Teaching

I aim to help students achieve critical thinking and analytical skills that can be applied in their lives, no matter what major or career they pursue. I think students learn best when they are actively participating in the learning process; thus, I use strategies like flipped classrooms, metacognitive exercises, and student-led discussions to promote student involvement no matter the class size. I also believe in fostering diversity and inclusion in my classes, and I adapt my lessons and course materials to student interests and needs throughout the quarter based on real-time feedback I get in group discussions and one-on-one interactions with students.

University of Hawai’i at Manoa:

  • ANTH 215: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

  • ANTH 220: Quantitative Reasoning for Anthropologists

  • ANTH 300: Contemporary Social Issues

  • ANTH 308: Evolutionary Medicine

  • ANTH 315: Sex and Gender

  • ANTH 360: Primate Behavioral Ecology

  • ANTH 375: Race and Human Variation

  • ANTH 4XX/6XX: Mating and Reproductive Ecology

  • ANTH 604: Biological Anthropology Core [Graduate]

University of California Santa Barbara:

Instructor:

  • ANTH 151T: Evolutionary Psychology

  • ANTH 5: Introduction to Biological Anthropology

Lead Teaching Assistant:

  • Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Various quarters Fall 2016-Fall 2021

Teaching Assistant:

  • Evolutionary Psychology, Winter 2018 and Spring 2022

  • Evolutionary Medicine, Winter 2019

  • Introduction to Biosocial Anthropology, Winter 2016

  • Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Fall 2015/Spring 2016

Selected Course Materials