My aim as an educator is to help students cultivate an anthropological sensibility: the capacity to critically examine lived experiences and draw insights about broader features of social life.
I have taught students primarily at the introductory level in sociocultural and linguistic anthropology, though I am excited to teach future courses to advanced undergraduates on topics related to my research, particularly drugs, ethics, politics, embodiment, and methods.
In 2026, I was awarded the Philip Amsterdam Graduate Student Teaching Award, George Washington University’s highest honor for graduate students based on the nomination of my department and the recommendations of my former students.
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Drugs and American culture
In Spring 2025, I taught a course that I designed called Drugs and American Culture, for which I was awarded the Dean’s Graduate Lectureship from the George Washington University.
Through assignments that ranged from journaling to media analysis to a creative project for the public, students applied concepts and methods from anthropology to develop their own ideas about the relationship between drugs and American culture.
