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Teaching Awards

  • Collegium of University Teaching Fellows, UCLA (2019-2020)

Teaching Experience - Instructor of Record

  • Staging Mysteries: Medieval Biblical Drama, Past and Present (Yale University)
    • This course traces the development and history of the medieval mystery cycle tradition, exploring the devotional and doctrinal purposes of these plays as well as their civic, social, and, at times, subversively political valences. The second half of the course traces the legacy and afterlives of mystery cycle tradition in modern performance across global contexts.
  • Representations of Faith in Dramatic Literature (Yale University)
    • Following the history of the Western theatre canon from the tenth century to the present, this course analyzes how Christian faith, doctrine, and scripture have been portrayed through the medium of theatre and how the dramatic medium reflects the historical shifts within Christian theology and practice.
  • Medieval Christian Theatre: Doctrine, Devotion, & Drama (Yale University)
    • Survey of the rise and fall of western Christian theatre between 1000 and 1600 AD, with connection to modern afterlives of medieval drama.
  • Representations of Science in Theatre (UCLA)
    • Exploration of plays addressing medicine, physics, chemistry, biology as well ethical questions surrounding science and politics such as cloning, pharmacology, nuclear weapons, and evolution.
  • Representing Apartheid – Cultural Production in South Africa (UCLA) 
    • Introduction to South African cultural production during and in the wake of apartheid, analyzing literature, theatre, film, sport, music, dance, and religion in historical contexts.
  • Introduction to Playwriting (Riverside City College)
    • Introduction to practice and history of playwriting, including dramatic structure, action, character, and dialogue.
  • Introduction to Theatre (Riverside City College)
    •  Overview of theatrical history, literature, and production.
  • Introduction to Dramatic Literature (Riverside City College)
    • Survey of dramatic literature covering key periods within Western theatre history, modern theatrical movements, and fundamental techniques of script analysis.

Teaching Experience - Teaching Assistant

  • Theatre 11: Representations of Science in Theatre (UCLA)
    •  Developed and taught a syllabus exploring plays that address medicine, physics, chemistry, biology as well ethical questions surrounding science and politics such as cloning, pharmacology, nuclear weapons, and evolution.
  • Theatre 10: Introduction to Theater (UCLA)
    •  Overview of theatrical history, literature, and production.
  • Theatre 13: Play Reading and Analysis (UCLA)
    • Script analysis and writing skills across movements and genres.
  • Theatre 101A: Making Tradition (UCLA)
    • Overview of early, global theatre history; delivered the course lecture on Medieval Drama.
  • Theatre 101B: Reconstructing Historical Pasts 1500-1850 (UCLA)
    • Overview and close reading of 16th through 19th century drama; delivered lecture Surrealism in Spring 2020.
  • Theatre 101C: Deconstructing Theater (UCLA)
    • Overview of modern and contemporary performance and critical theory; delivered lecture on Posthumanism.
  • Theatre 107: Drama of Diversity (UCLA)
    • Performance practice and theatre tradition of minoritarian groups.

Guest Teaching

  • Theatre 210: World Drama and Theatre - Phenomenology (Spring 2019)
    • Required graduate seminar on theories of phenomenology; delivered lecture at request of Prof. Sean Metzger on Merleau-Ponty.
  • Theatre 216A: The Body and Performance (Fall 2018)
    • First course in the graduate theory sequence on critical theories of the body; delivered lecture at request of Prof. Suk-Young Kim on Affect Theory.
  • Theatre 216C: Transnational Media & Performance (Fall 2019)
    • Graduate theory sequence, course on theories of transnationality; delivered lecture at request of Prof. Sean Metzger on LeFebvre.
  • Theatre 113: History of Russian Theatrical Practice (Winter 2019)
    • Russian theatre history; delivered lecture course on Symbolism at request of Prof. Suk-Young Kim.
  • English 533: Medieval Drama (Spring 2022)
    • graduate seminar on medieval dramatic traditions; delivered lecture on afterlives of medieval drama at request of Prof. Jessica Brantley.