TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Facilitating a hands-on gallery activity in Crossing Borders. Students wrote poems from the perspective of an object or figure in the painting "Alien Nation." They had to imagine stepping inside the painting and engaging multiple senses to experience what was going on in the artwork.
Manager of Teacher Initiatives, The Phillips Collection
In partnership with University of Maryland, I teach the continuing education, hybrid-learning course Connecting to the Core Curriculum: Building Teacher Capacity for Arts Integration through Prism.K12. In this course and dozens of other professional development courses, I teach PK-12 educators how to blend the visual arts seamlessly into the core curriculum, while reaching students with multiple learning styles. Learn more about I have re-envisioned the possibilities for museum-school collaborations in Today's Ever-Changing World: Reimagining the Museum-School Partnership.
Instructor, The Ohio State University
I taught the undergraduate second-level writing course Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice. I encouraged students to challenge biases and discrimination through the lens of visual culture.
Course topics include:
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Storytelling, Semiotics, & Social Media
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Privilege, Master Narrative, Racism, Colonialism, Implicit Biases, & Representation
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Identity, Community, & Globalization
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Gender Construction, Class Issues, Disabilities, & Intersectionality
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Critical Multiculturalism & Critical Race Theory
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Cultural Diversity & Social Action
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Cultural Appropriation & Re-Appropriation
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Environmentalism
Assistant Educator, Dublin Arts Council
I led tours through exhibitions focusing on identity, immigration, and integration, including The Columbus Crossing Borders Project and Urur Dhex-Dhexaad Ah: Community In-Between.
Museum Educator, MASS MoCA
I developed my teaching skills at MASS MoCA, which I have applied and will continue to apply to all future teaching positions.
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Tours – Led and modeled public, private, and school group conversational tours
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Art Ninjas Camp – Instructed daily activities, art projects, and mindfulness practice
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Programs – Assisted with teaching artist residencies, teen events, and partnership school programs

I use kinesthetic learning to teach Art Ninjas campers about the work of Sol LeWitt MASS MoCA

Facilitating constructivist- and inquiry-based tour to students in "Crossing Borders" Dublin Arts Council

Facilitating artmaking for students in "Urur Dhex-Dhexaad Ah: Community In-Between" Dublin Arts Council

Assisting students during a teaching artist residency with Ang Tsherin Sherpa MASS MoCA

Facilitating student discussions in "Crossing Borders" Dublin Arts Council

Leading students through an inquiry-based tour of Nick Cave's "Until" MASS MoCA