Currently taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst:
Undergraduate courses
Previously raught at Stanford University:
I have also taught composition, English, and fiction writing at Oregon State University and Foothill Community College. If you'd like to talk about teaching or want to see any of my syllabi (or share yours), drop me a line.
Undergraduate courses
- The Law, Logic, and Social Science of Courtroom Evidence (advanced undergraduate course, ~75 students, covers the legal, sociological, and psychological dimensions of evidence law, including hearsay, character evidence, juries, use of statistics in the courtroom, scientific reliability, expert testimony; involves detailed statutory interpretation of the FRE)
- Policing and Surveillance (advanced undergraduate course, covers Fourth and Fifth Amendment jurisprudence, searches, interrogation, implicit bias, racial disparities in policing, ethnographies of policing, training of police officers, private and public surveillance, privacy, cybersecurity)
- Self, Society, and Interpersonal Relations (intro-level undergraduate social psychology course, ~300 students, covers topics such as conformity, deviance, social cognition, implicit bias, racial prejudice, class and status, mass communication and persuasion, emotion, happiness and affective forecasting, creativity and productivity)
- Law & Society (graduate seminar, covers fundamental topics in the law and society, including institutions and inequalities, access to civil justice, organizations and institutional processes, procedural justice, legal consciousness, legal careers, lay participation, resistance, social movements, and legal mobilization)
- Teaching Social Science (interdisciplinary graduate student pedagogy course taught at the college level, includes topics such as syllabus design, strategies for making large classes interactive, facilitating dynamic discussions, fostering inclusivity in classroom spaces, finding teaching mentors, classroom decision-making, differences between institutions)
- Teaching Sociology (required teaching course for sociology graduate students, specific to teaching in the discipline of sociology, includes strategies for teaching key sociological concepts, fundamentals about the sociology major and our undergraduates, diversity and inclusivity, use of technology in the classroom, problem-solving, assessment)
- The Holistic PhD (1-unit graduate seminar, covers issues of professionalization and the "hidden curriculum," including imposter syndrome, failure, anxiety, productivity, mentorship, flow, decision-making, and time management)
Previously raught at Stanford University:
- Conflicts, Ethics, and the Academy (law school course, co-taught with Professor Pamela S. Karlan)
- Sociology of Criminal Procedure (undergraduate)
- Qualitative Research Methods (undergraduate)
- Teaching Pedagogy (required course for graduate students)
I have also taught composition, English, and fiction writing at Oregon State University and Foothill Community College. If you'd like to talk about teaching or want to see any of my syllabi (or share yours), drop me a line.