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Transforming Our Lives through Self Reflection and Psychology
A psychology professor's collection of lessons fostering self-discovery through online activities, hands-on classroom experiences, engaging lectures, and effective discussion prompts.
Class-Specific Teaching Resources
Arts, Literature, & Humanities
Doing science isn’t living life. Can Psychology complement other fields and help us find meaning in our deeply personal, subjective, and spiritual experiences?
While Psychology is my main academic passion, I find meaning and beauty in every discipline. Each field offers unique perspectives on life's great questions and our personal journeys. Before I learned to address critical voices in my mind, art allowed me to express those feelings in ways that continue to resonate from my artwork in grade school and college art shows to the present day. Storytelling in literature, poetry, and cinema reveal our emotions and identities. It's kinda' unnerving reading my old writing and journals. Similarly, studying philosophy, history, and theology deepen our understanding as we unravel a beautiful tapestry of human experience.
Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams, 1921
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Once a flock of geese was kept in a wire cage by a farmer. One day, one of the geese looked up and saw their cage had no top. Excitedly, he told the other geese, “Look, look: There is no top. We may leave here. We may become free.” Few listened, and none would turn his head to the sky. So one day, he simply spread his wings and flew away — alone.
Literature & Poetry
Teaching Well - The Art of Not Being Grotesque
Discussion of how Sherwoord Anderson's Winesburg Ohio teaches us an important lesson about pedagogy - avoid the confirmation bias to try to not to be grotesque.
If I Had My Life Over - I'd Pick More Daisies
Nadine Stair's famous version of the poem, If I Had My Life Over - I'd Pick More Daisies, and the earliest versions by Don Herold
The Quiet Pull beneath Group Polarization
Why is it so hard talking across divides, or even noticing we’re leaning further into our own? | Psychology Concepts: group polarization, tribalism, extremism, social comparison, persuasive arguments
What Do We Owe Each Other? A discussion of Carol Gilligan's Ethics of Care.
Discussion lesson of Kohlberg's Heinz dilemma and Gilligan's In a Different Voice to appreciate debate in moral psychology and learn some psychology of gender.
Art & Graphic Design
Some of Katie Hope Grobman's earlier artwork, from painting as a child in an exhibition, to graphic design in an exhibition in college, to my first website design in graduate school.
Humor about Academia
Being a Grad Student and Professor
I absolutely love being a professor. And maybe it's worth recognizing the absurdity of our idealistic choice pursuing a life of the mind. 🤣
Academic Manuscripts & Journal Articles
Do you really want a career reading obtuse jargon-filled journal articles? Or worse, the peer-review process trying to get our own findings published. A humorous look. 🤣
Notes for Teachers, with legend:
I hope you find something helpful for your classes! ~ Katie
self-reflection online activities
📈 individual differences:
🎨 demonstrate concept in action
💙 sensitive
engaging classroom experiences
🏔️ individual hands-on learning.
💬 class-wide discussion:
🧩 breakout groups:
🤔 engaging lecture (e.g., vivid examples)
pedagogical research & essays.
🍎research
✒️ personal essay reflections about teaching
📖 reference documents (e.g., handouts, how to guides)
self-reflection online activities
📈 individual differences:
🎨 demonstrate concept in action
💙 sensitive
engaging classroom experiences
🏔️ individual hands-on learning.
💬 class-wide discussion:
🧩 breakout groups:
🤔 engaging lecture (e.g., vivid examples)
pedagogical research & essays.
🍎research
✒️ personal essay reflections about teaching
📖 reference documents (e.g., handouts, how to guides)