University Teaching Experience
(See here for student evaluations and observations)
2022
Lecturer, The Rhetorics of Race, Inequality, Language, and Education, UNDERGRADUATE
Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University
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Original Spring 2022 Syllabus
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Taught two sections of 25 students/section for required first year writing & rhetoric sequence
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Using an original syllabus, facilitated inclusive, culturally sustaining lessons, assessments, and all individual conferences
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Student ratings of 4.55, 4.69, 4.77, and 4.69 out of 5.0 for quality of instruction
2020
Adjunct Lecturer, Building Foundations of Literacy, UNDERGRAD and GRADUATE
(Spring 2020-Blended; Fall 2020 Online)
Department of Curriculum & Teaching, Hunter College School of Education
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Taught one section per semester of ~25 students/section for required disciplinary literacy course for all majors in the school of education
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Facilitated inclusive, culturally sustaining lessons and assessments
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Student ratings of 6.67 and 6.22 out of 7.0 for treating all students in a respectful manner
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Student ratings of 5.67/7.00 for interpreting difficult and abstract ideas
2019
Adjunct Lecturer, Teaching Reading to Students with Learning Disabilities, GRADUATE
Department of Special Education, Hunter College School of Education
2017-2019
Mellon Humanities Alliance Graduate Teaching Fellow
Composition II-Writing Through Literature, UNDERGRAD
Department of English, LaGuardia Community College-CUNY
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(Fall 2018, Spring 2019) “Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Literary Roots of Rage & Resistance”
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Original Fall 2018 Syllabus
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Original Spring 2019 Syllabus
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(Spring 2018) "Multilingual Voices”
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Original Spring 2018 Syllabus
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Taught two sections of ~25 students/section for required first year writing sequence
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Using an original syllabus, facilitated inclusive, culturally sustaining lessons, assessments
2017
Adjunct Lecturer, Composition I, UNDERGRAD
“Apples, Peaches, and Mangoes: Critical Perspectives on African-Descended Identity in New York City”
Department of English, LaGuardia Community College-CUNY
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Original Spring 2017 Syllabus
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Taught two sections of 23 students/section for required first year writing sequence
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Using an original syllabus, facilitated inclusive, culturally sustaining lessons, assessments
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Student ratings of 5/5 for respect for students and 4.6/5.0 for overall instruction
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Rated ≥ 90th percentile in Assignments, Exams, and Grading (4.79/5.00) and Student Effort and Involvement (4.45/5.00)
2016-2017
Adjunct Lecturer, Developmental English 20, UNDERGRAD
Passaic County Community College
K-12 & Youth Development Employment
2020-2022
Inaugural Scholar in Residence
The Chapin School, New York, NY
2013-2016
NYC Teaching Fellow, Middle School Special Education Teacher, 7-8th grade
New York City Department of Education (MS 246 Walt Whitman, Brooklyn, NY
2010-2013
Dean of Students; Secondary School Placement Coordinator
Harlem Academy, New York, NY
2008-2010
After School Site Coordinator, K-5th grade
CAMBA Kids Succeed @ Beginning with Children Charter School, Brooklyn, NY
2007-2008
Assistant Beacon Director; Test Prep Instructor
CAMBA’s Beacon Center @ P.S. 269 (CAMBA, Inc.), Brooklyn, NY
2005-2007
Certified Teaching Assistant; Spanish Instructor; Student Advocate
Promise Academy Charter School (Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc.), New York, NY