Influenced by James Gibson’s ecological psychology, and Christopher Smalls’ notion of musicking, I aim to guide my students to make conscious contact with their embodied knowledge, and nurture growth into fully integrated musicians.
Experience
2019-21 Harvard University, Mind-Brain-Behavior Initiative | Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow | The Role of Music in Health and Education, Creativity & Healing in Medicine & Music
2019-21 Northeastern University, Department of Music | Boston, MA
Instructor | Music Analysis Seminar, Music in Everyday Life
2018-19 Kutztown University, Department of Music | Kutztown, PA
Full-time Instructor, Scholar-In-Residence (18 units)
2016-17 Chapman University, Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music | Orange, CA
Adjunct Professor | Psychology of Music
2015-18 University of California, San Diego, Department of Music | San Diego, CA
Associate Instructor, Teaching Assistant (40 units)
2012-13 Life Pacific College | San Dimas, CA
Adjunct professor (9 units)
2011-13 Azusa Pacific University, School of Music | Azusa, CA
Adjunct professor (40 units)
Courses Taught (as instructor of record) | Total of 101 units (1/2021)
- Theory/Harmony
- Fundamentals of Music | Azusa Pacific University, F2011/12 (Course Evaluation)
- Music Theory I | Azusa Pacific University S2012/13, Life Pacific College F2012, Kutztown University F2018/S2019 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Music Theory II | Azusa Pacific University, S2011 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Music Theory III |Azusa Pacific University, S2012/2013 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Music Analysis Seminar | Northeastern University, F2019 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Music of the 20th Century|UC San Diego, W2017 (Syllabus)
- Psychology of Music Graduate| Kutztown University, S2019 (Syllabus)
- Undergraduate| Hall-Musco Conservatory at Chapman Univ. F2016/17 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- The Role of Music in Health and Education | Harvard University, F2019 (Teaching Fellow) F2019 (Syllabus)
- Hip Hop Music and Culture| Kutztown University, S2019 (Syllabus)
- Film Music| UC San Diego, S2017 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Keyboard|Life Pacific College, S2013
- Applied Composition|Azusa Pacific University, S2013
- Intro. to Music Literature |Kutztown University, F2018 (Syllabus, Course Evaluation)
- Intro. to Music Technology | Life Pacific College, F2012 (Syllabus)
- Fundamentals of Music Business| (Syllabus)
Courses as T/A
- Sight Singing I/II
- Hip Hop Music and Culture
- Dub to Dubstep
- Michael Jackson
- Indie and Punk Music
- 20th Century Music Literature
