Teaching

Fall 2009 - Social Organization Lab Conference

Dr. Aiello has taught a broad range of courses (To view these, click on the subsection tab to the right). His teaching endeavors extend beyond the classroom. With the support of former Douglass Dean Jewel Cobb, he initiated and obtained external funding for an innovative internship program (i.e., the Science/Management Certificate Program) for female science majors (including Psychology). During its first five years and then again from 1988 until 1992, he directed this pioneer program (the first of its kind in the nation) and supervised the internship placements of the students. The more than 100 students who were members of this program uniformly reported feeling that it was "one of the most beneficial facets of their college careers."

Dr. Aiello takes his teaching responsibility very seriously and regularly involves a half dozen or so undergraduate honors and research students in his program of research. Together with his graduate students, Dr. Aiello meets regularly with this research team to provide supervision and perspective on current studies and to discuss the research process and obtained results. This research team approach has allowed him to act as mentor for a large number of psychology undergraduates; many of whom have gone on to graduate school and have become psychologists themselves. With his graduate students,  Dr. Aiello has been able to additionally involve them in the research planning, presenting, and publishing process.