Teaching Philosophy:

I believe my role is to give students the tools they need to take their academic, critical thinking, and analytical skills to the next level, and I work with each student to build a strong foundation for their future success.

Beyond cultivating fundamental academic skills and conveying basic terminology and theoretical constructs, I encourage students to see themselves connected to and embedded within local and global communities. I want my students to use sociology as a tool for understanding the world around them and their place in it.

I use a combination of traditional and innovative teaching and assessment methods.  These methods are mutually reinforcing so that each is often used in concert with the other to attain the very best of learning outcomes for each and every student.

Courses taught at NKU:

Introduction to Sociology

Global Inequalities

Environmental Sociology

Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Courses taught at Clermont College (2002-2006):

Race in Modern Society

Social Inequality: Race, Class, Gender

Women in Society I: Women and Work

Women in Society II: Sexuality and Reproduction

Women in society III: Culture and Politics