Teaching

Faculty Positions:

A class portrait of my course, “Exploring Humanities through Food,” co-taught with Scott Morris in Fall of 2021 at the University of Utah Asia Campus

Associate Professor of History (Lecturer, Teaching-Focused)

University of Utah

(Undergraduate, Honors) Age of Total War 

(Undergraduate) The History of American Social Movements 

(Undergraduate/Graduate: Online) AI in the Archives

(Graduate and Undergraduate) Experiencing Public History: The Senses & Public History in a Digital World

(Undergraduate) Oral History: Theory and Methods

(Undergraduate) History of American Social Movements

(Undergraduate) History of Sexuality

(Undergraduate) Society, Culture, and the Environment

(Undergraduate) History at Play: Adapting History to Films, Games, and Entertainment Media

(Undergraduate, Honors) American Bodies

(Undergraduate) US Women’s History Post-1870

(Undergraduate) American Civilization

(Undergraduate) Race in America

(Undergraduate) Global Citizenship: Art and Social Justice

(Undergraduate) Exploring Humanities (through Food)

(Undergraduate) Gender and Social Change

(Undergraduate) Special Topics, Independent Seminar: Nazis and the Holocaust

A group photo of our sumo history and culture experience as part of our class field trip to Tokyo as part of the course HIST 2210: Age of Total War, taught at the Utah Asia Campus in the Fall of 2025.

Faculty-Led Study Abroad Trips + Site Visits, University of Utah Asia Campus

  • Study Abroad Program Faculty Director, Legacies of the Vietnam War 2026
    • 5-day trip across Danang, Hue, and Hanoi, with a focus on ethnography through site visits/tours related to the Vietnam War
  • Study Abroad Program Faculty Director, World War II in Japan 2025
    • 4-day trip to Tokyo, focus on public history/historical memory
  • Study Abroad Program Faculty Director, Legacies of the Vietnam War 2025
    • 5-day trip across Hoi An, Danang, and Ho Chi Minh City, focus on ethnography through site visits/tours
  • Site Visit Organizer, Queer Oral Histories of Itaewon Fall 2024
    • 2-hour original tour with guide activist/artist Hurricane Kimchi in Seoul, South Korea
  • Study Abroad Program Program Faculty Director, Queer Asia 2024
    • 4-day tour-centered trip to Taipei on queer histories and legacies of LGBTQ+ activism
  • Study Abroad Program Faculty Director Queer Asian History 2024
    • 4-day tour-centered trip to Hong Kong on queer transnational histories in Asia
  • Site Visit Organizer, Power and Identity in South Korea Fall 2024
    • Multiple site visits as part of the Global LEAP program, including an all-day print-making workshop on social justice art and an all-day tour of the DMZ
My first semester teaching American Studies on base at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard through Honolulu Community College, 2017

Lecturer in American Studies

University of Hawai‘i, Honolulu Community College

AMST 202: American Experience: Culture and the Arts – Section 1 – Spring 2018

AMST 202: American Experience: Culture and the Arts – Section 2 – Spring 2018

AMST 202: American Experience: Culture and the Arts – Section 3 – Spring 2018

AMST 202: American Experience: Culture and the Arts – Spring 2017

Lecturer in Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies

Southern New Hampshire University

IDS 401: Global Society – Spring 2018

IDS 401: Global Society – Winter 2018

Lecturer in Architecture

University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa, School of Architecture

Global Track Doctoral Program with Tongji University in Shanghai, China

ARCH 699: Readings in American Cultural Studies – Fall 2017

ARCH 699: Readings in American Cultural Studies – Fall 2016

Lecturer in Urban Planning

Ball State University

Master of Urban Design Program, College of Architecture and Planning

UD 690: Urban Design Capstone MA Thesis-Writing Course – Summer 2016

One student mind map created as part of an assignment in my American Studies class “Blood, Bones, & Brains” taught at Purdue University, 2015

Lecturer in American Studies

Purdue University

AMST 201: Blood, Bones, and Brains: History of American Bodies in the Twentieth Century – Spring 2015

AMST 201: Youth Conformity and Rebellion in United States History – Summer 2015

Teaching Assistant Positions:

Spring 2016 – HIST 371: Society, Culture, and Rock and Roll, Dr. Michael Morrison (80 students)

Mar. 25, 2016 – Guest Lecture Title: “Gender, Sexuality, and Rock and Roll in the 1970s”

Fall 2015 – HIST 152: US History Since 1877, Dr. Nancy Gabin (60 students)

Fall 2014 – HIST 304: America in the 1960s, Dr. Nancy Gabin (60 students)

Oct. 1, 2014 – Guest Lecture Title: “Peace vs. Power: The Symbolic Divide in the Counterculture”

Spring 2014 – HIST 375: Women in America Since 1877, Dr. Nancy Gabin (60 students)

Apr. 17, 2014 – Guest Lecture Title: “Feminist Consciousness Raising and Women’s Liberation”

Fall 2013 – HIST 151: US History to 1877, Dr. Dawn Marsh (50 students)

Oct. 17, 2013 – Guest Lecture Title: “Gender and Labor in the New Republic”

Spring 2013 – HIST 371: Society, Culture, and Rock and Roll, Dr. Michael Morrison (80 students)

Fall 2012 – HIST 152: US History Since 1877, Dr. Susan Curtis (82 students)

Nov. 1, 2012 – Guest Lecture Title: “Conformity and Rebellion in 1950s and Early 1960s America”

Spring 2011 – HIST 383: Recent American Constitutional History, Dr. Yvonne Pitts (48 students)

Fall 2010 – HIST 152: US History Since 1877, Dr. Susan Curtis (90 students)

Participant in the University of Hawai’i’s 2017 (shown) & 2018 Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Institute

Curricular Positions and Certifications:

University of Hawai’i, Mānoa – Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Institute Certificate – June 5-7, 2018: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/SummerInstitute2018.html

Southern New Hampshire University, Center for Online Education, Intensive Online Training Course – July 24-Aug 13, 2017

University of Hawai’i, Mānoa – Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Institute Certificate – July 11-13, 2017: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/SummerInstitute2017.html

Harrison College, Lafayette, IN, Educational Assistant to the Dean – Jan 2011-Jan 2012

Grant writer, curriculum program designer for undergraduate programs in Business Management and Fireground Operations, and coordinator of faculty professional development workshops