Teaching
Teaching is a deep source of intellectual engagement for me, and I am a nine-time recipient of Harvard's Excellence in Teaching Award. While at Harvard, I designed and taught courses in the Harvard English department, the General Education department, and in the Writing Program, and on topics ranging from Milton's Paradise Lost to the contemporary American novel. I served as a preceptor in the Harvard College Writing Program, where I taught students to examine evidence critically, to write persuasively, and to engage with secondary sources responsibly. I also served as the Writing Director for Humanities 10, Harvard's flagship introductory humanities course for first-year students. I designed all assignments and trained Teaching Fellows in writing department pedagogy.
As a teacher, I believe that sound pedagogy is our best tool for getting students from different backgrounds and degrees of preparedness on equal footing. I am therefore committed to crafting exercises and assignments that are transparent in their expectations and that introduce students to new skills gradually. My aim is to give my students the tools they need to succeed in their undergraduate careers, and ultimately, to engage meaningfully with the public sphere.
I also worked as a Freshman Proctor and Academic Advisor for first-year students for eight years. This mentoring position was a source of deep satisfaction for me and helped inform my approach to teaching.
As Primary Instructor:
Fall 2017- present: Designed and taught "The Art of Shock" (freshman writing class); Harvard University
January 2019: "Joyce Term" (a week-long intensive course on James Joyce's Ulysses)
Fall 2012: Designed and taught “The English Encyclopedic Novel” (Junior Tutorial); Harvard University
As Teaching Fellow:
Spring 2017: “Humanities 10b.” (Louis Menand, Instructor); Harvard University.
Fall 2016: “Humanities 10a.” (Jay Harris, Instructor); Harvard University
Fall 2015: "English Romantic Poets." (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2014: “The American Novel.” (Philip Fisher, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2013: “Enlightenment Creations of the Self, Society, and Institutions. (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2012: “Woolf, Joyce, Proust: Modernism and Aestheticism” (Philip Fisher, Instructor); Harvard University *
Fall 2011: “Narrative Poetry” (Andrew Warren, Instructor); Harvard University *
As Academic Advisor:
Fall 2012-present: First-Year Advisor for Advising Programs Office, Harvard University
Lecture Video
Guest lecture from December 1, 2015. "English Romantic Poets" (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
Teaching is a deep source of intellectual engagement for me, and I am a nine-time recipient of Harvard's Excellence in Teaching Award. While at Harvard, I designed and taught courses in the Harvard English department, the General Education department, and in the Writing Program, and on topics ranging from Milton's Paradise Lost to the contemporary American novel. I served as a preceptor in the Harvard College Writing Program, where I taught students to examine evidence critically, to write persuasively, and to engage with secondary sources responsibly. I also served as the Writing Director for Humanities 10, Harvard's flagship introductory humanities course for first-year students. I designed all assignments and trained Teaching Fellows in writing department pedagogy.
As a teacher, I believe that sound pedagogy is our best tool for getting students from different backgrounds and degrees of preparedness on equal footing. I am therefore committed to crafting exercises and assignments that are transparent in their expectations and that introduce students to new skills gradually. My aim is to give my students the tools they need to succeed in their undergraduate careers, and ultimately, to engage meaningfully with the public sphere.
I also worked as a Freshman Proctor and Academic Advisor for first-year students for eight years. This mentoring position was a source of deep satisfaction for me and helped inform my approach to teaching.
As Primary Instructor:
Fall 2017- present: Designed and taught "The Art of Shock" (freshman writing class); Harvard University
January 2019: "Joyce Term" (a week-long intensive course on James Joyce's Ulysses)
Fall 2012: Designed and taught “The English Encyclopedic Novel” (Junior Tutorial); Harvard University
As Teaching Fellow:
Spring 2017: “Humanities 10b.” (Louis Menand, Instructor); Harvard University.
Fall 2016: “Humanities 10a.” (Jay Harris, Instructor); Harvard University
Fall 2015: "English Romantic Poets." (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2014: “The American Novel.” (Philip Fisher, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2013: “Enlightenment Creations of the Self, Society, and Institutions. (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
Spring 2012: “Woolf, Joyce, Proust: Modernism and Aestheticism” (Philip Fisher, Instructor); Harvard University *
Fall 2011: “Narrative Poetry” (Andrew Warren, Instructor); Harvard University *
As Academic Advisor:
Fall 2012-present: First-Year Advisor for Advising Programs Office, Harvard University
Lecture Video
Guest lecture from December 1, 2015. "English Romantic Poets" (James Engell, Instructor); Harvard University.
