Teaching EXPERIENCE
I am passionate about creating learning environments that are relational, considerate of the whole student, communal, and situated within a real social context.
Detroit Design 2067
Annual Week-long Immersion Program for High School Juniors and Seniors (2018-present)
Partner & Institution: Detroit 67 Project, Detroit Historical Museum
Class Size: 11 (2018), 10 (2019)
Objectives: Connect students with the History of Detroit via Design theory and Community Engagement
Activities:
Guided Discussions on design, historical perspectives, language, power and problem solving
Cultural Hackathon
ENGR 180: Minority Engineering Seminar
Semester-long course focused on professional and academic development of Engineering Freshmen (Fall 2017 and 2018)
Partner & Institution: Detroit 67 Project, Detroit Historical Museum
Class Size: 35 (2017), 40 (2018)
Objectives: Teach students basic human centered design principles and facilitate community engaged project.
Activities:
Guided Discussions on design, professionalism and career pathways
Cultural Hackathon
Activating Inclusion
A day long event focused social problem solving and collaborative, cross-disciplinary work. (February 2019)
Partner & Institution: •Purdue Diversity Resource Office and Purdue Diversity and Inclusion
Group Size: 45
Objectives: Facilitate space for students to brainstorm solutions to issues related to social identities on campus and beyond using the design process
Activities:
Guided Discussions on design process
Cultural Hackathon
Feedback from local professionals who do diversity work