Teaching

Teaching

Dr. Rich is a leader in online and global education, serving as Senior Contributing Faculty at Walden University, where he has worked since 2013. 

Dr. Rich is an elected Fellow of APS, of APA, and of five of APA’s divisions including a Fellow of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2). He is Board member of ICOPE, the International Council of Psychology Educators.

His teaching related publications include several books/articles focused on diversifying psychology education via online education/media (e.g., MOOCs). Dr. Rich has over twenty-five years of experience teaching courses in psychology, research design and methods, and mathematics to both undergraduate and doctoral students and has taught at institutions around the globe, recently in Alaska, Cambodia (AUPP), and India (Ashoka U.). He has also served on the clinical psychology faculty of Saybrook University. He frequently teaches courses with cultural and international emphases, including those on disaster, crisis, trauma, and child and lifespan development.

“This is a brilliant, unprecedented collection of international scholarship that every psychology professor and student should read. The 21st century in the teaching of psychology has truly arrived with this book, creating a thoroughly needed international focus for our pedagogy.”

–Frank Farley, Ph.D., L. H. Carnell Professor, Temple University; Former President, American Psychological Association (APA), International Council of Psychologists, American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Society for International Psychology (Division 52 of APA)

Sample overall average teaching evaluations per course for Dr. Rich:

Rich did a good job overall 4/4 U. Alaska Southeast (PSY 397) Biological Psychology
Rich did a good job overall 3.8/4 U. Alaska Southeast (PSY 245) Child Development
Rich did a good job overall 4/4 U. Alaska Southeast (PSY 375) Positive Psychology
The instructor’s overall teaching was: 4.4/5 American University of Phnom Penh (Math Modeling) 2014
The instructor’s overall teaching was: 4.3/5 American University of Phnom Penh (Math Modeling) 2014
The instructor’s overall teaching was: 4.5/5 American University of Phnom Penh (Psychology) 2014
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.6/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) Spring 2014
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.88/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) Summer ‘13
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.83/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) Winter 2014
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) Winter 2015
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Research Classroom Course) SP 2015
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.5/5 for Walden University (Human Motivation) Summer 2015
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Research Classroom Course) Sum. 2015
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.64/5 for Walden University (Human Motivation) Winter 2016
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.78/5 for Walden University (Human Motivation) Spring 2016
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Research Classroom Course) SP 2016
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Human Motivation) Summer 2016
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Research Classroom Course)
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.63/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) Spring 2017
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.6/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) Autumn 2018
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Psychology of Terrorism) Spring 2019
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.6/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) SP2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) SP2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.67/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) SU2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.86/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) SU2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) Autumn 2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.5/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Autumn 2020
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.5/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) Winter 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.6/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Winter 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Spring 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Summer 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.83/5 for Walden University (Lifespan Development) AU 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.8/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) AU 2021
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.55/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Winter 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) Winter 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.5/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) SP 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.8/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Spring 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 5.0/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, and Trauma) SU 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.4/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) Summer 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.67/5 for Walden University (Disaster, Crisis, & Trauma) AU 2022
“Overall satisfaction with instructor” 4.83/5 for Walden University (Culture and Psychology) AU 2022
Overall rating 4.8/5 The Ohio State University (PSY 100) Introduction to Psychology 2000
Overall rating 4.7/5 The Ohio State University (PSY 375) Stereotyping and Prejudice 2000