{"id":164,"date":"2014-09-17T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T13:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/?p=164"},"modified":"2014-09-17T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T13:17:04","slug":"get-to-know-rachelle-yankelevitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/2014\/09\/17\/get-to-know-rachelle-yankelevitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Rachelle Yankelevitz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2014\/09\/yankelevitz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165 alignleft\" alt=\"yankelevitz\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/files\/2014\/09\/yankelevitz.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Dr. Rachelle Yankelevitz has just begun her second year at UW-Whitewater.\u00a0 Prior to joining our\u00a0 Psychology Department, she held positions at Willamette University and Portland State University. Some of her\u00a0 research interests include decision making, impulsivity, risk-taking, and social influence. She enjoys community service at the humane society and has volunteered with the Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center\u2019s outreach program.<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><i>What made her want to teach?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The main reason is that she likes the connection with students. It\u2019s very rewarding to see a student learning something new or acquiring a tool to help them become a better consumer of information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><i>What is her approach to teaching and what can students expect in the classroom?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">She enjoys taking a collaborative approach to learning as much as possible by making information as structured as she can. \u00a0Encouraging critical thinking is an important part of her classes.\u00a0 She also wants to provide a foundation for the broader concepts she introduces to her students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><i>What is one experience that occurred during her undergraduate or graduate school experience that made a definite impact on her approach to her academic career?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">One thing was getting hands on research experience as an undergraduate that carried in to her research in graduate school. She also selected courses that were related to her major field but also provided different experiences and perspectives in order to become a more versatile scholar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><i>What book would she recommend to her students?<\/i><i><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><i>Predictably Irrational <\/i>by Dan Ariely is a good choice for people first approaching psychology<i>. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a0<i>What is something that students would be surprised to learn about her?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">She\u2019s very interested in animal rescue and how we can improve the behavior of the animals in the shelter as well as working to ensure that fewer animals given up by their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a0<i>What is her favorite thing about UWW so far?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The students are her favorite thing about UWW.\u00a0 They seem very open to learning and that makes her job enjoyable and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rachelle Yankelevitz has just begun her second year at UW-Whitewater.\u00a0 Prior to joining our\u00a0 Psychology Department, she held positions at Willamette University and Portland State University. Some of her\u00a0 research interests include decision making, impulsivity, risk-taking, and social influence. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/2014\/09\/17\/get-to-know-rachelle-yankelevitz\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2077,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/uwwcols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}