About
Dr. Michele Moscicki is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at MacEwan University, where she has been since 2018. She holds a PhD from the University of Alberta and has extensive teaching experience, including five years as a sessional instructor there. Her research interests bridge stress physiology, pedagogy, and animal behavior. She explores how stress-coping interventions and student perceptions of stress influence learning outcomes, alongside studying instructor-student rapport and effective teaching strategies.
Dr. Moscicki's academic background includes research on stress effects in non-human animals, particularly convict cichlids (using field studies in Nicaragua, where she earned her SCUBA certification) and chickadees. Her work integrates lab and field-based studies to understand behavioral and neural responses to stress. She teaches courses such as Introductory Psychology, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, and a special topics course on the Biology of Stress and Coping.
- Education: PhD in Psychology, University of Alberta
Her research has been recognized through awards including the Associate Dean of Learning and Innovation Besties (AD-LIB) from the University of Alberta (2018) and the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (2009–2011). She is actively involved in pedagogical research, emphasizing student motivation, metacognition, and feedback mechanisms. Dr. Moscicki is available to supervise senior students’ independent study projects.
