I am currently completing the final leg of my Ph.D. program in the Department of History at the University of Utah. I am an adjunct instructor at Salt Lake Community College located in Salt Lake City, Utah where I teach the American history survey course. My dissertation is a study of scientific racism and environment/landscape in the American West. I am also the Program Coordinator at the American West Center (AWC) at the University of Utah. I earned a B.A. in Secondary Education with an emphasis in history and a B.A. in history at Adams State College (now Adam State University) located in Alamosa, Colorado. I hold an M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado in United States history.
Previously, I taught Civics, Colorado History, and World History (and P.E. and Health) at Centauri High School in La Jara, Colorado. After completing my M.A, I taught both sections of the United States survey at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to the American survey courses, I have taught American Environmental History, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. I am also an instructor at Salt Lake Community College’s Prison Education Program and have taught two semesters at the state prison located in Draper, Utah.
I design my courses to highlight marginalized voices and narratives. My lectures and in-class discussions challenge students to think about the past through a decolonized lens. My goal is to provide my students with opportunities to gain the essential skills needed to succeed in the college classroom and their professional and personal lives. These skills include critical thinking, improved verbal and written communication, literacy, and respectful group collaboration. Through my use of primary and secondary source analysis activities, structured in-class discussions, and thematic lectures, my students develop and hone the skills they need to evaluate current and past events.
I am currently completing the final leg of my Ph.D. program in the Department of History at the University of Utah. I am an adjunct instructor at Salt Lake Community College located in Salt Lake City, Utah where I teach the American history survey course. My dissertation is a study of scientific racism and environment/landscape in the American West. I am also the Program Coordinator at the American West Center (AWC) at the University of Utah. I earned a B.A. in Secondary Education with an emphasis in history and a B.A. in history at Adams State College (now Adam State University) located in Alamosa, Colorado. I hold an M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado in United States history.
Previously, I taught Civics, Colorado History, and World History (and P.E. and Health) at Centauri High School in La Jara, Colorado. After completing my M.A, I taught both sections of the United States survey at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to the American survey courses, I have taught American Environmental History, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. I am also an instructor at Salt Lake Community College’s Prison Education Program and have taught two semesters at the state prison located in Draper, Utah.
I design my courses to highlight marginalized voices and narratives. My lectures and in-class discussions challenge students to think about the past through a decolonized lens. My goal is to provide my students with opportunities to gain the essential skills needed to succeed in the college classroom and their professional and personal lives. These skills include critical thinking, improved verbal and written communication, literacy, and respectful group collaboration. Through my use of primary and secondary source analysis activities, structured in-class discussions, and thematic lectures, my students develop and hone the skills they need to evaluate current and past events.