My pedagogy emphasizes environmental humanities as a space for active engagement with and inquiry into the world along with student’s own lives and learning styles. This active engagement starts by helping students understand the classroom as a space of social infrastructure—a shared space that facilitates social interactions for the purposes of learning through inquiry. In service of that purpose, my classes emphasize collaborative activities and reflection on how students understand the application of course material to their goals. As part of this focus on community building and active learning, I ask students to consider how rhetoric—whether expressed through composition, literature, or film—acts in the world, and I emphasize how humanities courses remain one of the university environments best suited for reflection on challenging material in order to understand these rhetorical acts. I have taught writing, literature, film, and area studies courses. Clink on the links below to download sample syllabi.