Courses
I have teaching expertise in a broad range of film and media studies courses, including: film history; television history; genre studies; race/gender/representation; media authorship; and adaptation & intermediality. I have also developed several courses on special topics, including global music video, screendance, and media panics.
At University of Washington Tacoma, I regularly teach the following courses:
COMING SOON! I am currently developing the following course:
At Northwestern University in Qatar, I taught the following courses:
NOTE: I am a strong believer in sharing and collaboration, so if you're a fellow teacher trying to design your own course on or related to any of the topics above, please don't hesitate to reach out for a copy of a syllabus.
At University of Washington Tacoma, I regularly teach the following courses:
- TCORE 104/114: Introduction to Humanities: Science Fiction(s)
- TFILM 201: Introduction to Film Studies
- TFILM 220: Film and the Arts
- TCOM 343: Global Music Video
- TFILM 485: Media Genres: The Hollywood Musical
- TFILM 489: Screendance
COMING SOON! I am currently developing the following course:
- TFILM 4xx: Race and Ethnicity in Film
At Northwestern University in Qatar, I taught the following courses:
- MIT 220: Analyzing Media Texts
- MIT 312: History of Film
- MIT 322: Genre: Hollywood/Bollywood
- MIT 322: Genre: Global Music Video
- MIT 398: Contemporary Adaptation and Intermediality
NOTE: I am a strong believer in sharing and collaboration, so if you're a fellow teacher trying to design your own course on or related to any of the topics above, please don't hesitate to reach out for a copy of a syllabus.
Pedagogical Tools, Resources, & Publications
This section is especially dedicated to fellow film & media studies instructors. I am happy to share some of my pedagogical tools, both published and unpublished. Please reach out to let me know if you adopt one of these for your classroom--I'd love to hear about how it's going!
Other Resources (not mine!):
I cannot take credit for creating these, but I've found them useful in my classroom and highly recommend them!
- Access my Screening Sheet tool via EDIT Media
Screening sheets are designed to help students at the introductory level get accustomed to taking notes on moving image media. - Access my Backwards Outline tool via the UC Berkeley Student Learning Center
This step-by-step backwards outlining process helps writers to make sense of what work each aspect of their already-written essay is doing to support their central argument. It is designed to be used during the revision phase of paper writing. - Unpublished: A "cheat-sheet" to help students learn basic cinematography terms
- Unpublished: A "cheat-sheet" to help students learn basic film editing terms
Other Resources (not mine!):
I cannot take credit for creating these, but I've found them useful in my classroom and highly recommend them!
- JeopardyLabs allows you to make and save your own Jeopardy! games--a fun way to help students prepare for an exam
- The University of Michigan is spearheading a video series called the Audiovisual Lexicon for Media Analysis, comprised of numerous short videos by media studies scholars explaining key concepts in just a few minutes; they generously made it all available for free when the COVID-19 pandemic forced us all online
- I was part of the University of Washington pilot of Hypothesis, an open source social annotation software--my students and I had positive experience using it
Pedagogical Development, Service, & Mentorship
Ever since I was an undergraduate, I have been passionately involved in university teaching & learning communities. I've participated in and led a wide range of pedagogical workshops and seminars, and I've been trained in multiple models of tutoring, teaching evaluation, and mentorship.
At UW Tacoma, I have participated in a number of teaching institutes and development programs: the inaugural Indigenizing Pedagogy Institute during 2021-2022, as well as the SEED (Strengthening Educational Excellence through Diversity) Program and the iTech Fellows program (a certification process for high-quality, evidence-based online and hybrid teaching).
At NU-Qatar, I served on the Working Group on Teaching and Pedagogy. I co-facilitated workshops on formative & summative assessments as well as integrating the campus museum into classroom teaching. I also mentored undergraduates on independent research projects. In my syllabi, I experimented with blended learning and used digital learning technologies both inside and outside the classroom; most recently, I collaborated with WikiEdu for my Film History course, which allowed students to contribute to Wikipedia for their final projects. One such contribution was a sorely needed new entry on the Cinema of Qatar. If you're a fellow instructor who's interested in incorporating a Wikipedia project for your course, I'm happy to answer any questions or connect you to the WikiEdu folks to get it started. (Bonus not-so-humble brag: Here's a story on the WikiEdu blog about my students' excellent work)
While in graduate school, I held a number of positions at Northwestern's Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching, where I served as a Graduate Teaching Mentor, a Teaching Consultant, and a Workshop Leader. Prior to this, I completed the Searle Center's Teaching Certificate Program and served as a Workshop Leader at the 2014 New TA Conference, which trains first-time TAs at Northwestern.
As an undergraduate, I was employed at the UC Berkeley Student Learning Center (SLC) as a Writing Tutor. Over the course of my 3 years there, I served as a Drop-in, By-Appointment, Collaborative Model, and Senior Tutor. Along with my fellow senior tutors, I presented on “Sustaining the Community Brain” at the 2010 Northern California Writing Centers Association Annual Conference in Burlingame, CA. I also developed a number of workshop, tutoring, and reference guides, all of which are on file at the SLC.
At UW Tacoma, I have participated in a number of teaching institutes and development programs: the inaugural Indigenizing Pedagogy Institute during 2021-2022, as well as the SEED (Strengthening Educational Excellence through Diversity) Program and the iTech Fellows program (a certification process for high-quality, evidence-based online and hybrid teaching).
At NU-Qatar, I served on the Working Group on Teaching and Pedagogy. I co-facilitated workshops on formative & summative assessments as well as integrating the campus museum into classroom teaching. I also mentored undergraduates on independent research projects. In my syllabi, I experimented with blended learning and used digital learning technologies both inside and outside the classroom; most recently, I collaborated with WikiEdu for my Film History course, which allowed students to contribute to Wikipedia for their final projects. One such contribution was a sorely needed new entry on the Cinema of Qatar. If you're a fellow instructor who's interested in incorporating a Wikipedia project for your course, I'm happy to answer any questions or connect you to the WikiEdu folks to get it started. (Bonus not-so-humble brag: Here's a story on the WikiEdu blog about my students' excellent work)
While in graduate school, I held a number of positions at Northwestern's Searle Center for Advancing Learning & Teaching, where I served as a Graduate Teaching Mentor, a Teaching Consultant, and a Workshop Leader. Prior to this, I completed the Searle Center's Teaching Certificate Program and served as a Workshop Leader at the 2014 New TA Conference, which trains first-time TAs at Northwestern.
As an undergraduate, I was employed at the UC Berkeley Student Learning Center (SLC) as a Writing Tutor. Over the course of my 3 years there, I served as a Drop-in, By-Appointment, Collaborative Model, and Senior Tutor. Along with my fellow senior tutors, I presented on “Sustaining the Community Brain” at the 2010 Northern California Writing Centers Association Annual Conference in Burlingame, CA. I also developed a number of workshop, tutoring, and reference guides, all of which are on file at the SLC.