Teaching

I’m prepared to teach courses on social inequalities, policy and politics, and work. I’m also an experienced instructor of research methods and I incorporate research experiences into the classroom to foster active learning.

My self-designed course California Sociologically Speaking is a good example of my teaching style and priorities. In this class, students diagramed welfare state theories, analyzed legislative hearings and primary documents, condensed complex socio-historical arguments into tweets, and researched the possible repeal of California’s Proposition 13, among other activities. The final project for the course asked students to use welfare state theories to explain California’s failures in addressing homelessness, encouraging them to use a sociological approach (i.e., applying theories to explain a case) to craft an insightful policy analysis. Check out the syllabus here.

Teaching Awards and Fellowships: Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Graduate Remote Instructor Fellow