teaching
My teaching is anchored in commitments to feminist critical pedagogy. I recognize each person in the room as both a learner and a teacher, and invite all of us to engage in a collective process of inquiry and transformation.
My courses traverse fields of religious studies; American studies; the critical study of ethnicity, race, and migration; women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Whatever their theme, these courses integrate historical, ethnographic, and theoretical material, with the aim of helping students build their expository and interpretive skills—and to empower them as agents of their own learning and thoughtful producers of knowledge. Some of the courses in my regular rotation at Skidmore College include American Gods: Religious Diversity in the Americas; The Christian Right; Religion and the Scientific Imagination; Religion and Society; Religion, Sex, and Citizenship; Organize! Solidarity in Theory and Practice; Religion and Racial Capitalism. I regularly facilitate non-traditional courses on critical pedagogy, anti-racist praxis, and transformative justice.
Beyond the formal college classroom, I co-host and co-produce Nothing Never Happens: A Radical Pedagogy Podcast. It features conversations with leaders in the field of critical, abolitionist, feminist, queer, and other radical pedagogies. It’s also a work of intergenerational teaching-learning collaboration: my co-host, Tina Pippin, was my undergraduate adviser at Agnes Scott College over a decade ago. Check us out!
