Teaching
Teaching Philosophy
As an undergraduate at Harvard College, I completed the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Undergraduate Teacher Education Program, where I was licensed as a high school literature teacher in the state of Massachusetts in addition to receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. I applied these skills through my work as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic.
These experiences have defined my commitment as an educator. I am committed to fostering an inclusive and rigorous classroom by incorporating different types of student evaluation (oral examinations, self-evaluations, and peer evaluations), scaffolding assignments, and providing opportunities for one-on-one feedback and instruction. My goal as an educator is to help students understand and critically assess themselves, their communities of origin, and their agency within these social structures.
Mentorship
In addition to teaching, I actively mentor undergraduate students on how to strategically plan their undergraduate education goals and applying to graduate school. All students under my mentorship identify as historically underrepresented groups within academia. Former mentees have pursued doctoral studies in sociology at the University of Texas-Austin and current mentees are all on track to completing their undergraduate degrees.
"The Reflective Black Body," mural by Layqa Nuna Yawar on Jeliff Ave. Newark, New Jersey
Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Professor Kean University Sociology 1000: Introduction to Sociology
- Teaching Assistantship, Sociology 1270, Brown University: Race, Class, and Ethnicity, Dr. José Itzigsohn
- Teaching Assistantship, Sociology 0010, Brown University: Introduction to Sociology, Dr. Michael Kennedy
- Teaching Assistantship, Sociology 1010, Brown University: Classical Sociological Theory, Dr. Paget Henry