Teaching and learning are central to my practice as an anthropologist. I view the two as mutually reinforcing elements and important to the discipline of anthropology as a whole. I am actively engaged in helping center and further teaching and learning within the discipline of anthropology. I am the former Chair of the Teaching Anthropology Interest Group (2016-2018) of the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association. I serve currently as the Online Content Editor for the Teaching and Learning Anthropology Journal and was part of the team that launched the journal.
I view accessibility of learning materials as an important piece of the equity and inclusion puzzle in higher education. As such, I have been involved in a few recent open access textbook projects both as an author and editor. I summarized some of my thoughts on the importance of open-access and low cost learning materials in a recent article I published for the Anthropology News Journal.
Inver Hills Community College
Anthropology Faculty, Full-Time Unlimited (Tenured)
2012-Current
- Introduction to Anthropology | ANTH 1100 [Quality Matters Certificate of Course Recognition 2014]
- Cultural Anthropology | ANTH 1110
- Medical Anthropology | ANTH 2130 [Quality Matters Certificate of Course Recognition 2015]
- Introduction to American Culture | ANTH 1101
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology | ANTH 1130
- Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab | ANTH 1131
- Introduction to Archaeology | ANTH 1120
- Migrants and Refugees | ANTH 2140
Minnesota State University, Saint Cloud
2014
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Sociology, Career Exploration
- Taught two undergraduate courses averaging 25 students per course
- Developed and designed curriculum, learning materials and assessments
Course Taught
ANTH Introductory Cultural Anthropology
Riverland Community College
Adjunct Anthropology and Sociology Instructor
2008-2013
- Introduction to Anthropology | ANTH 2220 [Quality Matters Certificate of Course Recognition 2012]
- Cultural Anthropology | ANTH 2240 [Quality Matters Certificate of Course Recognition 2013]
- Medical Anthropology |2230 [designed course]
- Student Success Strategies | CARE 1300
- College Success Strategies | CARE 1100
- Cultural Diversity | SOCI 2125
- Criminology | SOCI 2130
Tutoring Specialist | 2009-2010
- Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Graduate Teaching Assistant – University of California, Santa Barbara
- Globalization | ANTH 197 | Spring, 2006
- Intro to Chicano Studies 1A: Historical Foundations |CHST 1A| Fall, 2006
- Central Americans in the US | CHST 141 | Winter, 2006
- Intro to Chicano Studies 1C: Culture Theory |CHST 1C|Spring, 2005
- Barrio Popular Culture | CHST 138 | Winter, 2004
- Introduction to Chicano Studies 1B: Women and Gender Perspectives | CHST 1B |Fall, 2003
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
- Contemporary Brazilian Literature | Spring, 2002 [Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Macalester College]