TEACHING

Courses developed and taught at the University of West Florida, Trinity College, Del Mar College, and Texas A&M University as a formal Instructor of Record.

AMH 4111: Colonial America
AFH 4503: Africans in the Atlantic World
​HIST 278: Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
HIST 282: Maritime Archaeology of the Atlantic World
HIST 343: The History and Archaeology of West Africa
ANTH 201: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 210: Sociocultural Anthropology
ANTH 2302: Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 313: Historical Archaeology
ANTH 415: Anthropological Writing
ANTH 402: Archaeological Artifact Conservation*
ANTH 605: Conservation of Archaeological Materials I*
FYEX 101: First Year Experience
*Teaching/Lab Assistant

I view students as teammates and as co-producers and cocreators of knowledge who bring their own strengths, experiences, and goals to the classroom. The primary takeaway I want to give students is the quality of curiosity; I want students to leave my class inquisitive of how the themes, topics, or course subject might apply to their major or career path. Acknowledging that many students take these courses out of interest and to meet curricular requirements, I try to prepare my students to approach these topics from the point of view of their own passions. At the same time, I develop measurable and meaningful learning objectives using frameworks like Bloom’s taxonomy that students can clearly demonstrate when they leave my classes. I have also mentored undergraduate students in research and seen past mentees achieve success in graduate school and the work force. I also contribute to high-impact practices outside the classroom through fieldwork and internship supervision.