Courses Taught
Your Voice in a Globalized World
Lecturer Culture, Art, and Technology Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Summer 2021
The purpose of this course is to equip students with the practical skills, perspectives, and tools to be successful in their professional lives, particularly through effective and authentic communication. Students will explore how concepts such as identity, power, and agency influence the way they see the world, and in turn, the way they present themselves to the world.
Perspectives on Globalization
Lecturer Global Studies Department Fall 2019
An interdisciplinary survey of globalization that pays particular attention to the nexus between local and global processes, the roles played by nations and non-governmental organizations in global affairs, and the interaction between economics, politics, and culture in the international system.
Global Studies Research Design
Instructor International Institute Fall 2018
Discussion of research methods regarding various approaches to analysis and evaluation of globalization and current literature in field in preparation for senior thesis.
Internships in International and area studies
Graduate Student Coordinator (Sole Instructor) Center for Community Learning/International Institute Spring 2017, 2018; Summer 2017, 2018
Internship in corporate, governmental, or nonprofit setting coordinated through Center for Community Learning. Students complete weekly written assignments, attend biweekly meetings with graduate student coordinator, and write final research paper. Faculty sponsor and graduate student coordinator construct series of reading assignments that examine issues related to internship site.
Political communication
Teaching Assistant Department of Communication Winter 2016; Winter 2017; Spring 2017
Study of nature and function of communication in political sphere; analysis of contemporary and historical communications within established political institutions; state papers; deliberative discourses; electoral campaigns.
Communication Theory
Teaching Assistant Department of Communication Winter 2018
Examination of fundamental principles of human communication. Topics include models of communication, levels of analysis in the behavioral sciences, cultural evolution, new media and big data, political communication, and the nature of art.