DoctorUsman Afzali
Adjunct Appointment
School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
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- Adjunct AppointmentSchool of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
- +6433691367 (Work)
- Ann Ballin 415
TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy
My experience encompasses teaching statistics, research methods, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience, consistently earning positive feedback each year. I take pride in my ability to embrace constructive criticism and continuously enhance my teaching approach. Currently, I teach the following courses:
- Religion and Human Behaviour, University of Otago (2025-Present)
- Psychology of Religion, University of Otago (2025-Present)
- Introduction to the Scientific Study of Religion (2025-Present)
- Computational Contemplative-Neuroscience, University of Canterbury (2023-2024)
- Intermediate Research Methods and Statistics (2022-2024)
TEACHING & SUPERVISION
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEffects of interaction with a dog on the brain and non-brain activity using mobile brain/body imaging (MoBI)1 Jul 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONPredictors of Islamophobia in New Zealand: Findings from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study19 Feb 2024
- COURSE TAUGHT19 Feb 2024 - 7 Jun 2024
- COURSE TAUGHT17 Jul 2023 - 20 Oct 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Effects of Partial Sleep Deprivation on Memory Suppression17 Jul 2023 - 14 Jun 2024
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONBiomarkers for Early Dementia: Memory suppression, language comprehension and EEG1 Apr 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigating the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Memory Suppression Tasks20 Feb 2023 - 10 Nov 2023
- COURSE TAUGHT20 Feb 2023 - 9 Jun 2023
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONThe Construction and Validation of The Contemplative Experience Scale20 Feb 2023 - 10 Nov 2023
- COURSE TAUGHT3 Jul 2022 - 21 Oct 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONActively Forgetting Unwanted Memories: An Inhibitory Account of the Think No/Think Paradigm21 Feb 2022 - 11 Nov 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONTesting the Think/No-Think Effect with Same and Independent Cues: Conditionalised Versus Unconditionalised Recall21 Feb 2022 - 11 Nov 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMemory Suppression under Sleep Deprivation: The Effects of Sleep Loss and Sleep Time on Suppressing Unwanted Memories1 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2022
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONDoes OCD Impact One’s Ability to Actively Suppress Memories? A Think/No-Think Paradigm Study22 Feb 2021 - 12 Nov 2021
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMemory Suppression in Those Susceptible to PTSD - A Study Adopting the Think/No-Think Paradigm22 Feb 2021 - 12 Nov 2021