I have taught in some capacity during each semester of graduate school, supporting several courses as a teaching assistant, coordinating targeted interventions aimed at improving student success, and implementing appropriate adjustments when shifting to an online course modality during the pandemic. Additionally, since June 2023 I have designed and taught six separate undergraduate courses in philosophy. This extensive experience has given me the opportunity to formulate, implement, and evaluate an innovative method for teaching philosophy which I call skills-based instruction, which you can learn about here. Lastly, you can find a list of projects I've advised here.
This class fosters an environment for productive and practical discussions on divisive topics while integrating key insights from the historical development of political philosophy.
This extension of the standard introduction to logic course provides a broader framework for developing problem solving skills through dedicated practice.
This course utilizes a customized small-group discussion format to provide a general overview of the topics and methods used in the discipline of philosophy. By the end of this course, students will be prepared to leverage their new knowledge and skills to enhance any organizational meeting, advocate for their interests, and make a difference both within and outside of the university.
This innovative synchronous online course uses a customized textbook to help students learn the basics of propositional and first-order logic, gain exposure to additional logical systems, and ultimately pursue an original application of these tools in a project suited to their interests.
This intermediate level course addresses the nuances of trust, power, prejudice, ignorance, and how all of these interact with social institutions like science and democracy. Our structured in-class discussions help students build the mental flexibility needed for understanding and explaining others’ views, forming and articulating their own opinions, and navigating frameworks for producing knowledge in a complex social world.
This skills-based course provides tools for analyzing and evaluating reasoning patterns. Through participating in the course, students will become adept at recognizing and circumventing flawed reasoning, communicating their own ideas more effectively, and responding constructively to the contributions of others. Students are then encouraged to use these skills to address real-world problems and create meaningful dialogue surrounding controversial topics.
This course features a split focus between the implications of time travel and the challenges of time management. Includes discussions in metaphysics about the nature of time itself, approaches to temporal logic, analyses of time travel in fiction, and practical questions about how we can best approach managing our own time in the chaotic pace of the contemporary digital world.
This course is still in development. Check back later for more information.
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