Work Experience

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
September 2021-present
Teaching Associate

Agua Fria High School
Avondale, AZ
July 2018 – May 2021
Teacher

Teach for America-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
May 2018 – May 2020
Corps Member

Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute
Berkeley, CA
May 2016 – December 2017
Undergraduate Associate

Courses Taught

Fall 2023, Winter 2024, & Spring 2024
Sociology 195CE: Community and Corporate Internships in Sociology

Fieldwork, eight to 10 hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Internship in corporate, governmental, or nonprofit setting coordinated through Center for Community Learning. Students complete weekly written assignments, attend biweekly meetings with graduate student coordinator, and write final research paper. Faculty sponsor and graduate student coordinator construct series of reading assignments that examine issues related to internship site.

Summer 2023
International & Area Studies 195CE: Community and Corporate Internships in International & Area Studies

Spring 2023
Education 106B: LGBT Issues in Education and Law
Taught with Dr. Bill Purdy, UCLA Education & Information Studies

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related controversies that arise in schools, colleges, and universities today and how they are being addressed by legal and education communities. In particular, examination of the real-life consequences of current laws and an exploration of what might be done to make things better for all persons.

International & Area Studies 195CE: Community and Corporate Internships in International & Area Studies

Winter 2022
Education 123: Teaching Profession
Taught with Dr. Jeff Share, UCLA Education & Information Studies

Exploration of traditional and alternative teaching practices and public responses to teachers teaching and students learning. Examination of education in socioeconomic context and discussion of some philosophical questions that challenge the teaching profession.

Fall 2022
Public Affairs 116: Using Qualitative Research Methods to Understand Social Problems and their Potential Solutions
Taught with Prof. Amada Armenta, UCLA Urban Planning

Introduction to qualitative research methods with focus on ethnographic observations, interviewing, and focus groups. Students practice conducting variety of qualitative methods.

Education 123: Teaching Profession
Taught with Dr. Jeff Share, UCLA Education & Information Studies

Spring 2022
Global Studies 104: Globalization: Culture and Society
Taught with Prof. Laurie Hart, UCLA Anthropology

Investigation of circulation of peoples, goods, and media to examine interactions of globalization with local culture and formation of global cultures through practices and processes of globalization.

Winter 2022
Global Studies 145: Rethinking Global Capitalism: Race, Class, Gender, History
Taught with Prof. Hannah Appel, UCLA Anthropology

Reconsideration of the histories and geographies of global capitalism. Displacing the industrial revolution from Britain out into the colonial world, the transatlantic slave trade, and the attempted genocide of indigenous peoples in Americas, the study of new map of global capitalism and the new histories of globalization. Course covers capitalism; embodiment and gender; capitalism and environmental crisis; and new issues in digital capitalism, gig economy, and social media.

Fall 2021
International Development 1: Introduction to International Development Studies
Taught with Prof. Hannah Appel, UCLA Anthropology

Exploration of the historical and contemporary context of socioeconomic inequalities between the Global South and the Global North. Focus on the cultural, political, and economic realities of developing world, which includes the various countries of Asia, eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America.

2020-2021
French I: Elementary French
French II: Intermediate French

2019-2020
French I: Elementary French

2018-2019
English II: World Literature & Writing
English III: American Literature & Writing

Education

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Doctor of Philosophy
September 2021-present
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edith Mukudi Omwami

Arizona State University
Master of Education
June 2018 – May 2020
Graduate Student

University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts
August 2014 – May 2018
Undergraduate Student

Université Bordeaux Montaigne
Étudiant étranger en résidence prolongée

Coursework

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)

Fall 2023
Anthropology 203A Prof. Yunxiang Yan
Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Anthropology
Anthropology 253 Prof. Paul Kroskrity
Political Economy of Language Beliefs and Practices
Education M260A Prof. Ozan Jaquette
Programming and Data Management in R
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course

