Graduate Courses
Black Citizenship in the U.S. from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Queens College, Hist. 797 (Studies in U.S. History)
This graduate course introduced students to political, legal, social, and cultural history scholarship on Black rights before the Civil War. Students had the opportunity to interact with authors who made guest appearances in class, including Kate Masur...
Undergraduate Courses
Fugitive Slaves: Fighting for Freedom in the Courts
Queens College, Hist. 288 (Law, Crime & Society in U.S. History)
This course used my research subject as a gateway to introduce History majors to topics and methods in Legal History (Spring 2021, Online, 30 students).
Nation, Community, and Identity: U.S. History to 1877 (Honors)
Queens College, Hist. 163H
This course-which I designed for first-year honors students-used early U.S. history as a lens for considered key historiographical themes including nationalism and identity-formation. I collaborated with a member of the English faculty to design a cumu...
Queens College, Hist. 260
This course introduced intermediate history students to the Early Republic and Antebellum eras, with particular focus on slavery, the Indian Removal Act, and the US War with Mexico (Fall 2020, Online, 30 students).
Queens College, Hist. 262
This course for intermediate history courses surveyed the conflict over slavery in the U.S., the political, legal, military, social, and cultural history of the war, and key themes in the Reconstruction era (Spring 2023, in person, 15 students).
Queens College, Hist. 103
This introductory history course offers students a chance to study key themes in early U.S. history, explore a range of historical methodologies, and produce a scaffolded research project (2017-2022, In-person and online, 35-55 students).
American History, 1865-present
Queens College, Hist. 104
This introductory history course offers students a chance to study key themes in contemporary U.S. history, explore a range of historical methodologies, and produce a scaffolded research project (Fall 2018, In-person, 50 students).
Faculty Development Courses
Writing In the Disciplines (WID) Faculty Seminar
LaGuardia Community College
In this seminar, I introduced faculty members to Writing in the Disciplines and Writing Across the Curriculum pedagogical techniques (2020-2021, Online, 6-8 participants).
