Teaching Philosophy
In a world of increasing specialization, I strongly believe in the value of a comparative and interdisciplinary education. My courses thus always foreground how the study of language and literature can help us to form new connections between concepts, identities, and cultures. In short, my pedagogy is guided by the idea that literary texts are not simply abstract exercises, but rather sites for the negotiation and transformation of meaning as it appears concretely in our everyday lives.
Courses Taught
At Maine Maritime Academy
- HC331: Epic and Cosmic Journeys
- HC220, Humanities I
- HC111, Composition
At Emory University
- CPLT 389, Special Topics: Histories of the Voice
- CPLT 301, Methods of Literary Interpretation
- CPLT 203, Literatures Beyond the Canon
- CPLT 202/ENG290, Literatures, Genres, Media
- CPLT 201, Reading Comparatively
- CPLT 201, Major Texts: Ancient to Medieval
- CPLT 110, Introduction to Literary Studies
At the Royal Military College Saint-Jean
- ENG 211, Reading the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Present
- 603-102-MQ, Literary Genres
At the Perimeter College of Georgia State University
- ENGL 1102, Composition II
- ENGL 1101, Composition I
