I take my role as an educator—in the broad sense of the term—very seriously, for I see in pedagogy the potential for reproducing power and domination as well as expanding and sharing emancipatory desires and experiences. Often, the lines between one and the other are blurrier than one would wish, especially as an instructor in higher education institutions. Still, I see an important part of my work, as a researcher, a writer, and an educator, to plant seeds of doubt, of alternative perspectives, and love towards texts, be they in the written word or some other modality. As a teacher, I am committed to the idea that when the conditions are right, these seeds can bloom and take a fuller, if surprising, form. This is a hope, of course, but I believe this is what an emancipatory form of pedagogy can aspire to.
Instructor
“Introduction to Political Thought I: Conquest and Colonization,” Plan B Foundation Prison Education Program, State of Mexico, Fall 2020.
SPAN 3020 “Spanish as Foreign Language Across the Curriculum,” Cornell University, Spring 2020.
Teaching Assistant (Cornell University)
GOVT 1615 “Introduction to Political Theory” (Jason Frank), Spring 2023.
GOVT 3726 / HIST 3626 “Revolution” (Jason Frank and Paul Friedland), Spring 2022.
GOVT 3293 “Comparative Politics of Latin America” (Kenneth Roberts), Spring 2020.
GOVT 3152 “Prisons, Politics, Policy” (Jamila Michener), Fall 2019.
GOVT 1615 “Introduction to Political Theory” (Patchen Markell), Spring 2019.
GOVT 3715 “Political Theories of Colonialism” (Begüm Adalet), Fall 2018.