My teaching areas
Comparative Ethnic and American studies
Women's and Gender studies
Sexuality studies
Cultural studies
Cultural studies of science and technology
Disability studies
Pop culture studies
Visual cultural studies

Special training and experience
I incorporate my training in the following areas in all of my courses:

Critical Pedagogy
Library instruction
Research instruction
Writing instruction

I received the Comparative Studies Teaching Award (GTA-level) for the 2005-2006 academic year. I was nominated by my students, and selected by the Department's Graduate Studies Committee.

Courses
I have served as an independent instructor for each course listed here.

My responsibilities for each course include: developing the course syllabus, lecturing, facilitating discussion, designing collaborative learning activities, and developing assignments and rubrics for student evaluation. The courses are listed in reverse chronological order (with my most recently taught courses at the top of the list).

Global Culture
Comparative Studies 597.02
Sample syllabus: Autumn 2006 (PDF)

Science and Technology in American Culture: Questions of Evidence
Comparative Studies 367.02
Summer 2006 (PDF)

Science and Literature: Genomic Narratives
Comparative Studies 204
Winter 2006 (PDF)

Medicine and the Humanities
Comparative Studies 305
Autumn 2005 and Spring 2006
Sample syllabus: Autumn 2005 (PDF)

Global Studies of Science and Technology
Comparative Studies 597.01
Winter, Spring and Summer quarters, 2004-2005.
Sample syllabi: Summer 2005 (PDF); Spring 2005 (PDF)

Values, Science and Technology in American Life
Comparative Studies 367.02 (Writing-intensive course)
Autumn 2004; Autumn, Winter, and Summer quarters, 2003-2004; Summer 1999.
Sample syllabi: Autumn 2004 (PDF); Summer 2004 (PDF)

American Identity in the World
Comparative Studies 367.01 (Writing-intensive course)
Winter 2003; Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters, 1999-2000.

First-Year Writing
English 110
Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters, 1998-1999.

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