My courses are based around activities that promote student-centered, student-directed learning experiences. I have taught courses ranging from the foundations of sociology to public policy to Andean Archaeology. Most recently I have been exploring - and practicing - methods for teaching urban ethnography to undergraduates in the field.
I employ a philosophy I call 'authoritative empathy' in my teaching. I empathize with those I am teaching, recognizing that we are common travelers in the process of learning. We share ignorance, though differently distributed between us. I am an authority both on the content I teach and in good practices of learning and communicating. I teach my students how to learn, and so they do.
I currently have two open and free online courses in archaeology that you are invited to complete. These courses launched in September, 2018 and will run continuously. I check on these courses daily and look forward to interacting with you online. Click the course cards below to take the courses.
"From him we have learned that...education is not a pedantic stuffing..." - student of Benedetto Croce
