Teaching

My teaching philosophy is grounded in critical consciousness, meaning I want students to understand the social structures that shape them and the world that surrounds us, while also empowering them to be enactors of social change. In order to achieve this, I approach teaching as I do organizing, I meet students where they are versus where I think they should be. My pedagogy involves hands-on learning, encouraging students to build relationships with local communities.

TEACHING

  • Teaching Assistant at University of Massachusetts Amherst:

    • Intro to Archaeology: Humans Past and Present

    • Human Origins and Variation

  • Guest Lecturer

    • “Borders, Citizenship, and Illegality”. Intro to Latinx Studies in the Department of Chicanx & Latinx Studies, Loyola Marymount University.

    • “Sanctuary for Whom?: Frameworks of Belonging”. Intro to Latinx Studies in Department of Latinx Studies, Rutgers University.

    • “Activist-Engaged Methodologies”. Graduate Social Research Course in Department of Sociology, UC Davis

    • “Processing the Process of Activist Research Methods”. Survey of Immigration Literature in Spanish and Portuguese. UC Davis.

    • “Final Destination: Unpacking the Fiction of Citizenship”. Anthropological Theory in Department of Anthropology, California State University Fullerton.

  • Community Instructor at Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

    • University of San Francisco Communications Department. I oversaw their digital campaign project on the impacts of COVID-19 on people living in detention. Students developed a “People’s Bibliography” and published an op-ed.

    • Claremont Colleges, I oversaw students field experience on providing accompaniment of people living in detention. From this experience students organized a community conference, “Across Bars and Borders” in 2018.

MENTORSHIP

  • Academic Mentor for the National Science Foundation Mentorship Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

  • Academic Mentor for Each One Reach One Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.