Teaching Philosophy
Students learn best when they have meaningful experiences, reflect on them, and make better decisions as a result.
My teaching seeks to empower student voices and refine their expertise by employing evidence-based practices, active learning techniques, and research from behavioral psychology and cognitive science. In my courses, I ask students to practice new ideas and gain conceptual proficiency through working with peers and receiving regular instructor feedback. There is an electric feeling in a room of students, more than a hundred at a time, talking to their neighbors about modern analogues for the imagery on the shield of Achilles, collectively composing a Pindaric victory ode to their favorite professional or student athlete, or puzzling over an indirect construction or subjunctive mood with a partner. Increased communication between peers and professor afford every student the opportunity to have their thoughts be heard. My work with innovative pedagogy has been featured in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cornell Chronicle, and New York Times.
Courses Taught
Florida State University
- GRW4340 / GRW5345: Greek Poetry: Hesiod
- GRW3104: Homer & Herodotus
- GRE2220: Introduction to Greek Literature
- GRE1120, GRE1121: Beginning Greek
- CLA2050: Programming for Digital Humanities
- CLA4935: Seminar in Classical Civilization: Ancient Senses
- CLT2374: Classical Mythology
- CLT4300: Comedy
Cornell University
- CLASS 1704: Statues and Public Life (w/ Verity Platt)
- CLASS 2604: Greek Mythology (w/ Todd Clary)
- CLASS 2812: Hieroglyphs to HTML: History of Writing (w/ Athena Kirk)
Stanford University
- CLASSICS 34: Ancient Athletics (w/ Susan Stephens)
- CLASSICS 14: Greek and Latin Roots of English
- CLASSICS 11G: Intermediate Greek: Homer's Iliad
- CLASSICS 1G: Beginning Greek
- CLASSICS 31: Greek Mythology