Hi! I'm Eevin (pronounced "Evan"). I use this site to promote transparency about my work in academia.

​Prospective, current, and former students, welcome! Take a look around. This site should give you an idea of who I am, my approaches to teaching/learning, and what I'm up to these days. Fellow colleagues, hello! I love to collaborate and make new friends.

I come from a long line of small towns. For me, being in Phoenix/Tempe is a HUGE change. I earned my undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Biology at East Central University (Ada, Oklahoma). I earned my Master's in Applied Cognitive Psychology at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas) and my PhD in Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience. I came straight to ASU and I love it here.
Want to find out why Ratemyprofessors.com is actual garbage? Check out my blog post here. To view actual copies of my course evaluations and REAL student feedback, check out my Teaching pages and some of the comments below.

Real emails from former students

"I wanted to tell you that although I didn't get a chance to respond to all of your comments on canvas, I really appreciated them! I've never had a Prof who responded as often and thoughtfully as you did, and it really made a difference in how I answered because I knew you actually read them and you are so "down to earth" it made it a lot of fun lol! Also, I really regret taking your course as a summer course, because I think it would have been so much more fun to learn everything throughout a whole semester and really spend more time on every chapter! Your passion for Psych was really poured in through the whole course and it really was a pleasure! I will be speaking with my advisor to see if I can sneak in some more Psych classes into my schedule! Thank you for just being yourself and making the course and the learning fun and thought-provoking! I wish you and your birdies the best!"
-Justin, PSY 101, Summer 2021
"Hi Dr. Jennings! I hope your summer has been amazing! I've been one of your TAs for the past year, and I took your PSY 101 course in 2018. I am sending this email to thank you for all you've done for me, and for all that you've taught me. I've been studying for the MCAT this summer, as I am taking the test in August, and although I took your class almost three years ago, almost everything I've reviewed in the psychology portion of my prep books have been so simple to go over. I remember everything so well, thanks to your course and the way you taught it. I'm grateful for the incredible professor you were, and I'm grateful you gave me an opportunity to be a teaching assistant as well. As I think about my future I feel more prepared and confident, in large part thanks to you! Have a wonderful summer."
-Daniel, Spring 2021
"Dr. Jennings, thank you for your guidance and support throughout this semester! Your course has been informative, challenging, and engaging beyond any class I have taken up to this stage in my academic career, including my in-person courses. Every day of the semester, I was digging into the content for this course because I genuinely enjoyed the material, the way in which you presented it with humor, and all the wonderful memes. Thank you for making neuroscience fun to learn! You're a brilliant teacher, your Canvas platform is the best I've seen, and your passion comes through in every lesson, so please continue to offer what you bring to education, because it's learning like this that inspires students. I would like to take courses with you in the future, so if you have any planned for the Fall or Spring semester, please let me know so I can add them to my course list. I wish you well in the remaining week, and thank you for the positive impact you have made on my education!"
-Trevor, online Physio Psych, 2021
"Hello Dr. Jennings! I just wanted to reach out and thank you for the flexibility on my exams and tests. I have had to fight for a lot of my accommodations in previous classroom settings, but you made your classroom environment so open and accommodating and I am so appreciative. Just know you made this class way less stressful and I am so thankful. I signed up for your class this summer, so I hope to see you soon!"
-Bri, Intro Psych, 2021
"Hi Dr. Jennings! I am a freshman in your PSY 101 class. I just wanted to say thank you so much for this past semester!!! Your class has been one that I really look forward to each week, and each class has me dying laughing (and questioning my whole life). Your passion about the subject is contagious, and the way you are easily able to break down complicated concepts is so amazing to me. I am so bummed we never had an in-person class, but I hope I can take another one of your classes in the future. I am currently a business marketing major, but I am realizing I don't think I like business or see myself doing it in the future... I am not really sure what I want to do or major in, but your class made me really interested in psychology so I'm thinking maybe I will get into more of that. Do you have any recommendations for good courses to take after PSY 101 to see if you want to pursue psychology? Thank you so much for teaching the way you do, and I will miss the zoom chat discussions next semester!!!"
