Christina Costa
Christina Costa
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Positive Psychology, Resilience, Well-Being, Teaching methods in psychology
Education
- PhD, Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MS, Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- BA, Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Awards and grants
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The Ellen DeGeneres Incredible Educator Award (2021)
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Barbara Oleshansky Memorial Award (2020)
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Honored Instructor Award (2019)
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The Gates Foundation Teaching Grant (2017)
Selected publications
Costa, C.N., (2022) Spoken Resilience: Documenting Lived Experience of Neurodiversity and Thriving Despite Disease. Methodological Innovations, 15(3), 303-307.
Costa, C.N. (2022). Neuro Narratives: An Autoethnographic Account of Experiencing Resilience with a Brain Tumor. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 11, 32-53.
Costa, C.N. & Bedir, N. (2022). Anti-Racist Foundation of Teaching: Ideas for Socially Conscious Psychology Education. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000320
Costa, C.N., Park, N, & Kira, M. (2021). #ArmMeWith: Resources for Teacher Wellbeing. International Journal of Wellbeing, 11(2), 20-37. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v11i2.1365
Costa, C.N. & Mims, L. (2020). Using Notecard Check-Ins to Build Relationships and Establish a Climate of Care. College Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2020.1797619
Courses taught by Christina Costa
Fall Term 2024 (future)
- PSY1020 - Elements of Psychology
- PSY2030 - Statistical Methods in Psychology
- PSY3060 - Psychology of Learning and Memory: Fundamental Processes