Teaching

Spanish · Linguistics · University of the Fraser Valley

I try to run classrooms where students produce knowledge that leaves the room.

That is why my students build social media kits instead of writing essays about sociolinguistics, why they photograph and code the signage of their own neighbourhoods, and why advanced composition is written for community partners who will actually read it. Assessment is the part of teaching that most reliably tells students what we truly value, so it is the part I keep rebuilding.

Courses at UFV

LING 101 An Introduction to Language. Hybrid, redesigned around equity, language advocacy and decolonizing linguistic education.

LING 210 Language, Culture and Society. Hybrid.

SPAN 101 Spanish Language I

SPAN 102 Spanish Language II

SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II

SPAN 220 Comparative Grammar of English & Spanish

SPAN 301 Advanced Spanish I: Oral Communication

SPAN 302 Advanced Spanish II: Composition

SPAN 320E Spanish Language, Society and Migration

SPAN 330 / LAS 312 Latin American Popular Culture

SPAN 380 Advanced Spanish Practicum

SPAN 493 Directed Studies

UNIV 101 University 101

Elsewhere

2017–2020	The University of Hong Kong — Spanish I.1 & I.2, Spanish II.1 & II.2, Spanish III.2, Spanish American Cultures and Civilizations, Hispanic Sociolinguistics, Hispanic Culture Research Project. Course coordinator for Spanish II.1 and II.2.
2016–2017	University of Waterloo — Introduction to Spanish 1 & 2.
2012–2016	Wilfrid Laurier University — Introduction to Spanish; Introduction to Spanish I & II; Intermediate Spanish I & II; Spanish Composition and Conversation I & II; Business Spanish I & II; Modern Spanish Literature; Hispanic Sociolinguistics; Reading Across the Genre Divide.
2011–2012	Alvernia University — Spanish for Beginners I & II; Spanish for Law Enforcement I & II; Spanish Conversation and Composition I & II. Coordinator of Spanish courses.
2010	University of Western Ontario — designed and taught Language and Migration, and Hispanic Sociolinguistics, as graduate instructor.

Recognition

2014–2015	Nominated, Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar Award, Wilfrid Laurier University
2009–2010	Nominated, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Western University
2008, 2009, 2010	Teaching Award, Western University

Teaching development

Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (HKU, 2018) · Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (2007–2010) · Instructional Skills Workshop · Course Design Institute · Halqʼeméylem Language Learning and Sharing, Part 1 (UFV, 2025) · Weaving Knowledge Systems, and Educators’ Journey Towards Reconciliation (UFV, 2022)