Spring 2023
Education 204F Prof. Richard Desjardins
Non-Formal Education in Comparative Perspective
Education 222D Prof. Ananda Marin
Advanced Qualitative Methods: Discourse and Video Analysis for Studying Learning Across Contexts
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Education 299C Prof. Robert Teranishi
Research Practicum: Methodology
Education 375 Dr. William Purdy
Teaching Apprentice Practicum
International & Area Studies 375 Prof. Adam Moore
Teaching Apprentice Practicum
Sociology 285D Prof. Kevan Harris
Sociology of Capitalism and Development

Winter 2023
Education 222D Prof. Inmaculada Garcia-Sanchez
Advanced Qualitative Methods: Discourse and Video Analysis for Studying Learning Across Contexts
Education 229: Prof. Lorena Guillen
People, Power, and Schools
Education 230B Dr. David Mickey-Pabello
Linear Statistical Models in Social Science Research: Multiple Regression Analysis
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Education 299B Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Practicum: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks
Education 375 Dr. Jeff Share
Teaching Apprentice Practicum
Environment 277 Prof. Travis Longcore
Leaders in Sustainability

Fall 2022
Education 230A Prof. Noreen Webb
Quantitative Research Design and Statistics
Education 234 Prof. Richard Desjardins
Critical Perspectives on Economic Approaches to Education
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Education 299A Prof. Daniel Solorzano
Research Practicum: Literature Review
Education 375 Dr. Jeff Share
Teaching Apprentice Practicum
Education 495 Dr. Mitsue Yokota
Teaching Preparation
Public Affairs 375 Prof. Amada Armenta
Teaching Apprentice Practicum

Spring 2022
Anthropology 239 Prof. Douglas Hollan
Selected Topics in Field Ethnography: Person-Centered Interviewing & Analysis
Education 222C Prof. Ananda Marin
Qualitative Data Reduction and Analysis
Education 235 Prof. Richard Desjardins
Comparative Political Economy of Education and Skills
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Global Studies 375 Prof. Laurie Hart
Teaching Apprentice Practicum

Winter 2022
Education 204E Prof. Edith Omwami
International Efforts in Education
Education 206A Dr. Kimberly Rosenfeld
Philosophy of Education: Introduction
Education 222B Prof. Ananda Marin
Participant-Observation Field Methods
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Global Studies 375 Prof. Hannah Appel
Teaching Apprentice Practicum

Fall 2021
Education 204A Prof. Robert Teranishi
Introduction to Education and Social Sciences
Education 204B Prof. Edith Omwami
Introduction to Comparative Education
Education 222A Prof. Ananda Marin
Introduction to Qualitative Research and Design Issues in Educational Research
Education 288 Prof. Edith Omwami
Research Apprenticeship Course
Education 596 Dr. Jason Dorio
Independent Study
International Development 375 Prof. Hannah Appel
Teaching Apprentice Practicum

Arizona State University

Spring 2020
GCU 113 Prof. Ronald Dorn
United States and Arizona Social Studies
SED 579 Prof. Elizabeth Frias
Apprentice Teaching 4
SED 593 Dr. George Barnes
Applied Project
TEL 505 Dr. George Barnes
American Educational Policy

Fall 2019
ELL 515 Prof. Nicole McNeil
Structured English Immersion
SED 522 Prof. Andrea Bostick
Secondary Education Curriculum Development
SED 579 Dr. George Barnes
Apprentice Teaching 3
SPE 555 Prof. Rebecca Gehrke
Inclusive Practices for Diverse Learners

Spring 2019
RDG 507 Prof. Lana Haddy
Content Area Literacy
SED 511 Prof. Jennifer Clausen
English Language Arts Teaching Methods for Secondary School
SED 533 Prof. Katheryn Hoffner
Secondary Education Instruction, Management, and Assessment
SED 579 Prof. Katherine Palichuk
Apprentice Teaching 2

Fall 2018
SED 579 Prof. Katherine Palichuk
Apprentice Teaching 1
TEL 504 Prof. Charles Anthony
Learning and Instruction

Summer 2018
SED 501 Prof. Elizabeth Frias
Introduction to Effective Instruction
SED 544 Prof. Elizabeth Frias
Creating Classroom Climates

