Teaching

As I continue my training to become an osteopathic medical doctor, I’m reminded that the word “doctor” itself comes from the Latin “doctor, doctoris,” which means “teacher; instructor; trainer; doctor; (academic title).” These various meanings feature throughout my background and training.

I’m currently working with the Arkansas College of Health Education’s LGBTQ+ Healthcare Alliance to create Continuing Medical Education modules on caring for LGBTQIA+ patients.

As a humanities teacher, I focused the role of language in world building. Below, you’ll find the names of courses I have taught. Please reach out if you have questions about syllabi or course descriptions.

Fall 2020, Spring & Fall 2021: Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow for ACA-UF 101: Arts and Cultures from Antiquity, New York University Shanghai. I received the NYU Liberal Studies Teaching Award for Global Site Faculty for the 2020-2021 year. If you’d like to view my lectures given at NYU Shanghai in Fall 2021, visit my YouTube page.

Spring & Fall 2019: Lecturer for ENGL 230: Shakespeare and His World, University of Southern California

Fall Semesters, 2018 – 2019: Adjunct Professor for INTD 100: College Writing Seminar on the theme of “Science, Self, and Society: Frankenstein to Susan Stryker’s Transgender Theory,” Whittier College

Fall 2018: Adjunct Professor for Eng 110: Advanced Freshman Composition, Cal State University-Dominguez Hills

Spring Semester, 2014 – 2018: Assistant Lecturer for Thematic Option Honors Program, Core 112: Writing Seminar 1 on these themes:

• “Puppet-Masters: Undue Influences”: From Pygmalion to Beloved
• “The Social Network: Cliques, Gangs, Squads”: From Vile Bodies to City of God
• “Success and Its Excesses”: From The Great Gatsby to American Psycho
• “Terrorism: Total Devotion to the Cause”: From Emma Goldman to The Attack

Fall Semesters, 2013 – 2017: Assistant Lecturer for Thematic Option Honors Program, Core 111: Writing Seminar 2 on these themes:

• “Recognizing Realizations: From The Odyssey to Never Let Me Go
• “The Stories We Tell”: From Theogony to The Master and Margarita
• “The City and Its Loves”: From Homer and Plato to Nietzsche
• “Family Feuds”: From The Odyssey to Paradise Lost to White Teeth

Fall 2012 – Spring 2013: Assistant Lecturer, Writing Program, WRIT 140: Rhetoric and Composition

• “Gender Conflict in Cultural Contexts”
• “Sociology of Science”