I have taught internationally for 22 years, with 20 of these at the undergraduate university level, to highly diverse multilingual and multicultural student populations. Coming from a tradition of critical education, I believe in liberatory education as well as the potential for education to contribute to the progressive transformation of society. Hallmark characteristics of my pedagogy include the encouragement of a core set of pedagogical characteristics (summarized in bullets to the left) which are suited for the cultivation of empowered, empathetic, and ethical citizens in a multicultural and globalized world.

          I focus on holistic educational development, which means simultaneously attending to a student's social, emotional, physical, mental, and intellectual growth. With a focus on inclusiveness, I apply multi-level instructional practices to provide accessibility to students of varying lingua-cultural and educational backgrounds.

          All students are welcomed and well supported in my courses, but those who find the most success demonstrate a certain collection of qualities that I refer to as "The 7 Cs":

• Curiosity

• Courage

• Commitment

• Consistency

• Compassion

• Communication

• Connections