Teaching

After years working in higher ed in a professional capacity, I remember when my undergraduate advisor asked me why I wanted to go to graduate school. "Because I want to teach!" I answered, somewhat naive to the hierarchies of higher ed. More than 15 years later, my focus on teaching has taken me through a landscape of teaching professional development, numerous undergraduate courses, and teaching my own course on teaching. I am an award-winning teacher who has taught more than 10 courses (21 sections and counting) and a higher ed teaching consultant who supports clients in developing an effective and inclusive teaching practice.

Below are some of the courses I have taught at the University of Minnesota, Farmingdale State College (SUNY), and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, as well as pedagogy-focused workshops I have offered. Please do reach out to me to request syllabi, my teaching portfolio, or to talk more about my teaching craft.

Recently taught: GRAD 8101: Teaching in Higher Education

Offered: 2021-2023

Institution: University of Minnesota

This course is designed to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in becoming responsive and reflective teachers. Instructors and course participants will model a variety of learning and teaching strategies, will facilitate discussions addressing learning and teaching, and will draw on theory and engage in practice. By combining action and analysis, participants will explore, reflect on, and develop teaching skills that promote learning within a diverse student body across a variety of settings. 

Foundational Sociology Courses

• Introduction to Sociology (SOC 122, fall 2017-fall 2019, Farmingdale State College)

• Multiculturalism (SOC 231, spring 2018-spring 2019, Farmingdale State College, included study abroad component)

• Contemporary Social Problems (SOCIOLGY 2330, spring 2017, UW-Platteville)

• Social Inequality (SOC 325, fall 2019, Farmingdale State College)

Gender and Sexuality Studies Courses

• Introduction to LGBT Studies (SOC 282, fall 2017-fall 2019, Farmingdale State College and ENGLISH/WOMGENDR 2150, spring 2015, UW-Platteville)

• Sociology of the Body (SOC 331, spring 2019, Farmingdale State College)

• Sociology of Friendship (SOCIOLGY 3930, spring 2017, UW-Platteville)

• Women, Sex Roles, and Society (SOCIOLGY/WOMGENDR 2230, spring 2017, UW-Platteville)

• Check Your Privilege: Theories of Identity and Inequality (WOMGENDR 3330, spring 2015, UW-Platteville)

Pedagogy Programs at the University of Minnesota

• Early Career Teaching and Learning Program (2020-2023)

• Pedagogical Innovations Journal Club (co-facilitated, 2023-2024)

• Foundations of Inclusive Teaching workshop series and cohort programs (co-facilitated, 2021-2022)

• Teaching for Student Well-being Program (co-facilitated, fall 2020)

• Online Course Design Seminar (co-facilitated, summer 2020)

Pedagogy Workshops at the University of Minnesota

• ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning

• Facilitating Classroom Interactions

• Responding to Student Feedback

• Finding Your Teaching Community in Challenging Times

• Teaching to Support LGBTQ+ Students

• Inclusive Teaching workshops (co-facilitated)

• Anti-Racist Pedagogy workshops (co-facilitated)

• Planning Flexibility for Accessibility (co-facilitated)

• Challenging Conversations in Teaching and Learning (co-facilitated)

• Effective Boundaries in Teaching (co-facilitated)

• And many others!