Teaching Professor?
As teaching-focused faculty at UO, I contribute to courses or classroom instruction as well as instruction-related activities and professional development opportunities for students in the Department of Theatre Arts.
Courses
Introduction to Acting, Acting Scene Study, Acting Auditions, Advanced Acting (Voice and Dialect, Classical Acting), FIG: Speak for Yourself!, Introduction to Theatre Arts, Dramaturgy, Majors Seminar, Play Direction, Theatre and Culture: 20-21st c. American Theatre-Makers
Instruction-Related Activities
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Theatre Arts, TA KCACTF Liaison (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival), Theatre in London Faculty
Teaching Philosophy & Pedagogical Approaches
As a teacher, I try to bring an awareness of unique life experiences into all student encounters. I ask myself every day how I can offer tools to help students become accountable risk-takers, creative problem-solvers, and critically-minded collaborators. As much as possible, I teach to the individual by valuing lived experiences of identity that each student will bring into the embodied process of learning. As a theatre maker, I value experiential learning as well -- this is how we keep developing our craft!
