My teaching philosophy
My teaching philosophy guides students into making the classroom a shared place of critical thinking and social action. I aim to foster a learning space which values and builds on students’ understandings of how the world came to be to imagine a better world in the present and future.
"We come together to be unlovely and take ourselves apart, in order to mutually construct even more difficult ideas. It’s not supposed to be easy. The labor is what makes it beautiful."
- KYLA WAZANA THOMPKINS, "WE AREN'T HERE TO LEARN WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW"
Courses
At Cal Poly Humboldt, I teach in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis.
In Spring 2025, I will be teaching Intro to Human Geography and California Geography.
Previous courses taught
Cal Poly Humboldt: Geographic Skills Lab (GEOG); Senior Field Research (GEOG); Political Ecology (GEOG/Politics); Introduction to Human Geography (GEOG); and Making of the Modern Middle East (GEOG/History)
WMS 102 "Gender and (Post)Colonialism," Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Dept., UC Davis
Lead Teaching Assistant, GSW 50 "Introduction to Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies," Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Dept., University of California Davis
In Spring 2025, I will be teaching Intro to Human Geography and California Geography.
Previous courses taught
Cal Poly Humboldt: Geographic Skills Lab (GEOG); Senior Field Research (GEOG); Political Ecology (GEOG/Politics); Introduction to Human Geography (GEOG); and Making of the Modern Middle East (GEOG/History)
WMS 102 "Gender and (Post)Colonialism," Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Dept., UC Davis
Lead Teaching Assistant, GSW 50 "Introduction to Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies," Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Dept., University of California Davis