My teaching draws from sociolinguistics, anthropology, and the arts to create learning experiences that are both rigorous and human-centered. Whether guiding students through TESOL, academic writing, or cultural studies, I emphasize dialogue, curiosity, and reflection as the core of learning. Across contexts, I encourage metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness—helping students better understand how language works, how learning happens, and how both shape their sense of self in the world.

Teaching Philosophy

I believe that meaningful learning emerges through relationship, relevance, and reflection. My teaching blends linguistic precision with cultural awareness, encouraging students to view language as a living archive of identity and power. Whether in a writing classroom, a language lab, or a discussion of cultural texts, I help students connect the personal and the global—seeing themselves as both learners and participants in larger human stories. Through developing metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness, students build not only skill but agency: they learn to understand, question, and ultimately shape the languages and cultures that shape them.

Concentrations

Academic writing, rhetoric, and composition · Sociolinguistics and language ideology · Cultural and linguistic anthropology · History of American pop culture and media · Intercultural communication and discourse analysis · Metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness in learning · TESOL and communicative methodologies