Darby Vickers, Ph.D.

Below, categorized by discipline, I provide a list of my experience teaching undergraduates, brief notes on my teaching philosophy, and some sample teaching materials.

Teaching Experience at University of San Diego

SemesterYearCourse Number + Title
Fall2021Philosophy 116: Morality & Justice
Fall2021Philosophy 334: Computer Ethics
Fall2021Philosophy 341: Ethics & Education
Spring2022Philosophy 334: AI Ethics (2 sections)
Spring2022Philosophy 336: Virtues & Vices (2 sections)
Summer2022Philosophy 336: Virtues & Vices
Fall2022Philosophy 116: Morality & Justice
Fall2022Philosophy 270: History of Ancient Philosophy
Fall2022Philosophy 341: Ethics & Education
Spring2023Philosophy 334: AI Ethics
Spring2023Hum C 394-04: ChatGPT & AI Ethics (team taught with Dr. Tigard)
Summer2023HUMC 294-01: The Changing Face of Humanity (team taught with a group of instructors)
Fall2023Philosophy 341: Ethics & Education
Fall2023Philosophy 116: Morality & Justice
Spring2023Philosophy 336: Virtues & Vices (2 sections)
Spring2023HUMC 394-03: Toxic Rage & Tragic Fate: The Iliad through the Female Gaze (team taught with Dr. Tim McCarty)
Feel free to contact me for syllabi

Teaching Experience Before USD

Philosophy Teaching

  • Courses as Lead Instructor at Orange Coast College
    • Philosophy/Religious Studies 120A: Introduction to Ethics (Fall 2019)
  • Classes as Teaching Assistant at UC Irvine
    • Philosophy 2 (hybrid course), Puzzles and Paradoxes (Spring 2019)
    • Philosophy 4, Introduction to Ethics (Winter 2019)
    • Philosophy 10, Ancient Philosophy (Fall 2018)
    • Philosophy 2 (online), Puzzle and Paradoxes (Summer 2018 Session II, UCI)
    • Philosophy 1 (online), Introduction to Philosophy (Spring 2018, UCI)
    • TA: Philosophy 1 (online), Introduction to Philosophy (Winter 2018, UCI)
    • TA: Philosophy 2 (hybrid course), Puzzles and Paradoxes (Fall 2017, UCI)
    • TA: Philosophy 2, Puzzles and Paradoxes (Spring 2017, UCI)
    • TA: Philosophy 10, Ancient Philosophy (Winter 2017)
    • TA: Philosophy 2 (online): Puzzles and Paradoxes (Summer 2016 Session II, UCI)

Classics Teaching

  • Classes as Teaching Assistant
    • TA: Classics 45A, Gods in Greek Myth (Fall 2016)
    • TA: Classics/History 36B, Classical Greece (Spring 2015)
    • TA: Classics 45B, Heroes in Greek Myth (Winter 2015)
    • TA: Classics/History 37B, The Roman Empire (Fall 2014)

Pedagogical Training and Certificates

  • National Humanities Center (NHC) Virtual Graduate Student Summer Residency (VGSSR) (Summer 2020)
  • Pedagogical Fellows Program (2019)
    • The Pedagogical Fellows program competitively selects Pedagogical Fellows based on teaching evaluations, letters of recommendation, and commitment to pedagogical excellence. Pedagogical Fellows commit to a year of pedagogical coursework and train the next group of teaching assistance.
    • Three courses on evidence-based pedagogy: University Studies 390A (W19), 390B (S19), 390C (F19)
    • Teaching in the Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program (TAPDP) in Fall 2019
    • Evaluated applications; short-listed, interviewed, and assessed applicants for the 2020 Pedagogical Fellows
  • California Community Colleges Internship Program (CCCIP) (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
    • CCCIP is joint program between UCI and local community colleges through which graduate students who have advanced to candidacy have the opportunity to shadow a current community college professor and learn about pedagogy and administration at California community colleges
    • Interned at Orange Coast College and her faculty mentor is Dr. Charles Otwell (Philosophy)
  • University Studies 395: Teaching as Research Seminar (Fall 2018)
  • Certificate in Course Design (Awarded: October 2018)
  • Certificate in Teaching Excellence (Awarded: July 2018)
    • One course on evidence-based pedagogy: University Studies 390X
    • Peer teaching observations:
      • Each teaching observation consisted of a pre-meeting, where TA and observer discussed the plan for the class, the observation itself, and a post-meeting in which TA and observer discussed what went well or badly and how to improve
      • Three teaching observations as the observer
      • Three teaching observations as the TA
  • Mellon Summer Teaching Institute (Summer 2016)
    • A week long institute on evidence-based teaching methods
    • Part of the 5+2 program
  • Disability Ally Training (November 2015)
  • Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program (TAPDP) (Fall 2014)