Teaching
Teaching Philosophy
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
- Assistant Professor NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. IDSEM 2225, “Calculating the Incalculable”: W.E.B. Du Bois and Racialized Modernity.
- Assistant Professor, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study. IDSEM-UG 2234, “The Philadelphia Negro”: Du Bois and Urban Sociology.
- Adjunct Professor, Kean University, Sociology 2000: Theoretical Foundations for Social Justice
- Adjunct Professor, Kean University, Sociology 1000: Introduction to Sociology