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Philosophy

The Sphinx asks riddles of all those it encounters, and the seeming simplicity of its questions makes them profoundly difficult. What is freedom? What is truth? What is justice? What is human? What is power? What is history? What is race? What is the good life? What is violence? Such deceptively simple questions are in fact the very basis of humanistic inquiry, of self-discovery, and of moral imagination. To understand our present – and in order to change it – we must discover its history. For this reason, I begin every class with the statement that I am not seeking correct answers; I am looking for great questions.

Classes

“Radical Political Theory”
(University of California Santa Cruz; 2022)
Undergraduate seminar examining contemporary political theory through a close critical reading of recent radical publishing. Covered topics included art and the Anthropocene; Black anarchism and abolition; socialist feminism and theories of care; and queer-of-color media theory.

“War & the Media: The Soundscape of Violence”
(University of California Santa Cruz; 2021)
Lecture course for 60 students examining how we tell the story of American wars through a critical analysis of media. Historical materials covered international wars involving the United States and the nation’s long history of domestic conflicts, from early colonialism through contemporary policing and the “war on terror”. This class provided an introduction to media theory with a special attention to sound, audio culture, and sonic warfare. 

“What is the Witch?”
(University of California Santa Cruz; 2020, 2022, 2023)
Lecture course for 120 students examining the social and cultural history of “the Witch” as means of introducing key concepts and theories in cultural studies, political theory, critical race and ethnic studies, feminist and queer theory.

“Interdisciplinary Composition and Collaboration”
(Simon Fraser University, Spring 2014)
Combined studio and lecture course for 60 students exploring techniques for collaborative, interdisciplinary composition across dance, theater, music, and visual arts.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

University of California Santa Cruz

History of Consciousness Department, University of California Santa Cruz
HISC 80 What is Resistance?; Instructor: Banu Bargu (2020)
HISC 1 Introduction to the History of Consciousness; Instructor: Robert Meister (2017)

Philosophy Department, University of California Santa Cruz
PHIL 1 Introduction to Philosophy; Instructor: Denise Dinishak (2020)

Art Department
ART 10E 3D Foundation; Instructor: Dee Hibbert Jones (2018)

Sociology Department
SOCY 185B Introduction to Social Theory; Instructor: Lindsay Dillon (2018)

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Art History
AHIS 333 Interdisciplinary Forums: Making It; Instructor: Allison Collins (2014)

Simon Fraser University

School for the Contemporary Arts
FPA 314 Readings in The History of Arts and Culture Studies: Artists and the Institution; Instructor: Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte (2012)
FPA 137 The History and Aesthetics of Cinema II: 1945-Present; Instructor: Christopher Pavsek (2012)
FPA 111 Issues in Fine and Performing Arts; Instructor: Dr. Laura U. Marks (2011)

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