TEACHING
I have nine years of experience teaching at the college level, with a focus on anthropology, geography, environmental studies, gender studies, African studies, and writing, rhetoric, and public speaking.
For a sample of recent courses, see below:
Environmental Anthropology (Stanford University): This class examines the historical construction of the “more-than human world,” as well as configurations of human-nonhuman relations in a variety of contexts around the globe. Nothing makes these negotiations more evident than today’s ongoing political battles over anthropogenic climate change, resource use, contamination, and conservation. By engaging with theoretical and ethnographic texts, we trouble assumed separations between “nature” and “culture” and challenge ourselves to think through present-day environmental politics in new ways.
The Rhetoric of Climate Change (Stanford University): This class examines climate change as both an environmental and cultural issue. A project-based course, “The Rhetoric of Climate Change,” focuses on teaching students the practice of academic analysis, college level research, and argument.
Culture, Gender, and Sexuality (City College of San Francisco): This class uses a cross-cultural lens to examine a variety of perspectives on gender and sexuality in the United States and around the world. Topics include issues of gender, race, and ethnicity; ideas about bodies; the politics of representation; gender and globalization; gender at work and the home; and the politics of human rights. We conclude by considering current events in relation to the themes, theories, and concepts we develop during the semester.
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (City College of San Francisco): Using classic anthropological works that draw from a broad range of communities around the world, this course introduces students to the discipline’s core concepts, methods, and analytical approaches. The class then illustrates the power of this perspective by examining contemporary topics, such as food politics, gender and sexuality, and art and the media.