-Grace, Intro Psych, 2021
"Good evening! I thought it would be cool to tell you that after the last unit about emotions I really liked the concept of catharsis and am now doing my English final essay about it! My essay is all about how everyone should engage in healthy stress management and emotional management techniques like therapy or physical exercise because it prevents overflow of emotional reservoirs that can lead to feeling overwhelmed! My professor thought the topic was interesting and was wondering where I got the concept from so I thought you would enjoy hearing about this. I love your class and it is really cool getting to apply the concepts to my other classes too! :) Have a lovely day, I look forward to being in your lecture on Wednesday!"
-Preethi, Intro Psych, 2021
"This is Brigham from your PSY 101 class. I just finished the exam. The options for answers on the last question - the one about characteristics of different parts of the United States - made me laugh out loud. I really appreciate you putting forth so much effort to make the content of your lectures relatable to your students and I really enjoy coming to your class, even if psychology isn't exactly right in my wheelhouse. I imagine you don't get too many appreciative emails for all you do, especially around exams, so I thought I'd send you a thank you. We could use more professors like you! Looking forward to class next week!"
-Brigham, Intro Psych, 2021
"Hopefully this is a nice break from all the chaotic emails filled with questions and confusion but I won't take too much of your time. I just wanted to reach out and let you know that it's very disappointing for me and probably most other students to have to switch to online classes for the rest of the semester because we will not be able to attend your class. I had never had any interest in psychology, nor did I know anything about it, but your lectures and class as a whole have been by far the most interesting and fun class I have taken at ASU. I looked forward to attending your lectures every week because I never left once without learning something new. Lectures seemed to fly by and before I knew it, we had to leave. I just want to thank you for making your class so interesting and enjoyable in the short time that I was able to attend it on campus. Hopefully we will all be able to succeed in this online format together and hopefully I will have time to take another class of yours while I am here. Thanks for everything!"
-Mason, spring 2020
"I know it's been a while since we last spoke, and you might not remember me, but I hope everything is going well for you. I just wanted to say happy holidays and thanks for all the insightful and challenging classes we had in PSY 101 last year in the spring. It was a pleasure having you as a professor, and it's really awesome seeing some of the concepts we learned about getting applied in some of my management and marketing classes last fall semester classes 😊 Hope you enjoy the break season and let me know if you would ever be interested in catching up!"
​-Mark, Intro Psych, 2019
"I know you’re busy with finishing grades and whatnot, but I just wanted to say thank you for making a wonderful impact on my senior year, Dr. J. Without you, I surely wouldn’t be where I am today. Throughout my four years of college (between ASU and MCC), I was able to maintain all A’s (few minuses and several pluses) and will graduate with a solid 4.0 cumulative GPA. I can’t wait to walk on Tuesday and say to myself “I did this”. I am also beyond excited to begin my journey into grad school in August. I shadowed an OT on Wednesday and it was absolutely a wonderful experience. Autism in itself is such a unique behavioral disorder, and I really hope to change the lives of many kids down the road - whether it be therapy or research. I wouldn’t have done it with you - your positive mindset and belief in me went a very long way. Thank you for always believing in me. ♥️"
-Jordan, Neuroanatomy, 2019
"I hope this email finds you well! While studying for the MCAT I came across so many things we have learned in your class! I texted Will because we both laughed at the kluver Bucy syndrome when we learned it, and the meme also stuck in our heads so when I came across it I was like I know this! And I just came across korsakoff syndrome which we also talked abt and how thiamine deficiency plays a role in it! Thank you for teaching us and sticking through with us even though we looked dead and passed out in class. By far one of my most memorable and favorite classes!"
-Leila, Neuroanatomy, 2018