Teaching Philosophy

My teaching is grounded in a commitment to critical pedagogy and liberation-centered learning. I approach the classroom as a collaborative space where students not only analyze structures of power—imperialism, capitalism, colonialism—but are also invited to consider their role in transforming them. Drawing from Marxist, decolonial, and Third Worldist traditions, I encourage students to interrogate dominant paradigms in political economy and global studies, while grounding theory in material histories and everyday struggles.

I view education not as neutral transmission, but as a contested terrain—one where cultivating critical consciousness, historical memory, and internationalist solidarity is both possible and necessary. Whether introducing first-year students to global inequality or guiding upper-division seminars on national liberation movements, I prioritize accessibility, care, and intellectual rigor.

Pedagogy

In the classroom, I integrate historical materialist analysis, active learning, and community accountability. I design syllabi that highlight voices from the Global South, include grassroots case studies, and pair academic texts with oral histories, documentary film, and cultural production. My classrooms emphasize dialogical learning, drawing from Paulo Freire and bell hooks, where students co-create knowledge and reflect on the social conditions shaping their lives.

Assignments often center on public-facing scholarship—zines, podcasts, visual storytelling, or collaborative research—encouraging students to connect academic learning with broader movements and communities. I have experience adapting my teaching across a range of institutional contexts, including research universities and art schools, and I continually seek to make space for students who feel alienated or marginalized in the academy and the classroom.

Teaching Interests

Agrarian Political Economy; Agroecology; Anticolonial and Decolonial Theories; Anti-Systemic Movements; Critical Agrarian Studies; Critical Development Studies; Critical Security Studies; Development Geographies; GIS, Global Political Economy; Historical Sociology; Imperialism; Migration; Militarism and Counterinsurgency; Mixed Methods; National Liberation Movements; Philippine Studies; Political Ecology; Southeast Asia; Third World Marxism; Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL); World-Systems Theory

Guest Lecturer

  • Environmentalism and Indigeneity: Perspectives from the Global South, Guest lecture for “Global Ideologies,” at the University of California, Irvine, May 21, 2025.

  • “Political Economy and Ecology of Development in the Global South”, Guest Lecture for “Global Political Economy” at the University of California, Irvine, April 17, 2025.

  • Contemporary Imperialism, Samir Amin, and the Agrarian Question in the Philippines, Guest lecture for “Global Political Economy” at the University of California, Irvine, January 23, 2025.

  • “Bell Hooks on Love, Care, and Critical Teaching,” Guest lecture series for “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Space for Radical Discourse on How We Learn & Teach,” California Institute of the Arts, July 19, 2023.

  • Black Panther Party’s Liberation Schools and Community Education,” Guest lecture series for “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Space for Radical Discourse on How We Learn & Teach,” California Institute of the Arts, July 13, 2023.

  • Paulo Freire’s Critical Pedagogy: Banking vs. Problem-Posing Education,” Guest lecture series for “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Space for Radical Discourse on How We Learn & Teach,” California Institute of the Arts, July 11, 2023.

  • “Anti-Colonial and Critical Pedagogy: Cabral’s Educational Philosophy ” Guest lecture series for “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Space for Radical Discourse on How We Learn & Teach,” California Institute of the Arts, July 6, 2023.

  • “Third World Liberation Front/Ethnic Studies and Teach-Ins” Guest lecture series for ““Pedagogy of the Oppressed: A Space for Radical Discourse on How We Learn & Teach,” California Institute of the Arts, July 4, 2023.Teaching Assistance

University of California, Irvine, CA

  • Global Ideologies - Mamyrah Prosper, Spring 2025

  • Global Political Economy — Sylvia Croese, Winter 2025

  • Global and International Forum – Christopher Harris, Fall 2024

  • Global Ideologies – Mamyrah Prosper, Spring 2024

  • Intro to Global Studies – Phil McCarty, Winter 2024

  • Intro to Global Studies – Phil McCarty, Fall 2023

  • Global Inequalities – Phil McCarty, Summer II 2023

  • Intro to Global Studies – Phil McCarty, Spring 2023

  • Global Political Economy – Yousuf, Al-Bulushi, Winter 2023

  • Global Cultures and Society – Tom Douglas, Fall 2022

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

  • American Grand Strategy, John Mearsheimer, Winter, 2020

New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL

  • American History: 1865 to Present – Brendan Goff, Fall 2019

  • U.S. in the World – Brendan Goff, Fall 2019

  • International Law and Politics - Frank Alcock, Spring 2019

  • Transitions from War to Peace – Nat Colletta, Fall 2018

  • Conflict, Security, Development – Nat Colletta, Spring 2018