Teaching

I have designed and taught nine undergraduate courses across two institutions, from introductory sociology and statistics to upper-level electives. I build courses around active learning and around students doing the work of sociology themselves, which increasingly means course-based research on live projects. I hold Baylor’s Teaching Capstone in Higher Education (TeaCHE) certificate.

Baylor University

Co-instructor, Future Communities Lab (PPS 3V94), Fall 2026 An interdisciplinary, course-based research lab in which undergraduates work on the lab’s grant-funded projects. I lead the mental health stream, where students conduct a landscape study and efficacy review of existing mental health programs for congregations.

Instructor of record, Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2021 and Spring 2023 Sections of 70 students. Nominated for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Fall 2021.

Teaching assistant, Introduction to Sociology, 2019–2020 Supported 70- and 140-student sections for Dr. Christopher Pieper.

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Instructor of Sociology, 2023–2025 Introduction to Sociology, First-Year Seminar, Social Statistics, Sociology of Education, Marriage and Family, Sociology of Health, Sociology of Religion, Race and Ethnicity, and Social Theory.

Program Coordinator, Sociology, 2024–2025 Led curriculum updates aligned with program outcomes and SACSCOC accreditation, including pairing each upper-level course with a high-impact practice, and partnered with student success teams on retention of first-generation students.

Research with undergraduates

Two undergraduate researchers co-authored “Factors Associated with Vertical and Horizontal Faith Maturity at a Christian University” (Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2022), which grew out of a Baylor course that paired undergraduates with graduate students on university-wide survey data.