Teaching

I have eight years of teaching experience in the US and Finland across the disciplines of Comparative Literature, English, and Scandinavian Studies.

My classrooms typically consist of students from various underrepresented communities and my goal as an educator is to create an inclusive learning environment for students of all backgrounds. In order to do so, I draw from critical, feminist, and antiracist pedagogy in line with thinkers such as Paulo Freire and bell hooks.

During my doctoral studies at the University of Oregon, I received the Graduate Teaching Initiative Program Certificate for my extensive pedagogical training and commitment to teaching. I have also been awarded with the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award (University of Oregon, 2020) and the Dan Kimble First Year Teaching Award (University of Oregon, 2014).