Teaching Positions
Instructor/Faculty Positions
2019-present Director, American Indian Studies/Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Idaho State University
2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor/Director M.A. program in Native American Languages and Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Arizona
2003-2004 Instructor, Center for English as a Second Language, University of Oklahoma
Adjunct Positions
2010 Instructor, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
2002 Instructor, Workforce Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Graduate Teaching Positions
2013-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma
2008-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
Evidence of Student Success
Two students in the Phonetics course are now directors of their tribal language programs.
All five of my graduate international students in the Teaching Skills seminar passed their teaching tests on the first attempt and were offered graduate teaching positions.
Of the students in the Advanced ESL Course, 2 earned workplace promotions, 3 found employment, and 1 was accepted to a graduate program in Engineering.
Three undergraduates from Peoples of the World went on to minor in Anthropology after taking suggested additional courses related to their majors, such as Anthropology of Medicine.
Mentoring Experience
I am currently supervising four M.A. thesis, each investigating an aspect of an indigenous language. Of these four students enrolled in a terminal degree program, two are currently applying for the Ph.D. in Linguistics and are seeking graduate funding through the National Science Foundation, and one is planning to work in his language community.