A gift from my student at the 2023 University of Oregon Lavender Graduation
I am honored to have received:
2025. “Acts of Kindness Award.” NBC16 KTMR, Eugene
2024. Second Place, “Best Educator in Eugene, Oregon,” nominated and voted on by the broader community of Eugene. Eugene Weekly.
2024. Outstanding Faculty Award. University of Oregon LGBT Education and Support Services
2023. Outstanding Faculty Award. University of Oregon LGBT Education and Support Services
2018. Charles W. Hunt Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. University of Oregon Sociology
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
Liberation Pedagogy, Queer and Trans Education, Intersectionality, Decolonial Feminisms, Solidarity and Activism Across Difference, Universal Accessibility/Accessible Education
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sole Instructor (online courses indicated with *, many of these courses taught multiple times)
2014-Present, University of Oregon departments of WGSS, UGST, Sociology, and Honors College
Introduction to Transgender Studies
Critical Feminist Pedagogy
Social Change and Collective Liberation
Decolonial Feminisms
Performance Ethnography
Transnational & Indigenous Feminisms
Transgender Studies (graduate level)
Social Inequalities
Bodies and Power
Bodies and Power*
Gender, Science, and Technology
Gender, Work, and Class
Introduction to WGSS
Gender, Literature, and Culture
Gender and Pop Culture
Queer Theory
Sex & Society
Queer Theory and Intersectionality through Fungi
LGBTQIA+ Scholars Seminar
2023-Present, Missouri State University department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Gerontology
Sociology of Gender*
Social Problems in the Community*
Introduction to Society*
2023-Present, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi department of Sociology and Psychology
Sociology of the Family*
Power, Privilege, and Poverty*
2008-2012, University of Houston Writing Center
Fundamentals of English (rhetoric & composition)
Discussion Facilitator, Teaching Assistant, and/or Grader
2013-2020, University of Oregon departments of Sociology, WGSS, and Ethnic Studies
Sociology of Gender
Inequality in Societies
American Society
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to WGSS
Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Social Equity & Criminal Justice
Introduction to Chican@/Latin@ Studies
Sociology of Health and Medicine
Social Stratification
Identity, Race, and Culture
Introduction to Queer Studies
Interaction and Social Order
Gender & Globalization
Sex & Society
Development of Sociology