Teaching

History of Ethnic America

In this course, students are presented with the histories of various ethnic and racial groups in the US. The primary goals are to understand the contributions of a variety of groups to the social and political life of the US and to explore the challenges, triumphs and continued struggles of these groups.


Introduction to Women’s Studies

This course presents the major theories, scholars and issues in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies.


Identity in a Global Society

This course explores the way identity is formed and altered by contact with a global world. We focus on literature, music and other media as sites for identity formation.


Social Responsibility

This course is designed to explore the ways we are all responsible for the creation and maintenance of a socially just and equitable society.



Culture and Identity

The primary objective of this course is to understand the relationship between cultural practices and identity formation. We focus on texts which explore gender, sexual orientation, race, class and immigration.



College Writing

This course presents students with the tools necessary to succeed in college/university writing. The primary objective is to give students knowledge of research techniques, defining a research topic, developing a thesis and citations. Students are asked to develop a research project that could be undertaken in an undergraduate setting.


Graduate-level Writing

This course presents students with the tools necessary to succeed in college/university writing. The primary objective is to refresh students’ knowledge of research techniques, defining a research topic, developing a thesis and citations.