Teaching

My pedagogical approach is aimed at meeting students where they are—treating them as individual thinkers with diverse motivations and unique perspectives. By focusing on the development of core philosophical attitudes, such as curiosity and epistemic humility, I seek to make lasting impact through the cultivation of persons who can think reasonably for themselves and who can also think alongside others both respectfully and cooperatively.

I recently developed and co-taught a new introductory course called Philosophy through Sports. The course and overall instruction received a 4.71/5 (compared to Stanford’s school-wide 4.33/5 and Stanford Philosophy’s 4.18/5).

Experience

As a Teaching Assistant at Stanford University:

  • History of Ancient Greek Philosophy (Bobonich: Fall ‘22, Fall ‘20, Lee: Winter ‘19)

  • Introduction to Philosophy (Lawlor: Winter ‘22, Hussain: Winter ‘17)

  • Ethics in a Human Life (Dannenberg: Fall ‘19)

  • Introduction to Moral Philosophy (Hussain: Spring ‘18)

Additional Experience:

  • I also have experience teaching philosophy at the pre-collegiate and public level. For the last four years I have taught high-schoolers in a summer intensive course called “The Greeks and Beyond” through Stanford’s Summer Humanities Institute. (2021-Present)

  • Before that, I was affiliated with Stanford’s Philosophy Circle, an afterschool program targeted at underserved middle school and high school students in the Bay Area. (2016-2018)

  • And before that, I taught introductory logic and critical thinking courses for working adults seeking postgraduate opportunities. (2014-2016)