Philosophy :: Classes :: Grants :: Honors

:: Educational Philosophy ::

I believe that helping students understand the content of a class is only the first step towards successful teaching. Teachers should also strive to help students identify their interests and develop skills to communicate their ideas. Although lectures can be useful for presenting information in a short amount of time, I am strongly committed to extended research projects and seminar discussions as a means of more fully engaging students in class materials. Although my classes encourage students to utilize new technological forms of communication, I also stress a solid foundation in basic communication skills. By having the opportunity to express and refine their ideas, students build talents that will help them succeed in any profession.

My classes are demanding, but my students leave them with a sense of accomplishment and an enthusiasm for learning. When evaluating students, I look at their level of participation in class, their improvement over time, their grasp of the issues, and their clarity in written and oral expression.

 

:: Classes Taught while at the University of Washington ::

HUM 207: Science and Its Critics, co taught with Maynard Olson (Genome Sciences and Medicine)

CHID 250: Biofutures

HUM 498: Fifth Annual Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities: Media and the Senses (seminar), co taught with Axel Roesler (Design), Carrie Bodle (Art), and Jentery Sayers (English)

CHID 490: CHID Research Seminar, "Love and Attraction"

HUM 204: The Role of Perspective in History, Science, and Design (Team Taught with Axel Roesler, Design, University of Washington

CHID 490: CHID Research Seminar, "The Politics of Memory"

HUM 203: The World in Motion: Animation in Theory and Practice (Team Taught with Stephanie Andrews, Digital and Experimental Arts, University of Washington

CHID 498: Gilles Deleuze Reading Group

HUM 201: Becoming Strangers: Travel, Trust, and the Everyday (lecture), co taught with Brian Reed (English)

HONORS ARTS AND SCIENCES 251 B: Eye + Mind: Art, Science, and Perception (seminar)

HUM 498: Fourth Annual Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities: Becoming Strangers: Travel, Trust, and Collaboration (seminar), co taught with Ellen Garvens (Art), Ariana Russel (Art), and Brian Reed (English)

CHID 498: Animating Cultural Theory

CHID 270: Communication Matters: The Materiality of Communication Practices

HUM 102: Eye + Mind: Art, Science, and Perception (lecture), co-taught with Elibabeth Rutledge (Medicine), This class includes an optional laboratory component)

CHID 390: Interpretation of Texts and Culture

HUM 498: Third Annual Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities: Trauma, Time, and Embodiment, co taught with Lisa Darms (Art), Kari Tupper (Women Studies), and Claudia X. Valdes (Digital and Experimental Arts)

Humanities 200: In Vivo: Traversing Scientific and Artistic Observations on Life, Co-taught with Elizabeth Rutledge (Medicine). This class includes an optional laboratory component.

CMU 200: Introduction to Mass Communication

CHID 370: The Cultural Impact of Information Technology
(Cross listed with Communication, CMU 302)

CMU 403: Visual Culture

CMU 418: The Cultural History of Communication Practices

CMU 418: The Information Society

CMU 507: Computers and Critical Thought

In addition I have led an international program with 24 students to Iceland entitled, "Regeneration: Matter, Myth, and Memory in Iceland"

 

:: Classes taught while at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario ::

SOCI 5209: Graduate Seminar in Science and Technology Studies

SOCI 4501: Sociological Studies of Science and Technology

SOAN 3805: Introduction to Cultural Studies

SOCI 2400: Introduction to the Cultural Studies of Science and Technology

 

:: Teaching Honors ::

May 2004, one of five nominees for Outstanding Graduate Student Educator, Carleton University Graduate Student Association

May 2004, Carlton University Student Association Outstanding Educator Award

May 2003, Carleton University Student Association Outstanding Educator Award

April 2000, Outstanding Educator Award Delta Upsilon Fraternity

 

:: Grants Received in Eduaction and Curricular Reform ::

2008: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award, "Science and its Critics," course scheduled for Winter 2009 (along with Maynard Olson, Medicine and Genome Sciences)

2008: Faculty for Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington (Carrie Bodel, Art, Axel Rosler, Interactive Design, and Jentery Sayers, English)

2007: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award, "The Power of Perspective," course scheduled for Fall 2007 (along with Axek Roesler, Interactive Design)

2006: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award, "Animation in Theory and Practice," course scheduled for Spring 2007 (along with Stephanie Andrews, Digital and Experimental Arts).

2005: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award, "Becoming Strangers: Travel, Trust, and the Everyday," Autumn Quarter 2005 (along with Brian Reed, English, University of Washington).

2005: Co-investigator, President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund, University of Washington, “Comparative Exploration of Diversity: Interdisciplinary Knowledges and Personal Engagements” (along with Jeannette Bushell, Amy Peloff, and Georgia Roberts, Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington).

2005: Faculty for Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington (along with Ellen Garvens, Art, Ariana Russell, Art, and Brian Reed, English, University of Washington).

2004: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award "Eye and Mind: Art, Science, and Perception" a class planned for Winter Quarter 2005 (along with Elizabeth Rutledge, Medicine, University of Washington).

2004: Faculty for Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities at the University of Washington (along with Kari Tupper, Women’s Studies and Comparative History of Ideas; and Claudia X. Valdes, Digital and Experimental Arts, University of Washington).

2002: Tools for Transformation "A Three Year Proposal for an Interdisciplinary Course on Science and Society" from University of Washington. (Co-investigator with Jeffrey Bonadio, Bioengineering; and Kari Tupper, Women’s Studies and the Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington).

2001-2002: Walter Simpson Chapin Humanities Center, Danz Course Award "In Vivo: Traversing Artistic and Scientific Conceptions of Life" a class taught during Spring Quarter 2002 (along with Elizabeth Rutledge, Medicine, University of Washington, and Marta Lyall, Art, University of Washington).