
TEACHING
In the Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal establishes that there are no spectators; everyone in the room must be actively engaged. When this happens, spectators become spect-actors. As an educator, I prioritize the creation of equitable and inclusive learning spaces and motivate my students to participate as spect-actors through my unique combination of historical, theoretical, and practice-based approaches to teaching theatre and performance. My goal is for students not simply to acquire knowledge but actively apply it to the worlds they produce and inhabit.
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My pedagogy engages theories and methods within Black feminism, critical race and gender studies, decolonial critique, collaborative performance, and global histories of popular education and participatory action research.



SELECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Instructor of Record
Pacifica Graduate Institute – Carpinteria, CA
M.A./Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology
Specialization in Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies
Spring 2024
Spring 2024
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Spring 2022
University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
Fall 2023
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Spring 2023
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Spring 2021
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Spring 2020
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American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) – San Francisco, CA
M.F.A. Acting Program
Spring 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 Beginning Citizen Artistry*
Fall 2018, 2017, 2016 Intermediate Citizen Artistry*
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Studio A.C.T. (Extension Program)
Winter 2017, 2014, Fall 2016 Introduction to Acting
Spring 2016 Theatre of the Oppressed
Summer 2015 Directing Styles
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*Read more about the Citizen Artist program
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Teaching Assistant
Fall 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
Fall 2017
Introduction to Performance Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Instructor of Record: Angela Marino
Theater of American Cultures: Race, Ethics, Performance
University of California, Berkeley
Instructor of Record: Shannon Steen
Mentored Research: Performance and Democracy
Special Projects on Participation, Representation, and the Performing Arts
University of California, Berkeley
Instructor of Record: Angela Marino
Honors in the Arts Seminar
Stanford University
Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan
Honors in the Arts Seminar
Stanford University
Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan
Honors in the Arts Seminar
Stanford University
Instructor of Record: Peggy Phelan
Thinking Like a Dramaturg:
Research and Writing for the Theatre
Staging the South:
Performance Histories & Futures of the ‘Nation’s Region’
Performing Politics:
From the Stage to the Streets
Directed Group Study:
New Play Reading Series
Performance Ecologies II
Performance Studies: Collective Creation and
Community Based Performance for Social Transformation
Theatre of the Oppressed