Courses & Select Syllabi

Adjunct Professor, Grand Rapids Community College, 2023-present

Introduction to French


Language Teacher, One Schoolhouse, 2022-present

Beginning French II


Adjunct Professor, Grand Valley State University, 2022-present

Life Journeys (Supplemental Writing Skills)

Visionary Leaders: Gloria Anzaldúa & Cherríe Moraga

Introduction to Intercultural Competence

LGBTQ Identities


Adjunct Professor, Kendall College of Art & Design, 2022-present

Black Film & Literature

Human Sexuality


Senior Lecturer of Critical Media Studies, Lawrence Tech, 2020-2022

Creative Writing

Introduction to Film Studies

Media, Communication & Society

Sports Movies & Media

Horror & Thriller Films

Sexuality in Cinema

Writing for Print & Electronic Media

Contemporary African Literature & Film

Advanced Writing for Media

European Cinema

Emotional Outlaws (CRE)

Film Genres


Visiting Assistant Professor of English, GVSU, 2017-2020

Film Culture

World Mythology (6-week online asynchronous)

Contemporary Black Literature & Film

Foundations of Literary Study: Genre (Supplemental Writing Skills)

Critical Approaches to Literature

Literatures in English: Gender & Genre

World Literature (Supplemental Writing Skills)

World Mythology


Adjunct Instructor, Fordham, 2015-2017

Films of Moral Struggle (Senior Values Seminar)

Queer Studies in Film & Television

Hollywood Genres


Instructor, Stony Brook, 2013-2016

Transnational Feminism & Film

Queer(ing) Cinema

Introduction to Queer Studies

Classical Mythology

Emotional Outlaws & Feminist Affect Theories

Women, Culture & Difference

European Cinema: Crossing National Borders

French Film, Culture & Power

Sexuality in Literature

Stony Brook Film Festival


Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook, 2011-2015

Interdisciplinary Study of Film: Killer Love (Head TA)

Sexuality in Literature

Sexuality in French Literature

Death & Afterlife in Literature