Teaching
Stats, research methods, and everything around them — for undergrads working toward their senior projects and beyond.
Descriptive and inferential statistics for the behavioral sciences — central tendency, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, t-tests, and ANOVA, with hands-on statistical software practice.
A survey of core psychological concepts — research methods, the biological bases of behavior, learning, memory, personality, and psychopathology — across the full landscape of the field.
The scientific method in applied psychology — hypothesis formulation, experimental design, data collection and analysis, and research report writing, with a hands-on lab component.
The capstone internship or research experience for Applied Psychology seniors — apply classroom knowledge in a real workplace, research assistantship, or independent project.
An empirical-science foundation for psychology majors — how psychologists build and evaluate research, from study design through APA-style reporting.
The culminating research seminar for the BA program — students design and complete an original research paper or creative project under close faculty mentorship.
Real course evaluations, unedited jokes
Pulled straight from anonymous end-of-semester evaluations.
“I liked the jokes.”
“Funny, very knowledgeable and clear with his words.”
“Hands down, the most understanding professor ever.”
“Best professor I have ever had, made research so fun and I actually wanted to come to class for once.”
“Brocker is great! His jokes are funny 50% of the time, but he’s a great professor.”
“Professor Brocker makes Research Methods seem less scary. He is easy to talk to and available outside of class.”
“Hands down the best professor I have ever had … ties humor into lessons in a way that makes the material stick.”
“One of the best professors I’ve ever had.”
“Just really enjoy Professor Brocker’s lectures and how he teaches.”
“I liked the jokes.”
“Funny, very knowledgeable and clear with his words.”
“Hands down, the most understanding professor ever.”
“Best professor I have ever had, made research so fun and I actually wanted to come to class for once.”
“Brocker is great! His jokes are funny 50% of the time, but he’s a great professor.”
“Professor Brocker makes Research Methods seem less scary. He is easy to talk to and available outside of class.”
“Hands down the best professor I have ever had … ties humor into lessons in a way that makes the material stick.”
“One of the best professors I’ve ever had.”
“Just really enjoy Professor Brocker’s lectures and how he teaches.”