credit graduate seminar
                                                Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota

Student Comments

General Comments
    “I deeply appreciate the thought you have put into this class. It is refreshing to find an instructor who cares this much about                us learning. You made learning structured and virtually impossible to not do without being overbearing. Thank you.”
    “I love Jen + her approach to this material - very empirical, no political agenda.”
    “Jen had a serious passion for this course. She is an amazing instructor.”
    “Jen was amazing! She was the best teacher I've had so far. I learned the most from her than any other teacher in my                        college career.”
    “She made class a lot of fun. I liked her spunky personality, she always seemed happy and was always well prepared for                  class.”

Teaching style
    “I like your style of teaching - class doesn't get boring at all - very informative."   
    “Jen was energetic, passionate, and kind. She knew the material and engaged well with students.”
    “Jen really cared about this course + her students and it definitely showed.”
    “The use of multi-media tools (videos, powerpoints, textbook, articles, group activities) made the material fun + enjoyable.”         “[Jen]’s lectures where fantastic while she was presenting the material - humorous but informative and very clear.”

Activities and assignments
    “Jen encouraged independent learning + facilitated good class discussion.”   
    "Jen is great - she took a balanced and rational approach to some controversial material, and we had some great class        
        discussions”
    “By encouraging group work and participation, the environment for learning was much nicer than just being lectured at.”
    “I thought the writing assignments were very helpful to my learning, and I was able to expand on topics I normally would not           without the writing.”

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