Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses (Masters and Doctoral Programs)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Currently, I serve primarily as an Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies for the Honors College at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where I have taught since 2017. In this role, I frequently teach the courses, Moral Choice in a Technological Age, Leadership Theories for Today’s Societies, and a seminar entitled Leadership and the Good Life. I also team teach the first-year undergraduate Honors College course entitled Self-Awareness and Development along with an interdisciplinary team including colleagues with expertise in economics, dance, and kinesiology. In recent years, I’ve also enjoyed the opportunity to teach religious studies courses for the Department of Philosophy including Ideas of the Bible and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Teaching Preparation &
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Teaching has always been a passion of mine. After completing a year-long elementary education internship, I studied at West Chester University of Pennsylvania (WCU), initially pursuing a career in K-12 education. During my time at WCU, I served as a volunteer Instructional Aid and Discussion Leader for several Honors College courses including Community and Change, Leadership Through Film, and Personal Leadership Development: Lessons from South Africa.
During this time, I also served as a Tutor for public speaking, writing, and math as part of the Academic Development Program, earning Level III Master Tutor Certification through the College Reading and Learning Association. During my senior year, I served as a Peer Tutor Coordinator for Learning Assistance and Resource Center, overseeing tutoring for the Academic Development Program which included supervising and training twenty-eight undergraduate tutors.
While at Princeton Theological Seminary, I had the opportunity to study theories of teaching at the Ph.D. level with Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean, where I was first exposed to the writings of Parker J. Palmer. Later, I officially began my Ph.D. journey at Alvernia University, and I represented my institution at the National Humanities Center’s Institute for Graduate Studies through a ‘Podcasting the Humanities’ virtual residency, during which I learned how to create digital stories for the public.
To enhance my teaching skills further, I sought out training in ethics course design, distance education, sustainability, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning from West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s Curriculum and Academic Policies Council, Office of Distance Education, Office of Sustainability, and Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
Today, I maintain active membership in the International Leadership Association (ILA) and the Association of Leadership Educators (ALE). In the summer of 2020, I participated in ILA’s interactive series addressing the following topics: 1) What does it mean to be a leadership educator right here, right now?; 2) Navigating Uncertainty in Leadership Education Contexts; 3) What is the place of anti-racism in leadership education? I regularly attend the ILA and ALE conferences to network with other leadership educators and gain tools, skills, and perspective to improve my teaching.
To improve my teaching and contribute to a scholarly community, I also participate in a leadership educators cohort monthly with scholars from around the world. To discuss this community, I was a guest on the Leadership Educator Podcast along with Dr. Nyasha GuramatunhuCooper.
Recently I learned I was one of several educators from across the country selected to participate in the Educators’ Neighborhood, a professional learning community that is a project of the Fred Rogers Institute.
