Whether serving as a public elementary school teacher or as an instructor at the university level, my approach to teaching and learning has always been centered around insights from critical pedagogies. I come to teaching with the understanding that we are all immeasurably impacted by issues of power and privilege, which persistently shape our individual and collective learning experiences.

By acknowledging the dynamic nature of learning and unlearning, my approach to teaching invites students to engage in a collaborative journey of critical self-reflection, dialogue, and deliberation that honors the knowledge and experiences that we collectively bring to the space while working to build on those understandings throughout our time together. 

Teaching Experience

University of Delaware

EDUC 258: Cultural Diversity, Schooling, and the Teacher (in-person, undergraduate)
Instructor, Spring 2026

This course is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the cultural diversity that exists in U.S. schools. Our goal is to prepare aspiring educators (formal or informal) to understand their role in developing safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environments. Throughout this course, we will collectively explore key issues of race, culture, class, gender, dis/ability, sexuality, immigration, and multilingualism. 

EDUC 854: Equity in Education (in-person, PhD)
Instructor, Fall 2025

In this course, students will delve into the multifaceted dimensions of equity within education. Drawing from carefully selected readings and engaging discussions, participants will discuss diverse perspectives encompassing racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, social class, special needs, linguistic, immigrant, and political facets of equity, spanning both historical and contemporary contexts. Throughout this journey, we place emphasis on fostering both individual insights and collaborative exploration, ensuring students are adept at articulating their profound understandings through both written and spoken mediums.

EDUC 839: Education Policy and Governance (online, EdD)
Instructor, Summer 2025

This doctoral level course is broadly designed to explore how educational policies are developed and implemented across K-12 and higher education contexts. We also examine how education organizations and organizational actors interpret and enact these policies, in addition to engaging with traditional and critical theories that help to explain policy design and implementation. 

EDUC 867: Working Within Local Education Systems (hybrid, EdD)
Instructor, Winter 2025

This doctoral-level course is designed to prepare leaders to understand and navigate complex relationships, systems, and conflicts within their individual organizational contexts and apply course learnings to solving organizational problems and conflicts through equity-driven solutions. 

EDUC 828: Research in Educational Decision-making (hybrid, EdD)
Instructor, Fall 2024

This doctoral-level course develops concepts, practices, and data requirements of performance measurement and decision-making in schools at different levels (student, staff, program, school) and teaches appropriate uses of measurement results for purposes of professional and organizational improvement and accountability.

University of Southern California
EDUC 426: Educational Inquiry (in-person, undergraduate)
Instructor, Spring 2022

This course introduces students to educational inquiry and is guided by a skills-based approach that supports students in learning how to design and conduct educational research. This course is intended to be practically useful to students’ future in education both as practitioners and researchers, as well as informed and productive members of society. Understanding and applying various methods of inquiry in educational research offers students the opportunity to develop a more systematic understanding of themselves and specific educational experiences in a given context.

EDUC 681: Research, Policy, and Practice in Urban Education (online, PhD)
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020

This course allows students to explore various topics and concepts related to the development of urban education through the various social, historical, and political lenses that have shaped its foundations. This course provides students with a rich understanding of how urban education has been conceptualized over time and the ways in which emerging researchers can explore implications for research, policy, and practice.

Fred A. Toomer Elementary School
Third Grade Teacher, 2018-2019
Brookhaven Innovation Academy
Second and Third Grade Teacher Leader, 2016-2018
KIPP Vision Primary School
First Grade Teacher, 2015-2016