Experience Summary
I have earned a bachelor degree in English and two advanced degrees in history, with emphasis in US history. In addition, I have been teaching English in a local associate degree program in St Petersburg, Florida, since August 2005. The two English courses I have been teaching since 2005 are Composition and Literature. Since 1992, I have also been teaching a variety of history courses in both small liberal arts colleges and large public universities. More recently, I have been teaching US history at Keiser University, Sarasota, Florida. During my graduate school years, I also tutored students in US and European history.
Teaching Style
I believe that the best teacher is one who avoids the standard, didactic method of instruction. Rather that lecturing or feeding information to my students, I aim to hone their critical thinking skills so that they can develop an inquisitive mindset capable of engaging in problem solving and engendering creative outcomes. For me personally, teaching is rewarding as it has encouraged me to see the world from multiple perspectives. The teacher-learner relationship is a dialectical one--one that has remolded my worldview even as I attempt to do likewise for my students.