Teaching

• Teaching Areas - U.S.

  • Contemporary history

  • Culture

  • Media

  • Technology

  • sub/Urban/Space and place

• Student Evaluations and Teaching Effectiveness

• Statement of Teaching Philosophy

• Courses and Syllabi

  • 200 Level

    • introduction to American Studies

    • Technology and Culture in American History

  • 300 Level

    • The American Experience: Space, Place, and Power in American Music

    • Legal Issues in Media History

    • Cities in History/Honors section

    • History of Technology: Technology and the Consumer’s Republic, 1945-Present

    • Historical Problems Through Film: Conspiracy and Paranoia in the 1970s

  • 400 Level

    • History of the American Suburb (senior seminar)

    • Law and the Digital World (senior seminar)

  • Independent Studies

    • Jersey City and the Film Industry

    • Community Development Corporations and the Growth of Newark

    • Common Core Teaching Standards in New Jersey

    • United States Middle East Policy after Vietnam

  • Graduate

    • The Urban Experience - American Studies and History Research Seminar

    • Topics in urban cultures: Space and Place in contemporary america

    • Independent Studies

      • The History of Sexuality in 20th Century America

    • Director

      • Master’s Essay

        • Sam Wallman, “Prime Time Television During Women's Liberation - A Cultural Analysis,” May 2020

      • Master’s theses

        • Director - Zack kellet, “Anime and Affect: Professional Fandom and the YouTube Platform in the Age of Monetization,” August 2021

    • Reader - Master’s Thesis

      • Thomas Derr, “Gaming and Gender: The Disenfranchisement of Women in Gaming Culture, 1970-2000,” may 2020

• Awards and Recognition

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, University-wide, NJIT, University Lecturer/Program Coordinator/Adjunct Category, 2014-15

  • Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, NJIT, Lecturers Category, 2014-15

  • Fellow, Institute for Teaching Excellence, NJIT, 2015-2021

  • One of 13 Instructors of the Year, Albert Dorman Honors College, NJIT, 2019-2020