Experience

Windward School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher | Department of History and Social Sciences

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Collaborating with History department faculty on curriculum design and responsive pedagogies for Advanced Placement US History (11th grade) and Introduction to US History (8th grade). With a colleague designed and implemented a new course, the US in the World, for the History Department and Global Studies Program, which was successfully approved by the University of California system for social sciences credit. Redesigned the Department of History & Social Sciences research intensive senior capstone in partnership with the Windward Center for Teaching and Learning and the UCLA Young Research Library to produce increased undergraduate research and writing readiness. Currently developing and promoting cross-disciplinary engagement with the Visual and Media Arts Department and Diversity and Inclusivity Program. Show less

• Co-Director | Collegiate Division Seminar Program

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Working closely with the Associate Director of the Collegiate Division, developing an advisory program for 11th/12 graders focused on time management, social-emotional well-being, and life-skills in preparation for the transition to undergraduate life.



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Faculty member in the Departments of Asian American Studies, Chicanx Studies, and History; the Interracial Dynamics General Education Cluster Program, and the Honors Collegium. Developed syllabi, assignments, lectures, and other classroom materials for research seminars (10-20 students) to survey lectures (120-250 students). Working with emerging literacy and other research librarians, implemented digital history projects that use platforms such as Wordpress and Instagram. Scaffolded course material through a variety of guest speakers from the arts and activism world with the financial support of the Office of Instructional Development. Recent courses include: - Introduction to Asian American History (lecture) - History of Los Angeles (lecture) - Living the Dharma in the US: Perspectives on Race and Buddhism (research seminar) - Interracial Dynamics in American Culture and Society (co-taught lecture) - Interracial Encounters in Modern Los Angeles (research seminar) - Whiteness in American History and Culture (lecture) Contributed to the growth of the Asian American Studies academic program through aggressively identifying and recruiting majors; writing the successful proposal to declare Asian American History a course option for the university-wide Diversity Requirment; and co-authoring a status report for department lecturers that was recognized by internal and external evaluators for the department's 8-Year Program Review. A sought after speaker for student organizations including the Asian Pacific Coalition and the Asian American Pacific Islander Undergraduate Student Association. Show less



University Council-American Federation of Teachers, Local 1990

• Organizing Fellow

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

  Working with the UC-AFT Local 1990's Executive Board and Field Representatives, facilitate workshops at UCLA and UCSB to help union members (Unit 18 Non-Senate Faculty and Unit 17 Librarians) develop best practices for cultivating membership and future leaders, creating an inclusive culture for members, and growing the union's grassroots power. Workshops include: - Building Power Democratically - Your Union, Our Purpose - New Member Orientation Working with the UC-AFT Local 1990's Executive Board and Field Representatives, facilitate workshops at UCLA and UCSB to help union members (Unit 18 Non-Senate Faculty and Unit 17 Librarians) develop best practices for cultivating membership and future leaders, creating an inclusive culture for members, and growing the union's grassroots power. Workshops include: - Building Power Democratically - Your Union, Our Purpose - New Member Orientation



University of California, Santa Barbara

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Apr 2015 - Jul 2016

  Faculty member in the Department of Asian American Studies; developed and executed lectures, course material, and other pedagogies for upper division lecture classes offered during the academic year and summer session. Coordinated guest speakers including the Hon. Wade Nomura (City Councilman, Carpenteria, CA) and forged campus-community relationships for courses including:- Asian Americans and Race Relations- Colonialism and Migration in Asia and the Pacific- Japanese American Experience- Racial Segregation from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement Show less

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Postdoctoral Scholar based at UCSB for the University of California Center for New Racial Studies, a UC-wide multicampus research program dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of race, racism, and intersectionality. Co-organized programs including a semi-monthly speaker series and annual conference that brought together race scholars from across the nation.



California State University-Long Beach

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Faculty member in the Department of History; designed and executed lecture-based and research-intensive seminar courses; and facilitated digital history assignments including an archive of multiethnic Southern California on Instagram. Served on the Curriculum Committee providing feedback on the core methods class for the History BA and devised course materials including a citation guide for use by department majors. Courses included: - Methodologies of History (seminar, with a focus on global migrations) - History and Cultures of the American City Show less