Teaching

In my teaching, I draw on my past professional experience as a leader of nonprofit teams to build excitement about the ideas I’m conveying and develop independent problem-solvers. I prioritize active and applied learning, connecting course concepts and assignments to experiences students have had in their own lives or will encounter in the workplace. Ultimately, I want students to leave my classroom better able to analyze real-world problems with curiosity and creativity.

At the undergraduate level, I teach a class on qualitative interviewing in which small groups collaborate on an interview project that builds on existing research on careers and work. Syllabus available here. Overall, 100% of participants in my qualitative interviewing course said the course developed their understanding and skills on the subject, and 98% of undergraduate students I instructed as a TA said they would recommend me to other students.

At the graduate level, I develop and teach workshops about academic writing and do one-on-one mentoring with students on their writing projects. Graduate students I have mentored praised my “direct, clear feedback” and said that I was “extremely helpful in guiding [them] on how to better convey research findings to an audience.”

In the future, I would love to teach courses on the future of work, organization theory, economic sociology, and research methods.