TEACHING

Courses Taught

Graduate Instructor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota (Instructor of Record)

  • SPAN 1022: Alternate Second-Semester Spanish
  • SPAN 1003: Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 1004: Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPAN 3015: Spanish Composition and Communication

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Gustavus Adolphus College

  • SPA 375: Spanish Through Linguistics

Professional Development & Continuing Education

I am committed to developing my teaching practice in accordance with the field’s best practices. Here are some of the courses, workshops, and seminars I’ve participated in:

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota:

“Foreign Language Literacies: Using Target Language Texts to Improve Communication”
“Teaching Language Through the Lens of Social Justice”
“Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education”

Office for Equity and Diversity, University of Minnesota

“Implicit Bias and Microaggressions”
“Navigating Challenging Conversations”
“My Role in the Work of Equity and Diversity”

CLA Language Center, University of Minnesota

“Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning in Higher Education”