My passion for teaching sociology comes from my own experience as a first-generation college student with an immigrant background. Sociology helped me better understand my social world through the use of a sociological imagination. This sociological imagination is what I hope to share with my students in all of my courses.
I struggled academically during most of time in high school, but in college, I was able to thrive when I found a subject that I personally connected with and through sociology I was able to excel academically.
As a first-generation college student, I also struggled to understand the unspoken rules and the hidden curriculum in higher education. As a result, I am passionate about demystifying the higher education process for students. The courses listed below reflect these interests.
I teach online and face-to-face and work to scaffold assessments so that students can build and improve their work and experience success in the learning process.