Educator
Over the last 13 years, I have taught numerous courses and workshops that have helped undergraduate and graduate students examine theatre studies and creative practice across multiple disciplines. The topics investigated in these courses and workshops have included acting, performance, directing, Black, Latinx, queer, and feminist theatre, theatre for social justice, technology and theatre making, theatre in health and human services, theatre in education, the role of theatre in society and studies in cinema, literature, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, public speaking, and more. My student-centered approach to teaching reflects an understanding of education as a process of personal and social transformation that can thrive only in an environment that fosters equity, diversity, and inclusion. To this end, I employ anti-racist, culturally relevant pedagogy and partner with students to build learning communities characterized by deep engagement and collaboration, critical inquiry and intellectual rigor, creativity and innovation, listening and respect across differences, and commitment and action to end human suffering and advance social justice.
My commitment to anti-racism in all spheres of my life means that I continually exercise and expand my racial literacy and cultural competency, and I take action to disrupt hegemonic practices and beliefs that perpetuate racism, sexism, heterosexism, class domination, and other forms of oppression. I educate students and communities about the negative and often deadly impacts of racism, including systemic racism, upon the lives and bodies of Black, Indigenous, and all people of color. I am an active member of the Brooklyn College Anti-Racist Pedagogy Working Group and serve on the Department of Theater’s Committee to Decolonize the Theatre Curriculum. Anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion are foundational to my work as an artist, educator, and researcher.