Teaching Statement
The best courses I took as a student were those that demanded collaborative exploration. I use this insight in my own teaching by combining lecture with discussion in an exploratory atmosphere. Students participate, engage, and learn more when the classroom presents a variety of opportunities to demonstrate conceptual competence. By using lectures, asking concrete questions, and providing space for open discussion, I engage a diverse range of students in class, provide a platform for students to find their voices and agency in their education, and instill in them an appreciation of the complexity and versatility of philosophy.
I encourage students to use philosophical thinking out of the classroom by emphasizing the relevance of philosophy and the skill set its study develops to their everyday lives. Whether students are arguing for a political position, designing a business plan, proposing an interpretation of a poem, or developing an experiment to test a hypothesis, philosophy is especially well-suited to learning how to reason clearly and communicate effectively. As children we push boundaries in order to determine what the rules are and to understand how things work. Philosophy allows us to recapture and strengthen this curiosity.
Recent and Upcoming Courses
University of California, Irvine
Seminar: Structures and Stereotypes (Philosophy of Psychology)
Feminist Philosophy
Social Ontology
Seminar: The Nature of (Representations of) Social Kinds
Introduction to Philosophy
City College and the CUNY Graduate Center
Essentializing Language (CUNY Graduate Center)
Philosophy of Language
Feminist Philosophy
Social Ontology
Logic Seminar (CUNY Graduate Center)
Honors Rational Animal
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Logic
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Philosophy of Mind