I was delighted to teach Visual Cultures of West Africa to a group of about 60 students last Spring quarter.
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Teaching Profiles
I had the opportunity to develop my own course for the first time in Spring 2019, and it was the most rewarding teaching experience I have had so far.
I was really excited to teach this course and introduce potentially new material to my students, but as a woman of color I was also extremely nervous about discussing such a hot-button issue with a predominately white classroom.
Teaching HAVC 100A, Approaches to Visual Studies, was one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences I have had at UCSC. The goal of the course is to introduce students to the wide range of Visual Studies theories and methodologies used to analyze visual material, while also walking them... more
Whether I am teaching studio courses or large art history style lectures I am dedicated to providing dynamic arts education and instilling a sense of critical and creative thinking in my students.
In Spring 2016, I developed and taught the course Activist Art in Mexico, which offered me the opportunity to introduce new pedagogies in the classroom and get unique insights and inspiration from my students’ work.
Working with my students to create podcasts about American art history was an eye-opening experience.
I had an extraordinary experience teaching this course. I was fortunate to have a group of twenty enthusiastic students whose curiosity and commitment to the course exceeded all of my expectations and pushed me as an educator.