The Spaces In Between

TEACHING INTRO:

Here you can find syllabi and/or class websites for the courses that I have taught at University of Maryland, College Park; Towson University, Amherst College, Dickinson College, DePauw University and Wells College. Throughout my teaching career I have had the opportunity to teach a variety of different courses, including large classes of 35-45, as well as small discussion classes of 10-15, and research seminars of 3-5 students.

If you are interested in learning more about my pedagogy, you can find my Statement of Teaching Philosophy here. I have also written a few posts about teaching on my blog, including one about what kinds of participation we value, “On Silence in the Classroom,” and one about a discussion activity called the “Fish Bowl Activity.”

I also have a couple publications about teaching in Radical Teacher. Two of my poems and a teaching note about writing poetry were published in March 2019. (You can read them here). And I have another Teaching Note about the Heterosexual Questionnaire which was in issue 119 in April 2021.

I am also proud to say that I received two teaching awards in 2020 when I was at Dickinson College: the Joyce A. Bylander Excellence in Diversity Education Award and the Faculty and Staff OUT-Standing Service Award.

The Joyce A Bylander Award is for someone who “challenges and supports students to engage beyond that which is comfortable and to embrace intellectual risk and gain self-knowledge, as well equip students with the knowledge, awareness, and skills to effectively and responsibly engage in diverse environments.”

The Faculty and Staff OUT-Standing Service Award is given to individuals who have demonstrated “leadership and service” to the LGBT community at Dickinson, have worked to improve “campus or community policies”, and who have contributed to “solidarity and coalition building within the LGBTQ+ community.”