Pedagogy does not exist as a premeditated theory to learn, but as a course to personally discover and create. Pedagogy is an opening of new paths that are dynamic, unrepeatable, meaningful. – Francisco Gutierrez & Cruz Prado
Interdisciplinary Studies Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Undergraduate Studies at California Institute of Integral Studies
2010 – present.
Courses (hybrid online and in-person) taught in CIIS Bachelor of Arts Completion Program:
- Introduction to Social Ecology
- Self and Society
- Modern Perspectives
- Integral Learning
- Community and Culture
- Knowledge and Inquiry
- Research Writing
- Global Studies
- Social Change
- Senior Project
- Art and Social Change
- Dialogue and Community Development
This Bachelor of Arts Completion program serves adult learners, offering a degree in interdisciplinary studies. The teaching approach of this program is based in critical pedagogy, focusing on relationship-building and a collaborative learning environment, praxis (the cycle of action and reflection), situated knowledge, the co-creation of knowledge, and integral learning.
Courses taught in MFA Program: Writing, Consciousness and Creative Inquiry at CIIS
- Teaching Practicum
- Interdisciplinary Pedagogy
Course taught in Anthropology and Social Change at CIIS
- Independent Study, Representations of Deviance: Race, Gender and Criminalization
Course co-taught in Women’s Spirituality Program at CIIS with Alka Arora
- Spiritual Activism and Social Transformation
Mentorship
- Integral Teaching Fellowship faculty mentor
- AWARE (Awakening to Whiteness and Racism Everywhere) student group faculty mentor
- CAWARC (Committed and Aspiring White Anti-Racist Circle) student group faculty mentor
Founding Faculty & Adjunct Assistant Professor of BA Completion Program, Sofia University
2013-2018.
Online Courses:
- Methods of Inquiry: Qualitative Research
- Social & Cultural Perspectives: Activism, Community and Citizenship
- Social & Cultural Perspectives: Global Studies
- Media Studies
- Community Leadership
- Critical Thinking: How to Read Like a Writer
Instructor, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, co-taught with Cynthia Colvin
- Course: Putting Whiteness on the Couch
Spring 2018.
Instructor, McKinnon Body Therapy Center
2016-present.
Courses:
- Introduction to Swedish Massage
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Touch, Health and Common Conditions
Instructor, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, co-taught with Mutombo M’Panya
- Course: The Production of Meaning: Practice of Culture
Fall 2008 and Spring 2010.