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    DR. ISHA METZGER

    • HOME
    • ABOUT
    • RESEARCH
    • CLINICAL
    • OUTREACH
    • TEACHING & MENTORING
    • CONSULTING
    • SPEAKING
    • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE 
      • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE
      • Coping with Racial Trauma
      • Children and Racism
      • Mental Health Resources
      • Being A Better Ally
      • Discussing Race in White Family
      • Ally Resources
    • MEDIA
    • PODCAST
    • CONTACT
    • …  
      • HOME
      • ABOUT
      • RESEARCH
      • CLINICAL
      • OUTREACH
      • TEACHING & MENTORING
      • CONSULTING
      • SPEAKING
      • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE 
        • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE
        • Coping with Racial Trauma
        • Children and Racism
        • Mental Health Resources
        • Being A Better Ally
        • Discussing Race in White Family
        • Ally Resources
      • MEDIA
      • PODCAST
      • CONTACT
      • HOME
      • ABOUT
      • RESEARCH
      • CLINICAL
      • OUTREACH
      • TEACHING & MENTORING
      • CONSULTING
      • SPEAKING
      • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE
        • RACIAL TRAUMA GUIDE
        • Coping with Racial Trauma
        • Children and Racism
        • Mental Health Resources
        • Being A Better Ally
        • Discussing Race in White Family
        • Ally Resources
      • MEDIA
      • PODCAST
      • CONTACT
        • Instructional Portfolio

          As an award-winning educator, Dr. Metzger has developed and taught both undergraduate and graduate courses at The University of Georgia. Additionally, she has guest lectured in undergraduate and graduate courses at various U.S. universities, including the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina, and Georgia State University. Dr. Metzger views her teaching role as a facilitator of knowledge as opposed to the source of knowledge. Often, the best knowledge acquired about psychology is not from textbooks or lectures, and not from memorizing names and facts, but from interactions with others with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Dr. Metzger's aim as an instructor is to create a classroom environment that enhances students’ critical thinking and build their capacity to engage in topics of diversity, power, privilege, inclusion, social identity, and justice. Through dynamic lectures, her goal is to facilitate the discussion of empirical articles while integrating the life experiences and diverse perspectives of students in the class itself to learn about psychology. Dr. Metzger's ultimate goal is also to provide students with constructive and fair feedback to help them refine both their critical thinking and writing skills, and build on their personal strengths and assets in order to be of service to academia and society at large.

        • Courses Taught

          Graduate Courses

          • Clinical Staffing Procedures
          • Psychology of Marginalized & Minority Groups
          • Fundamentals of Patient Care
          • Child & Family Psychology Practicum
          • Seminar on Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality

          Undergraduate Courses

          • Psychology of Disadvantaged & Minority Groups
          • Health Psychology
          • Psychology of Women
          • Research Perspectives: African American Children & Families
          • Survey of Abnormal Psychology
          • African American Psychology
          • Didactic Seminar
          • Lifespan Psychopathology
        • Course Reviews

          What students are saying about their instruction from Dr. Metzger:

          Psychology of Disadvantaged/Minority Groups

          "This is one of my favorite courses that I have taken at UGA. Classes that touch on diversity and social justice issues can always be challenging when there are different perspectives and opinion. Dr. Metzger managed to create a respectful classroom environment for everyone to express their own thoughts, even when it was different from the majority. Dr. Metzger also did a great job of challenging us on different topics without preoccupy us with her personal believes, which I found very rare in other similar courses. I felt so challenged but learned so much from this class!"

          Undergraduate Seminar in Psychology

          "Dr. Metzger is one of the best professors I have ever had. I learned something new every day in this class and I have never had a more enriching learning experience at UGA. The classroom environment invited discussion about topics that are uncomfortable but necessary to talk about. I looked forward to this class every Monday, and I am sad to see it end. I brought information from this class to my peers on a daily basis and truly feel this class has bettered me as an individual and future professional. There is not an end to the praise that I could give this class and Dr. Metzger."

          Undergraduate Mentorship

          "I so appreciated your candor, humor, and sincerity. You gave such great advice and even in our short time together you pushed me individually as a student and challenged me to the best, most professional version of myself, while more importantly being the most authentic version of myself. It is mentors and professors that inspire me to go forth and earn my Ph.D. so that I may mentor and help my students as much as you have helped me today."

        • Psychology Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP)​

          The Psychology Undergraduate Mentoring Program (PUMP) was formed to promote opportunities for undergraduates from historically underrepresented backgrounds to receive mentoring in the field of psychology. PUMP's mission is to allow undergraduates of historically underrepresented backgrounds to receive high-quality mentoring within the UGA Psychology Department towards successful preparation for graduate school and careers in psychology. A goal of PUMP also is to create a program culture that values the intentional visibility and accessibility of graduate and faculty mentors to undergraduate students while providing professional development opportunities and sharing knowledge of opportunities and resources needed to navigate and succeed in graduate school.

           

          PUMP was founded by graduate students across Psychology programs, including Dominique L. La Barrie, Kharine Jean, Kelsey Corallo, Lauren Quast and Andrew Farkas, as an effort to improve diversity and inclusion within the department.

           

          Dr. Metzger serves as a founding faculty supervisor for this new program.
           
          Click here for more information on PUMP, and to learn about the benefits of becoming a PUMP mentee or mentor!
           
          If you are a UGA student interested in being a PUMP mentee please complete this form.
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