Teaching
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I came to academia eager to teach and continually find joy in the classroom and the fulfilling community of learning that teaching offers. Being an educator is a core part of who I am as a scholar, and I am committed to building learning environments which are inclusive and responsive to my students. My teaching philosophy is rooted in feminist principles of pedagogy, including:
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Co-creation of knowledge
I approach teaching as a collaboration with my students, where I see myself as a facilitator of dialogue and I aim to foster independence and critical thinking in my students. Knowledge as co-creation empowers students and inspires a sense of community where experience and diversity are valued. It also builds a foundation of mutual trust and respect and opens up space for students to honor each other's differences.
Thinking otherwise
I encourage curiosity and an eye towards challenging traditional ways of thinking, doing, and being, especially to open up opportunities for thinking, doing, and being otherwise. Students learn to practice a feminist curiosity by cultivating a relational investigation of the world--rather than emphasizing persistent critique, students analyze through the lens of imagination and possibility. I challenge students to re-examine concepts, routines, and institutions that we tend to take for granted in our lives and our research.
reflexivity
The classroom is a site of power, and I seek in my classroom to illustrate and embody practices of holistic reflexivity. Students learn through example and through active exercises how to pay attention to power and be mindful of one's own power. We consider the role of power in research and theory-building and explore how knowledge-as-relational shapes our responsibilities to each other as learners and thinkers.
my courses
instructor of record
PS 4465 Feminist Political Theory
An interdisciplinary course cross-listed with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. Provides an introduction to contemporary feminist political theories with the aim of drawing connections between theory, practice, and experience. Students explore a multiplicity of feminisms and approaches to doing feminist theory in the social sciences. Major topics covered include: Intersectionality, Transnational Feminisms, Feminist Methods, Difference and Voice, Prison Abolition, and Performativity.
PS 4893 Global and Postcolonial Feminisms in International Relations
A first of its kind course offered at OSU, this course provides an introduction to contemporary feminist political theories in International Relations (IR), with a special interest in exploring the intersections of gender with race, class, capitalism, colonialism, sexuality, and religion. Students are familiarized with the politics of theorizing International Relations (IR) and how feminist perspectives challenge and advance theories of International Relations. Using an interdisciplinary reading list, we consider how gender matters for understanding key issues in IR, including security, war, foreign policy, peace, borders, and colonialism.
An interdisciplinary course cross-listed with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. Provides an introduction to contemporary feminist political theories with the aim of drawing connections between theory, practice, and experience. Students explore a multiplicity of feminisms and approaches to doing feminist theory in the social sciences. Major topics covered include: Intersectionality, Transnational Feminisms, Feminist Methods, Difference and Voice, Prison Abolition, and Performativity.
PS 4893 Global and Postcolonial Feminisms in International Relations
A first of its kind course offered at OSU, this course provides an introduction to contemporary feminist political theories in International Relations (IR), with a special interest in exploring the intersections of gender with race, class, capitalism, colonialism, sexuality, and religion. Students are familiarized with the politics of theorizing International Relations (IR) and how feminist perspectives challenge and advance theories of International Relations. Using an interdisciplinary reading list, we consider how gender matters for understanding key issues in IR, including security, war, foreign policy, peace, borders, and colonialism.
co-instructor with senior faculty
INTSTDS 4803 Intervening for Peace: Peacekeeping and Collective Security (co-instructor with senior faculty)
This course explores the theory and practice of international peace interventions and human security, two key multinational responses to international violence. Investigating specific cases in depth, we will explore (1) when peacekeeping, peacemaking, or peacebuilding and human security interventions are appropriate, (2) when they are likely to occur, (3) what constitutes success in these initiatives, and (4) the variables that affect success.
This course explores the theory and practice of international peace interventions and human security, two key multinational responses to international violence. Investigating specific cases in depth, we will explore (1) when peacekeeping, peacemaking, or peacebuilding and human security interventions are appropriate, (2) when they are likely to occur, (3) what constitutes success in these initiatives, and (4) the variables that affect success.
new course design
Critical Methods in Political Science
Through the lens of critical theories in political science, this course explores research design and methods beyond the mainstream canon. Engaging with debates on epistemology in the social sciences, students will learn a variety of critical, interpretive methods, including relational interviews, discourse analysis, visual analysis, grounded theory, and ethnography, and will design a research proposal informed by critical approaches to social science research. Students will analyze the political stakes involved in methods and methodology and learn to consider and apply holistic reflexivity.
Through the lens of critical theories in political science, this course explores research design and methods beyond the mainstream canon. Engaging with debates on epistemology in the social sciences, students will learn a variety of critical, interpretive methods, including relational interviews, discourse analysis, visual analysis, grounded theory, and ethnography, and will design a research proposal informed by critical approaches to social science research. Students will analyze the political stakes involved in methods and methodology and learn to consider and apply holistic reflexivity.