Teaching Experience.
2020: Course Convenor — SOCY2101: Social Policy: Principles and Practice, School of Sociology, ANU
Social scientists are concerned not just with identifying and describing social issues, but with engaging in research and policy action which seek to improve the conditions under which we live.Participation in the process of social policy development provides the mechanism through which change can occur. But such change is hardly straight forward or rational. While countless people make daily demands on the public purse for social change, some interests are progressed over others.How can this be so? This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to effectively analyse and participate in the policy process.
2019: Course Co-Convenor — GEND1001: Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies, School of Sociology, ANU
How are gendered identities shaped by society? How are our identities formed by but also resistant to cultural norms of masculinity and femininity? How is gender related to sexual difference? How do gender relations intersect with race, class and sexuality? This course gives an accessible and lively introduction to Gender Studies. It introduces key concepts of gender, sexuality, and gender presentation, and the social aspects of gender.
2019: Participant - Teaching and Learning at ANU: Foundations
This is a course I completed as part of my professional development at the ANU. The course is designed for educators who may be relatively new to university teaching, or for established staff that would like to revisit the roots of what constitutes the foundations of university teaching and learning at ANU.
Course topics covered: What makes a quality educator, teaching for learning, small group collaborative learning, course design,assessment and feedback, inclusive teaching, evaluation of teaching and learning, designing curriculum for student engagement., technology-enhanced learning and my teaching philosophy.
2019: Tutor — SOCY2030: Sociology of Third World Development, School of Sociology, ANU
The course surveys various sociological perspectives on global change and development.
Section one charts the history of the concept of development, using studies from Russia to Central America and Africa. Section two examines resistance to social and political inequalities and their relationship to social change and development. Section three draws upon contemporary critiques of development and progress and examines the concept of globalisation. These approaches will be assessed through examining a range of contemporary issues, ranging from the advent of the Newly Industrialising Countries, global consumerism, environmental degradation and global institutions.
2018: Tutor — SOCY2022: Environmental Sociology, School of Sociology, ANU
Environmental sociology examines the complex relationships between people, nature, and the natural environment. It focuses on questions such as: how environmental issues are known, defined and acted upon; why certain environmental issues are largely ignored or denied; the role of institutions and economic systems in shaping relationships with the non-human environment; how different social groups are affected by environmental change and problems; human-animal relations; human conceptions and cultural representations of the natural world; and the role of social movements in promoting environmental reform. While the course covers many topical issues, there is a major focus on what sociological thinking can contribute to understandings of environmental events, issues and politics and what analyses of these, in turn, contribute to sociological thought.
2016: Tutor — SOCY2043: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods, School of Sociology, ANU
In this course we explore the nature of qualitative research and how we can use methods from this approach to better understand the complexity of social life and relations. Whilst we predominantly explore established techniques such as interviewing and participant observation, emphasis is also placed on how more nascent techniques - such as visual, digital and sensory methods - can push traditional research practices in new directions which better reflect the character and concerns of today's world.