I am committed to anticolonial, antiracist, and feminist pedagogical approaches. I love doing hands-on instruction—in addition to the classroom, I’ve taught in excavation, lab, and museum settings. I also have experience mentoring students and interns one-on-one at the Field Museum.

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record

Theory & Method in Ceramic Analysis (Stanford University, Fall 2024)

Archaeological Methods (Stanford University, Winter 2024)

Feminist Archaeologies (UIC, Spring 2022)

Introduction to Archaeology (DePaul University, Spring 2019)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (led lab and discussion sections)

Human Adventure - online (UIC, Summer 2020)

Introduction to Biological Anthropology (UIC, Spring 2019)

Economic Geography (UIC, Spring 2016)

Introduction to Archaeology (UIC, Fall 2015)

Introduction to Archaeology & World Prehistory (Purdue University, Spring 2015)

Human Cultural Diversity (Purdue University, Fall 2014)

Introduction to Biological Anthropology (Purdue University, Spring 2014)

Introduction to Anthropology (Purdue University, Fall 2013)

Fieldwork Instruction

Project Director and Field/Lab Instructor, Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológico de Jecosh (2017-2018)

Assistant Field School Instructor, PIARA Archaeological Field School, annual summer field seasons at Hualcayán, Peru (six student sessions between 2011-2013)

Teaching Assistant, DePaul Archaeological Field School, Chicago, IL (2010)