Teaching
UCR’s doctoral program provides the opportunity to gain a significant amount of teaching experience. This page offers a broad overview of mine.
Primary Instructor
- Phil 151: Existentialism
- Phil 002: Contemporary Moral Issues
“He wanted the students to understand the material beyond the surface level and I could clearly see the steps he took to try to ensure that. He did a great job overall and promoted a positive learning environment.”
PHIL 151 · Existentialism · Summer Session A 2023
Source and context
Selected positive student feedback; not a representative sample of every comment.
Final two sentences of a wholly positive response.
3-PHIL-151-Section-A01-Faculty-Evaluation.pdf · p. 2
Overall teaching
4.71 / 5
n = 14
Two summer courses · 2023 and 2025
14 ratings across two courses; all responses were 4 or 5.
Source and context
Item: “Instructor was effective as a teacher overall”. Agreement scale: 1–5.
Pooled from response counts: 10 ratings of 5 and 4 ratings of 4; 66 ÷ 14 = 4.7142857. These are evaluation forms, not a verified count of distinct students.
PHIL 151, Summer Session A 2023: 8 responses of 25 enrolled (32%). PHIL 002, Summer Session A 2025: 6 responses of 34 enrolled (18% rounded).
Two small, voluntary-response samples. These results are kept separate from discussion-section and SET dashboard results.
3-PHIL-151-Section-A01-Faculty-Evaluation.pdf · p. 1 · question 12
6-202530S02_PHIL_002_A01_STAT_DLRPT_FACEVAL_CHUBB007_20250725054558.pdf · p. 1 · question 12
Teaching Assistant
- Phil 001: Introduction to Philosophy
- Phil 002: Contemporary Moral Issues
- Phil 003: Ethics and the Meaning of Life
- Phil 005: Evil
- Phil 007: Critical Thinking
- Phil 122E: Ancient Philosophy
- Phil 167: Biomedical Ethics
“He is responsible for deepening my understanding of the course content and for sparking my interest in certain philosophical texts and thinkers.”
PHIL 030E · Hellenic Philosophy · Winter 2023 · Section 026
Source and context
Selected positive student feedback; not a representative sample of every comment.
Final sentence of a wholly positive comment; excerpt from a longer response.
1-PHIL-030E-Section-026-Student-Comments.pdf · p. 1
SET dashboard · October 2026 export · agreement scale 1–5
Selected items. Each axis shows the full 1–5 scale; n is the dashboard panel count.
Source and context · New Scale
Dashboard export dated October 26, 2026; displayed filter: September 18, 2023 – September 21, 2026.
The dashboard reports n for each panel. Item-level response counts are not available in this export.
Agreement scale: 1–5. Means are transcribed from the dashboard; no cross-instrument pooling.
The TA confidently explained the material related to the course
The TA created a respectful learning environment
The TA provided opportunities for student engagement during course experiences
The TA contributed positively to my learning experience in this course
3-dashboard-export-08-33-pm-2026-10-26.pdf · p. 1
Old UCR Scale · Selected Categories
21 sections · Fall 2022–Winter 2025 · rating scale 1–7
132 evaluation forms. Item counts exclude “not applicable”; duplicate reports counted once.
Source and context · Old Scale
Means calculated from pooled response counts, not averages of rounded section means.
132 evaluation forms across 21 sections; not a verified count of distinct students. Item counts differ when “not applicable” was selected.
All plots show the full 1–7 scale. These results are kept separate from the 1–5 instruments.
Thoroughly understands the subject matter.
Clarifies lecture and readings
Encourages and respects diverse perspectives.
4-PHIL-002-Sections-030-and-031-and-032-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
4-PHIL-002-Sections-030-and-031-and-032-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 3 · question 3, 5, 13
4-PHIL-002-Sections-030-and-031-and-032-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 5 · question 3, 5, 13
5-PHIL-003-Section-B22-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
10-PHIL-005-Section-031-Evaluation-Statistics.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
16-PHIL-005-Sections-030-and-031-and-032-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
12-PHIL-007-Sections-027-and-028-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
12-PHIL-007-Sections-027-and-028-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 3 · question 3, 5, 13
13-PHIL-005-Sections-034-and-035-and-038-and-039-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
13-PHIL-005-Sections-034-and-035-and-038-and-039-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 3 · question 3, 5, 13
13-PHIL-005-Sections-034-and-035-and-038-and-039-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 5 · question 3, 5, 13
13-PHIL-005-Sections-034-and-035-and-038-and-039-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 7 · question 3, 5, 13
16-PHIL-005-Sections-030-and-031-and-032-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 5 · question 3, 5, 13
21-PHIL-007-Sections-023-and-024-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
21-PHIL-007-Sections-023-and-024-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 3 · question 3, 5, 13
4-PHIL-005-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 2 · question 3, 5, 13
4-PHIL-005-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 4 · question 3, 5, 13
4-PHIL-005-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 6 · question 3, 5, 13
5-PHIL-167-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 1 · question 3, 5, 13
5-PHIL-167-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 3 · question 3, 5, 13
5-PHIL-167-Sections-021-and-022-and-023-Combined-Section-Reports.pdf · p. 5 · question 3, 5, 13