pedagogy | service learning

Study abroad

My position at a predominantly teaching focused university affords the opportunity to fold students into my research—service learning with community based partners is one way I accomplish this. I most recently brought CSUF students to the coffee producing region of central Vietnam to learn more about the paradox of production and the politics of ethnic minority farming communities.

open access | affordable learning solutions

I have participated in several affordable learning solutions initiatives at CSUF and pride myself on keeping classroom costs at or near zero dollars for my students. For more on affordable learning solutions in the California State University system, please see the AL$ website.

Classes regularly taught

I regularly teach the following classes at CSUF, often with multiple sections of introductory classes each semester:

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 102)

• Peoples of Asia (ANTH 340)

• Ethnographic Field Methods (ANTH 401)

• Global Ethnographies of Food (ANTH 413)*

• Economic Anthropology (ANTH 414)

• Social Justice and Altruism (University Honors Program, HONR 303T)

• Special Topics: Visual Culture

• Special Topics: Environmental Anthropology

New courses in development:

• Contemporary Southeast Asia

• Multispecies Anthropology

*new course designed and approved by the university curriculum committee in 2018