Teaching Experience

All too often the process of being educated diminishes the joys of learning. As bell hooks writes, "Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only." I strive to create an environment where students can take joy in their curiosity. My goal is to empower my students to be independent thinkers who are supported by collaborative, community-based inquiry. I have learned to embrace the chaos that comes with an active, student-centered classroom as it leads my students to discover the "philosophical plumbing" that underpins their daily lives.

Full Responsibility

• Reason in Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Introduction to Ethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ethics in Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Introduction to Philosophy (Lecture), University of Wisconsin, Madison (2x)
• Introduction to Philosophy, University of Detroit-Mercy (3x)
• Contemporary Moral Issues (Writing Intensive), University of Wisconsin-Madison (2x)
• Contemporary Moral Issues (Lecture), University of Wisconsin-Madison (2x)

Partial-Responsibility

• Philosophy of Life Sciences, with John Koolage, Eastern Michigan University
• Philosophy of Science, with John Koolage, Eastern Michigan University
• Topics in Pedagogy, with Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2x)
• Teaching Philosophy, with Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2x)
• Introduction to Philosophy, with James Messina, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Contemporary Moral Issues, with Russ Schafer-Landau and Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (2x)
• Teaching Philosophy, with John Koolage, Eastern Michigan University (2x)

Non-Traditional Teaching Projects

• College of Letters and Science New Teaching Assistant Training (6yrs)
• Children's Museum Events (2yrs)
• Community of Philosophic Inquiries (6yrs)
• Darwin Day, 2020
• Philosophy Learning Communities (4yrs)
• Philosophy for Kindergarteners (2yrs)
• Summer School at The Neighborhood House, 2018
• The Sophia Project, (2yrs)
• Climate Change Pop-Up Learning Community, 2016