Teaching
I have taught U.S. cultural and religious history, digital history, and topics in the history of Western civilization.
Instructor of Record
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Adjunct professor, “Digital History,” undergraduate course, Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring 2022.
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Adjunct professor, “Contested Futures: Religion and Science in the United States,” undergraduate course, University of Rochester, Fall 2021.
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Adjunct professor, “Cults, Chakras, & Crunchy Granola: New Age Religions in America,” undergraduate intensive course, University of Rochester, July 2019.
Continuing Education
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Instructor, six-part course, “Contested Futures: Religion and Science in the United States,” The Highlands at Pittsford (Senior Living Community), Pittsford, NY, June 3–17 and July 1–15, 2024.
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Instructor, four-part course, “Cults, Chakras, and Crunchy Granola: New Religious Movements in America, from the 1800s to Present,” The Highlands at Pittsford (Senior Living Community), Pittsford, N.Y., June 2–23, 2020. Conducted via Zoom because of COVID-19.
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Instructor, two-part course, “Consumerism and Capitalism,” The Highlands at Pittsford (Senior Living Community), Pittsford, N.Y., May 6–17, 2019.
Teaching Assistantships
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Teaching Assistant for “Hitler’s Germany,” 4.0-credit course, Prof. Tom Fleischman, University of Rochester, Spring 2019.
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Teaching Assistant for “Wives, Witches, and Wenches: Women in American History,” 4.0-credit course, Prof. Brianna Theobald, University of Rochester, Fall 2018.
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Teaching Assistant for “The West and the World,” 4.0-credit course, Prof. Celia Applegate, University of Rochester, Spring 2012.
Guest Lectures
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Guest Lecturer, “Wives, Witches, and Wenches: Women in American History,” 4.0-credit course, Prof. Brianna Theobald, University of Rochester, February 24, 2020.
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Guest Lecturer, “American Educational and Linguistic Practices,” 3.0-credit graduate course, Prof. Ali Safivand, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester, November 19, 2019.
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Guest Lecturer, “Anthropology of Tourism,” 4.0-credit course, Visiting Prof. Magdalena Banaszkiewicz, University of Rochester, December 1, 2016.
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Guest Lecturer, “The Atlantic World, 1500–1800,” 3.0-credit course, Prof. Cristina Soriano, Villanova University, March 16, 2016.