Teaching

My teaching interests include children and childhood; poverty and political economy; aid, humanitarianism, and assistance; tourism; development and NGOs;  emotion and affectivity; and urban anthropology. I also teach on Latin America, Las Americas, the Andes, and Peru. I have taught in the fields of anthropology, human development, childhood studies, and Latin American/Latino studies.

Please find below a list of my previous teaching appointments. You are welcome to contact me for course syllabi, proposals, outlines, or reading lists.

Current Teaching Appointments

Lecturer:

  • Spring 2013-Fall 2016, San Francisco State University
    • Seminar in Problems in Cultural Anthropology (graduate level)
    • Research Skills: The Craft of Anthropological Writing (graduate level)
    • Writing Anthropology
    • Foundations of Anthropology: History
    • Ethnographic Field Methods
    • Urban Anthropology
    • Globalization and World Cultures
    • Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology
  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Fall 2016, Modesto Junior College

Previous Teaching Appointments

Lecturer:

  • Social and Cultural Dynamics of Human Development, Spring 2016, California State University, East Bay
  • Cities, Spring 2016, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Tourism Imaginaries and Encounters, Spring 2016, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Anthropology of Children and Childhoods, Winter 2016, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Anthropological Theory, Fall 2012, Mills College
  • Anthropology of Latin America, Fall 2012, Mills College
  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Fall 2010-Fall 2013, Modesto Junior College

Graduate Student Instructor:

  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Summer 2010, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Anthropology of Children and Childhoods, Summer 2009, University of California, Santa Cruz

Teaching Assistant:

  • Culture Through Food (Anthropology), Spring 2007 and 2009, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Politics and Society: Concepts and Methods (Latin American and Latino Studies), Winter 2009, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Feminist Cinemas (Latin American and Latino Studies), Winter 2007, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Political Change in Mexico (Latin American and Latino Studies), Fall 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Winter 2005 and 2006, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Anthropology of Religion, Spring 2005, University of California, Santa Cruz

Reader:

  • Consuming Culture, Spring 2010, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Culture in Film: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Giving Voice, Fall 2009, University of California, Santa Cruz

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