Teaching

I have taught Sociology and Latin American Studies courses to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Arizona, Grand Valley State University, and Universidad Diego Portales (Chile). I have also participated in BA, MA, and PhD thesis committees at Universidad Diego Portales, University of Arizona, and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. I have also supervised undergraduate student research resulting in a co-authored conference paper and a co-authored book chapter. Prior to completing my PhD, I also taught as an adjunct at Eugene Lang College of the New School for Social Research, Drew University, and Columbia University, all in the New York area.

My undergraduate students have gone on to PhD programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Ohio State University, the University of Arizona, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and Stony Brook University. My MA students went on for PhDs at Harvard University, The University of California-Berkeley, the University of Pittsburgh, Loyola University-Chicago, and the University of Maryland. Finally, the PhD students on whose committees I participated currently teach at the College of New Jersey and the Universidad de la Frontera (Chile).

I have taught the following courses:

Undergraduate:

Introduction to Sociology

Social Problems

Culture, Power and Inequality (Honors Freshman Sequence)

Urban Sociology

Sociology of Community

Sociology of Consumption

Causal Explanation in the Social Sciences

Political Sociology

Social Change in Latin America

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Latin American Labor Movements

Graduate:

Introduction to Latin American Studies

Latin American Labor Movements

Qualitative Research Methods

My courses challenge students to develop high-order analytical thinking and writing skills as well as an understanding of the ethical and political conflicts, dilemmas, and challenges present in contemporary U.S. and Latin American societies. Students develop these skills by reading and analysis of challenging and up-to-date theoretical and empirical texts, analysis and discussion of primary source materials (such as publicly available data sets, news and web materials, and audiovisual materials), and the development of original research essays as well as analytical writing. I also encourage students to reflect upon their own experiences, identities, and social positions through in-class directed discussions and reflective writing exercises. I have attached a few sample syllabi.