Teaching
Courses Taught & Selected Evaluations
In 2022, I will join the team of tutors at the London International School of Paleography, where I will be teaching a two-day course on Insular and French Gothic paleography. More details soon!
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
• Sole instructor of record for self-designed and taught courses
• CMLT-C 155- Culture & the Modern Experience: The American 1960s (Sp. 2016)
- Two visits to the Lilly Library to examine material from the 1960s
- Multimedia teaching, including projecting 16mm 1960s educationalfilms in class
• CMLT-C 155- Culture & the Modern Experience: The Medieval in the Modern (Sp. 2018)
- Brought teaching collection of Ege fragments to class for final unit on manuscript culture
- Student final projects included creation of a bestiary in a "monastic scriptorium"; Instagram for Andreas Capellanus Memes; Buzzfeed quiz for which courtly knight are you.
• CMLT-C 151- Intro to Pop Culture: Diversity in the Middle Ages, Diversity in the Modern Ages (Sp. 2019, first-8 weeks course)
- Virtual exhibit visits to libraries' medieval holdings, including the Morgan Library's exhibition on Medieval Fashion.
• Instructor for breakout sections of College-designed, professor-led courses
• COLL-C 103- King Arthur (Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2020)
- Honed ability to present medieval cultural ideas to diverse audience
- Worked collaboratively with professor and other instructor to present medieval material.
• COLL-P 155- Public Oral Communication (Fall 2018)
- Attended weekly collaborative meetings
- Taught various communication strategies of oral communication for diverse audiences
• Instructor for department-designed course with individual instructor material selection
• CMLT-C 110- Writing the World (Sp. 2014, Fall 2016, Sp.2017)
- Rotating topics: Villains & Antiheros; Us Against Them; Bad Company.
- Selected modern & medieval texts that allowed discussion of Book History
Adjunct Faculty (Online), University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl
• Instructor of record for 2 sections of Canvas-based, distance-learning upper level Medieval course
• MEM3300- Castles & Cloisters (Spring 2018)
- Was consulted and assisted Professor Will Hasty convert his classroom course to online format
- Gained experience with online teaching and course development
Lecturer, Université Paris Ouest—Nanterre La Defense (Paris X), Nanterre, France
• Instructor for various levels of English courses designed by University and self-designed
- Taught unique courses for improvement of oral and reading comprehension
Fall 2014:
Compréhension A1
Speaking with Expression C1
Langue Orale A1
Level A2 English
Spring 2015:
Langues étrangères appliquées level C1
Langues et Cultures Etrangères level B2, Public Speaking
Sciences sociales et administration, level A2 & C1
Visiting Lecturer, Université Paris III—Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
• Instructor for a self-designed course of American culture, language, and literature
Spring 2015:
La communication dans tous ses états B1
Anonymous Student Evaluation Excerpts from 2015-2020:
(Fall 2015) COLL-C 103- King Arthur
(Spring 2016) CMLT-C 155- Culture & the Modern Experience: The American 1960s
(Fall 2016) CMLT-C 110- Writing the World
(Spring 2017) CMLT-C 110 Writing the World
(Spring 2018) CMLT-C 155- Culture & the Modern Experience: The Medieval in the Modern
(Fall 2020) COLL-C 103- King Arthur (Online)