CV

Academic Appointmnet

• Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, August 2020 - present
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Neuroscience and Behavior (2025 - present)
  • Courses (Spring 2025): Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience; Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: The Dynamics of Survivor

Education

• PhD (Psychology), University of Toronto, 2020
• MA (Psychology), University of Toronto, 2015
• BSc (Neuroscience), McGill University, 2014

Teaching experience

• Course Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, January 2019 – April 2019 & January 2020 - April 2020
  • Course: Cognitive Neuroscience. Overall evaluation 3.91/5; historical course average 3.88/5
  • Please refer to teaching dossier for further details.
• Instructional Resource Designer, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, July 2019 – December 2019
  • Consultant for design of writing assignments to develop critical reading skills.
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, September 2014 – June 2020
  • Courses: Introduction to Psychology, Statistics I, Learning & Plasticity, Physiological Psychology, Music Cognition.
  • Please refer to teaching dossier for further details.
• Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificate Program, March 2015 – February 2017
  • Teaching Assistant Training Program, University of Toronto

Research experience

• Graduate researcher, 2014-2020
  • Alain Lab, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest
• Visiting graduate student, 2016
  • Cognitive Brain Research Unit, University of Helsinki
• Undergraduate researcher, 2012-2014
  • Neuropsychopharmacology Lab, McGill University

Publications

Journal articles
Branco, R.C. & Chan, T.M.V. Cross-course harmonized assignments for neuroscience. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 21(2), A85-A90. https://doi.org/10.59390/BOTF3129
Chan, T.M.V., Buchsbaum, B. R., & Alain, C. (2022). Effects of temporal order and intentionality on reflective attention to words in noise. Psychological Research, 86(2), 544-557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01494-6
Chan, T.M.V., & Alain, C. (2020). Brain indices associated with semantic cues prior to and after a word in noise. Brain Research, 1751, 147206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2020.147206
Chan, T.M.V., & Alain, C. (2019). Listening back in time: Does attention to memory facilitate word in noise identification? Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(1), 253-269. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-018-1586-8

Invited Book Chapter
Chan, T.M.V., & Alain, C. (2020). Theories of cognitive aging: A look at potential benefits of music training on the aging brain. In L. Cuddy, S. Belleville, & A. Moussard (Eds.) Music and the Aging Brain. Elsevier.

Teaching Resources
Wood, S., & Chan, V. (2020). Sequential assignments to critically evaluate psychological journal articles. Society for the Teaching of Psychology website. https://teachpsych.org/resources/Documents/otrp/resources/wood20.pdf

Service and leadership

• Mending Minds faculty advisor, University of Notre Dame, 2021-present
• Neuroscience and Behavior Steering Committee, University of Notre Dame, 2020-present
• NeuroBRITE mentor and coordinator, Rotman Research Institute, 2018-2020
• Workshop presenter (Introduction to EEG), Rotman Research Institute, February 2019
• Academic rounds coordinator, Rotman Research Institute, 2018-2019
• Logistics coordinator, Science Rendezvous U of T, 2015-2018

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