Teaching
My teaching philosophy is grounded in a commitment to working with students to gain knowledge and skills in contrast to lecturing at students. It resonates with Freire's (1970) belief that “knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other” (p. 72). This is demonstrated in my classroom through:
1) connecting course content to student lives in concrete ways
2) providing mentorship that fosters individual student passions
3) resisting the banking model of education through innovative assignments that promote peer learning.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Media and Society Fall 2020, 2021, 2022
Spring 2021, 2022, 2023
Digital Storytelling Fall 2020, 2021, 2022
Podcasting Spring 2021, 2022, 2023
Gender, Race, Class, and Sexualities in the Media Fall 2021, 2022
Communication and Gender Spring 2022, 2023
Introduction to Visual and Digital Communication Spring 2022
Instructor of Record
Sole instructor in charge of creating syllabi, lectures, and leading class
Intercultural Communication Fall 2015, Fall 2017
Race, Gender and Sexuality in the Media Spring 2017
Public Speaking Summer 2017
Rhetoric and Popular Culture Summer 2018
Lead Teaching Assistant
Handles course logistics, assists professor with assignment development, communicates with TAs
Perspectives on Language Winter 2015
Introduction to Communication I Fall 2016
Public Speaking Winter 2016, Spring 2016
Communication, Power and Difference Winter 2018
Teaching Assistant
Facilitates sections, grades assignments, reinforces course content
Introduction to Communication II Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Introduction to Communication I Fall 2014
Public Speaking Winter 2014, Spring 2015
Public Debate Spring 2018