Teaching

My pedagogy is grounded in critical and liberatory traditions. I believe classrooms can be spaces of transformation—places where we not only learn about social problems, but come to understand how we contribute to those problems. I approach teaching as a political and ethical practice rooted in care, consciousness raising, and dialogue.

In my courses, I try to center voices and knowledge from people directly impacted by the systems we study. I encourage students to interrogate how structures of inequality—such as racism, incarceration, poverty, and criminalization—are reproduced through institutional logics and everyday interactions. Whether we’re discussing risk assessment in parole hearings or the politics of methadone treatment, I emphasize the social construction of categories like “danger,” “addiction,” and “rehabilitation,” and how these classifications justify control and marginalization.

Teaching Experience

Instructor
Health, Inequality, and the War on Drugs and Crime (First-Year Seminar)
UC Davis | 7 Quarters (2021–2024)

Co-designed and co-taught an interdisciplinary seminar examining the intersections of public health, drug policy, and carceral logics. Students explored how social institutions construct and respond to addiction, risk, and crime, with a focus on stigma, harm reduction, and governance.

Teaching Assistant
I have over four years of TA experience at UC Davis across courses in sociology, health policy, and law, including:

(Abolish) Criminology
Sociology of Violence
Juvenile Delinquency
Sociology of Law
Health Policy
Self & Society
Introduction to Sociology

I bring compassion and curiosity to discussion sections, and I work to build a classroom culture where all students—especially those who feel alienated by traditional academic norms—can participate fully and thrive.