I approach teaching with a developmental and nurturing perspective.

My goal is to introduce students to new ways of seeing, leading them into more complex and sophisticated forms of reasoning. How students learn is as important as what students learn. I motivate students to learn by giving them the space to carefully consider their own ways of thinking, and by emphasizing the collaborative nature of our learning endeavours. I aim to foster an intellectual, courageous, and humanistic classroom where students are rewarded for taking risks, being authentic, and approaching their own learning with responsibility.

Experience

Teaching Assistantships (192 hours each)

September-December 2020. UBC HIST 240. History of Medicine: Ancient World to 1700 AD

January-April 2020. UBC HIST 220. History of Europe, 1500-1900.

September-December 2019. UBC HIST 104G. Genocide in World History (Vantage College, UBC).

January-April 2019. UBC HIST 420. Problems in Postcolonial International Relations, 1914-2000.

September-December 2018. UBC HIST 369. History of Europe, 1900-1950.

Facilitation

January 2020-present. Graduate student facilitator, Instructional Skills Workshops, UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT). Facilitated workshops include instructional skills development, equitable and inclusive pedagogy, creating classroom climates, and teaching online with technology.

2019-2020. Volunteer facilitator, UBC Humanities 101 (adult ages)

2019, July-August. Volunteer literacy mentor, Writers Exchange Summer Program (ages 6-11)

 Training

2020. Certificate in Advanced Teaching and Learning, UBC CTLT (150 hours)

2019, December. Facilitator Development Workshop, UBC CTLT (40 hours)

2019, February. Instructional Skills Workshop, UBC CTLT (24 hours)