Educational Leadership

  • Assistant Dean for Curriculum, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences: I supervise curriculum oversight for the college of social and behavioral sciences, lead the curriculum committee, and organize curriculum implementation with university-wide programs
  • Supervisor, SBS Curriculum Committee: I supervise curriculum development across the college of Social and Behavioral Sciences. I lead strategic analysis of teaching practices by collaborating with team members in my program, conducting statistical program data analysis, and creating implementation plans.
  • Co-leader, intersectional course design group: I oversee and mentor faculty development of courses that fulfill the intersectional identities general university studies requirement.
  • Undergraduate Program Coordinator, WGS: I manage and oversee educational progress coordination for 80+ undergraduates and use this data to development impactful program changes.
  • Cross-functional curriculum designer: I collaborated with the Departments of Engineering, Philosophy, History, and Cinema Studies on JEDI courses and instructional content.
  • Team member, Social and Behavioral Sciences College Curriculum Committee
  • Team member, Liberal Studies Task Force/Liberal Studies Committee: I work with these groups to update and oversee the implementation of the general studies university curriculum

DEI Education/Consulting

I provide private business and community organizations with evidence-based Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, organizational advice, materials, and presentations/workshops. I specialize in queer topics, intersectionality, and gender issues. Recently I have partnered with Notre Dame, The Martin Springer Institute, Broadvoice, The LGBT Community Center of New York, and the Derry Public Library, and I’m a diversity auditor for Common Sense Media.

University Teaching

I design and teach introductory and advanced college courses in Sociology, Gender Studies, Queer Studies, and Ethnic Studies. I’m skilled at adapting complicated teaching materials to various audiences and learning styles: I regularly synthesize and communicate DEI information to STEM, business, and healthcare majors.

Courses taught at Northern Arizona University
lower-level/introductory:
Sociology of Gender
Feminist Media Studies
Women, Gender Identity, and Ethnicity
Masculinities in the United States
Introduction to Queer Studies
The Intersexed Body in History

upper-level and graduate level/advanced:
Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Feminist Theories   
Controversies in Cross-Dressing 
Sex, Love, and Romance

Teaching-Related Honors

  • Commission of the Status of Women, Outstanding Faculty Contribution, 2021
  • University Award for Liberal Studies Excellence, 2019
  • Early Career Teaching Award, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2019
  • Nomination, Social and Behavioral Sciences Teacher of the Year, 2018
  • Educator of Influence, Gold Axe Academic Award Nomination, 2017
  • Most Influential Faculty Member, Gold Axe Recipient Recognition, 2016

Examples of Student Learning

A. Design a feminist meme and make it go viral (digital media education project)
WGS 180: Feminist Media Studies (Spring 2018): guidelines and student work … or search #WGS299_S18 on Twitter.

B. “The Politics of Queer Representation” class research and education project
WGS 250: Intro to Queer Studies (Spring 2021): projects available on Padlet public bulletin board

C. Wikipedia editing project on feminist fields (with Wiki Education Foundation)
WGS 300w: Feminist Theories (Fall 2018): class site and work

D. “The Politics of Bathroom Space” campus bathroom guide and information resource
WGS 250: Intro to Queer Studies (Fall 2019), emphasis on period needs: web resource created