Université Bordeaux Montaigne

Printemps 2018
French 169 Prof. Mélanie BÉZIADE
La Méthodologie du système éducationnel français
Methodology of the French Educational System
LDL2M61
La Migration, l’exil, et l’asile politique
Migration, Exile, and Political Asylum
LDL4Y3 Prof. Florence PLET-NICOLAS
Langue et littérature médiévale : L’Ancien français
Medieval Language and Literature: Medieval French
LDL4Y1 Prof. Arnaud WELFRINGER
Les Amours et les mensonges, la question du jeu théâtrale : Ronsard, de Bergerac, Molière
Love and Lies, The Question of the Theatrical Play: Ronsard, de Bergerac, Molière
LDL2Y1 Prof. Arnaud WELFRINGER
Les Écritures de l’intime : Sartre et Rousseau
Writings of the Inner Self: Sartre and Rousseau

University of California, Berkeley

Autumn 2017
Rhetoric 103A Prof. James I. Porter
Approaches and Paradigms in the History of Rhetorical Theory I
Rhetoric 114 Prof. Luciana Parisi
Rhetoric of New Media
Rhetoric 135T Prof. Eileen Jones
Special Topics in Film: Performance in Film
Rhetoric 165 Prof. Félipe Guterriez
Rhetoric of Legal Philosophy
Rhetoric 198 Kevin Block/Susan Moffat
Global Urban Humanities Interdisciplinary Colloquium: City as Nexus

Spring 2017
Rhetoric 20 Prof. Michael Mascuch
Rhetorical Interpretation.
Rhetoric 103B Prof. Samera Esmeir
Approaches and Paradigms in the History and Theory of Rhetoric II.
Rhetoric 189 Dr. Rebecca Gaydos
Special Topics in Rhetoric – Technology and the Body: Corporeal Art in the Information Age
French 180D Prof. Suzanne Guerlac
La Civilisation française : La Modernité de la vie quotidienne
French Civilisation: The Modernity of the ‘Everyday’

Autumn 2016
Rhetoric 10 Prof. Nasser Zakariya
Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
Rhetoric 118 Dr. Rebecca Gaydos
Undergraduate Seminar on the Theory and Practice of Reading and Interpretation
French 197 Prof. Vesna Rodic
Recherche/Études scolaires en français intermédiat
Research/Field Studies in Intermediate French

Spring 2016
French 121B Prof. Suzanne Guerlac
Les Thèmes, genres et structures littéraires
Literary Themes, Genres and Structures

Autumn 2015
Cognitive Science 1 Prof. Terry Regier
Introduction to Cognitive Science
French 146A Prof. Mairi McLaughlin
L’Introduction à la linguistique française
Introduction to French Linguistics
French 197 Prof. Seda Chavdarian
Recherche/Études scolaires en français élémentaire
Research/Field Studies in Elementary French

Spring 2015
Rhetoric R1B Suzanne Li Puma & Nicolaus Gutierrez
The Craft of Writing: Hiding in Plain Sight, The Rhetoric of Everyday Life
Molecular & Cellular Biology 61 Prof. David E. Presti
Brain, Mind and Behaviour: Introduction to Neuroscience
Computer Science 10 Prof. Dan Garcia
The Beauty and Joy of Computing
Education 82 Prof. Rebecca Poon
K-8 Inquiry-based Lesson Design in the Science & Math Classroom
French 102 Prof. Rachel Shuh
Perfectionnement de l’analyse et de l’expression écrite en français
Perfection of the Analysis and Written Expression in French

Autumn 2014
Chemistry 1A Prof. Marcin Majda
General Chemistry
Chemistry 1AL Prof. Peter Marsden
General Chemistry Laboratory
Integrative Biology 35AC Prof. Christopher A. Schmitt
Human Biological Variation
French Margot Szarke

De Anza College
Summer Quarter 2013
Physical Education 21B: Advanced Tennis | Kelly Simons
Psychology 4: Abnormal Psychology | Joshua Avera