The key principle that underlies my teaching philosophy is multiperspectivity. It is precisely through being challenged by ideas and perspectives different from one’s own that growth and justification appears in one’s beliefs and ideas about the world. This has guided the design of my courses ranging from the readings assigned to the kinds of activities we do in class to the types of assignments that are used for assessment. And this is also why many of my courses take an interdisciplinary approach to the subject-matter at issue. Readings and methods are pulled from philosophy, history, anthropology, and literature.
See below for a list of courses I have taught:
Hollins University
English & Creative Writing
Existentialism and Literature (cross-listed with Philosophy)
Climate Fiction (cross-listed with Environmental Studies)
University of Hartford
English & Modern Languages
The Native American Novel
Introduction to Latin American Literature
Emory University
Comparative Literature
Literatures, Genres, Media: Revolutions in Form
Reading Comparatively: What is Environmental Literature?
Reading Comparatively: The Event
Introduction to Comparative Literature: Writing Animals (composition course)