I embrace a teaching style of “high expectations and high support,” which stems from several years of teaching and curriculum development experience across diverse populations and contexts before starting my PhD. This includes underserved high school students in West Philadelphia and the Bay Area and college-going North Korean defectors in Seoul.

My teaching is designed with the following goals in mind:

  1. Cultivate critical reading, writing, and thinking skills

  2. Train students to apply theoretical class concepts to the world around them

  3. Create a communal, equitable space where students can productively learn and challenge themselves and each other

In 2024, I received the Penn Prize for Teaching Excellence, awarded annually to ten graduate students across the university.

Teaching Experience

University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Assistant

  • Introduction to Sociological Research Methods, Professor Courtney Boen (Spring 2024)

  • Introduction to Sociology, Professor Ben Shestakofsky (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

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