Teaching

Teaching Philosophy

I see my role in the classroom as an inseparable extension of my commitments to expansive notions of abolition. My approach to education as a liberatory practice combines content-area knowledge with rigorous engagements with theory, building on students’ personal experiences, and strengthening students’ abilities to effectively communicate their ideas across fields of knowledge and praxis. I see these as the pillars supporting students in understanding, imagining, and making the world they want to see.

Current Courses

• Race and Environment (Fall 2021)
• Introduction to Asian American Studies (Fall 2021)
• Racial Capitalism (Graduate Seminar, Winter 2021)
• Theory in Asian American Studies (Winter 2022)

Past Teaching

2020–21

• Introduction to Asian American Studies
• Race and State Violence (Graduate Seminar)
• The US Prison Industrial Complex

2019–20

• Introduction to Asian American Studies

2018–19

• Theory in Asian American Studies
• The US Prison Industrial Complex
• Racial Capitalism (Graduate Seminar)

Adjunct Teaching

• Asians in the US (Intro to Asian American Studies, Hunter College)
• Introduction to Geography (Lehman College)

Other Courses and Workshops

• Race and the Environment
• Race, Place, and Space
• GIS and Mapping for Justice
• Curating Your Academic Web Presence
• Introduction to GIS
• Basics of Web Development