In the classroom, I am a passionate and committed teacher, always searching for new ways to enhance learning and student engagement. Undergraduates in my courses take part in formal debates and mock trials, write analytical essays and research papers, and craft press releases, video documentaries, object lessons, and digital exhibits. Music allows me to generate conversations about culture, race, and miscegenation and to create moods and introduce themes, a subject I explore in a recent essay for Perspectives on History.
At the graduate level, I work with students to develop focused intellectual agendas, strong grant writing, and effective networking strategies necessary to succeed in academic and non-university settings. With each group, I have taught and mentored a diverse body of learners, including first-generation and non-traditional students as well as minorities and students with disabilities, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in government, museums, labor unions, and film production while others have pursued advanced training in the humanities in top programs across the country.
At the graduate level, I work with students to develop focused intellectual agendas, strong grant writing, and effective networking strategies necessary to succeed in academic and non-university settings. With each group, I have taught and mentored a diverse body of learners, including first-generation and non-traditional students as well as minorities and students with disabilities, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in government, museums, labor unions, and film production while others have pursued advanced training in the humanities in top programs across the country.