Teaching Experience
At the University of Michigan, I have gained extensive experience in developing and teaching a variety of humanities courses aimed at different levels of learners. I am qualified to teach courses in English and comparative literature, classical reception studies, and critical translation studies, and my wide range of teaching experiences was recognized with the highly competitive Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award in 2020.
As an instructor, I strive to make my classroom an inclusive community where my students and I are able to consider what it means to be in just relations with the texts we consider, with each other, and with the world around us. I encourage students to bring their experiences and commitments to bear on our shared inquiry through the development of individualized final projects in my upper-level courses, which has resulted in products as diverse as a virtual museum exhibit, a researched portfolio of essays, and a qualitative survey and report on peers’ perceptions of and attitudes about justice issues. As part of my adjustment to the unique challenges of building community while teaching remotely during a pandemic, I have integrated the social annotation tool Perusall into my recent courses, as a means to foster deeper engagement with the texts at hand and among students, who are able to see and respond to each other’s annotations as they read. The sense of rapport and common purpose my students have built on Perusall, as they pose and answer questions, integrate their own research and expertise, and refine each other’s thinking has been an unexpected and sustaining joy.
Recent Courses
Great Books 201 - Classical Resonances: Ancient Greek Literature and Contemporary Political Problems
Comparative Literature 241 - Law and/as Literature: Ways of Thinking About Justice
Comparative Literature 122 - PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT: Desire, Consent, Persuasion