I am committed to anticolonial, antiracist, and feminist pedagogical approaches. I love doing hands-on instruction—in addition to the classroom, I’ve taught in excavation, lab, and museum settings. I also have experience mentoring students and interns one-on-one at the Field Museum.

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record

ANTHRO 159W/259W: Theory & Method in Ceramic Analysis (Stanford University, Fall 2024)

ANTHRO91A/ARCHLGY102: Archaeological Methods (Stanford University, Winter 2024)

ANT229: Feminist Archaeologies (UIC, Spring 2022)

ANT102: Introduction to Archaeology (DePaul University, Spring 2019)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (led lab and discussion sections)

ANTH100: Human Adventure - online (UIC, Summer 2020)

ANTH105: Introduction to Biological Anthropology (UIC, Spring 2019)

GEOG161: Economic Geography (UIC, Spring 2016)

ANTH102: Introduction to Archaeology (UIC, Fall 2015)

ANTH201: Introduction to Archaeology & World Prehistory (Purdue University, Spring 2015)

ANTH 205: Human Cultural Diversity (Purdue University, Fall 2014)

ANTH 204: Introduction to Biological Anthropology (Purdue University, Spring 2014)

ANTH 100: Introduction to Anthropology (Purdue University, Fall 2013)

Fieldwork Instruction

Project Director and Field/Lab Instructor, Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico de Jecosh (2017-2018)

Assistant Field School Instructor, PIARA Archaeological Field School, annual summer field seasons at Hualcayán, Peru (six student sessions between 2011-2013)

Teaching Assistant, DePaul Archaeological Field School, Chicago, IL (2010)