Pin-Chun has taught and mentored across cognitive science, psychology, and statistics at the University of Oxford and UC Irvine, ranging from instructor of record to guest lectures.
Instructor of Record
- Tutorials Instructor, Behavioural Neuroscience — University of Oxford (2025)
- Probability and Statistics — Department of Cognitive Science, UC Irvine (Summer 2021)
Guest Lectures
Psychology of Sleep & Consciousness (Psych 121S), UC Irvine — Fall 2019, Fall 2020
- “Age-Related Sleep and Cognitive Declines: Sleep Disorders and Etiology” (2019, Nov)
- “Understanding Sleep Disorders via Subjective and Objective Assessments” (2020, Nov)
- “Sleep Interventions to Boost Memory” (2020, Nov)
Sleep & Memory Topics (Psych 129), UC Irvine, with Dr. Sara Mednick — Spring 2020, 2021
- “Cued Memory Reactivation During Sleep Influences Skill Learning” (2020, May)
- “Neural Mechanisms of Sleep and Memory Consolidation” (2021, May)
Teaching Fellowships
DTEI Graduate Fellow, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, UC Irvine (2020–2021)
- Psych Fundamentals, Summer 2020, with Dr. Megan Peters & Dr. Mike D’Zmura
Lab Instructor / Teaching Assistant
- Cognitive Neuroscience EEG Practical, University of Oxford, with Dr. Bernhard Staresina (2023)
- Probability and Statistics, Department of Cognitive Science, UC Irvine, with Dr. Jeff Rouder & Dr. Alex Etz (Winter 2021)
- Introduction to Biostatistics, Department of Statistics, UC Irvine, with Dr. Brigitte Baldi (Spring 2020)
- Basic Statistics, Department of Statistics, UC Irvine, with Dr. Lee Kucera (Winter 2020)
- Psychology of Sleep & Consciousness, UC Irvine, with Dr. Sara Mednick (Fall 2019)
- Language and the Brain, UC Irvine, with Dr. Greg Hickok (Spring 2019)
- Psych Fundamentals, UC Irvine, with Dr. Alex Bower (Summer 2019)
- Advanced Experimental Psychology, UC Irvine, with Dr. Aaron Bornstein (Winter 2019)
- Computer-Based Research in Social Science, UC Irvine, with Dr. Paul Shirey (Fall 2018)
- Introduction to Eye Movements and Cognition, Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, with Dr. Jie-Li Tsai (Spring 2016)
What Students Say
“Pin-Chun creates an open environment during the discussion so students feel completely comfortable asking questions and collaborating, she works very hard and is always on time with grading.”
“Pin-Chun is a great TA. Literally the best TA I’ve ever had. She is extremely helpful, replies to questions through emails with no delay, and is very knowledgeable about all the topics.”
“She is very welcoming and approachable, which made me unafraid to ask her for help. Pin-Chun was willing to discuss her personal research with us, which was very interesting to hear about and valuable in assessing my own research interests.”
“She is such a nice person, and so helpful — always there to answer your questions, whether in-person or by email, and visiting everyone during lab sessions to make sure they didn’t have any questions. I’ve never had a TA do that before.”
“Her strengths were having students go into breakout rooms to discuss with each other, and having us think through why an answer choice was correct rather than just giving us the answer — she pushed us to develop better thinking skills.”
“She gave really clear and organized instructions, and wants everyone in the class to understand the material and do well. Easy to communicate and reach — one of the best TAs at UCI.”
Teaching Evaluations
| Probability and Statistics |
Instructor |
Summer 2021 |
59 |
7.23 |
8.13 |
7.77 |
1–9 |
| Probability and Statistics |
TA |
Spring 2021 |
144 |
4.69 |
4.69 |
4.62 |
1–5 |
| Sleep and Consciousness |
TA |
Fall 2020 |
136 |
4.63 |
4.58 |
4.35 |
1–5 |
| Research Methods in Experimental Psychology |
TA |
Winter 2019 |
30 |
4.82 |
5.00 |
4.82 |
1–5 |