Above: Arriving at Universitas Atma Jaya in Yogjakarta, Indonesia during the 2014-15 Pacific Rim Study Abroad Program
I taught full time at the university level from 2004 - 2022 and as a liberal arts professor, innovative and impactful teaching has always been my highest professional priority. Below you can see lists of courses I have taught at different stages of my career. My teaching brings together a general interest in cultural anthropology practice and methodology, through courses like Introduction to Anthropology and Ethnographic Methods, with my specific research focus, through courses like Muslim Cultures and Communities, Visual & Media Anthropology, and Indonesia & Southeast Asia in Cultural Context.
I take an active approach to both classroom and field-based learning, focusing on the application of concepts and theory from scholarship in both discussion and real-world environments. I have published on experiential interventions in study abroad practice, as well as ethical, decolonized approaches to international education through collaborative engagements with partners and host communities.
At Puget Sound I have enjoyed teaching Visual & Media Anthropology, Peoples of Southeast Asia, Senior Thesis, Introduction to Anthropology, and when I have the opportunity, my embedded study abroad course, Indonesia and Southeast Asia in Cultural Context.
2008-2022 —Assistant/Associate/Full/Distinguished Professor at University of Puget Sound, teaching the following courses:
Visual & Media Anthropology
Introduction to Anthropology
Indonesia and Southeast Asia in Cultural Context
Islam and the Media
Muslim Cultures and Communities
Ethnographic Methods
Asia in Motion
Peoples of Southeast Asia
Sociology & Anthropology Senior Thesis (semester long and year long curricula).
2005-2008 — Assistant Professor at Centre College, teaching the following courses:
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Peoples of Southeast Asia
Anthropology of Media
Methods in Visual Anthropology
Islam and the Media
Anthropology of Development: Southeast Asia
Postcolonial Anthropology
2004-2005 — Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Missouri St. Louis, teaching Introductory Cultural Anthropology.
2004-2005 — Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University teaching:
Anthropology of Media
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
1998-2003 — Teaching assistant at Washington University for professors Bret Gustafson, John R. Bowen, Glenn Davis Stone, Jean Ensminger, and Richard G. Fox, in the following courses:
Qualitative Research Methods
Individual and Community
Peoples and Cultures of Africa
Economic Anthropology
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
History of Anthropological Theory