Hunter College, of the City University of New York • January 2006 -- Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media Studies 

Basic Reporting (Spring 2006 – ongoing) 
Introductory course on reporting and writing journalistic prose; emphases include developing interview skills, accuracy in reportage, and the ideal of journalistic integrity

Film History I: 1895 to 1943 (Spring 2008)
Introductory course on the development of world cinema, beginning with its photographic origins in the mid-19th Century and ending with WWII propaganda films

Business of Magazines (Fall 2007)
Upper-level course on the history and business of magazine publishing in America. Emphasis placed on print magazines while touching on recent New Media developments (Blogs, online magazines, etc.).

Practical Film Analysis (Fall 2007)
Upper-level course analyzing Lars von Trier's 1996 film Breaking the Waves in depth, while relating it to additional films by von Trier and others to augment students' understanding of the film's place in film history and theory. 

Cinematic Space: Urban, Pastoral, and Psychic Atmospheres (Spring 2007) 
Upper-level course on the use of space in cinema, emphasizing film theory and analysis. Special attention paid to Gus Van Sant, Terrence Malick, Peter Greenaway, Alfred Hitchcock, and Martin Scorsese. 

Experiments in Realism (Fall 2006) 
Upper-level course on realism in cinema, focusing on Lars von Trier’s “Dogma” method, as well as Soviet Realism, the French New Wave, and Direct Cinema 

Introduction to Film (Summer 2006)
Introductory course on the history and aesthetics of international cinema

Magazine Writing (Spring 2006) 
Course on the fundamentals of magazine journalism; emphases on writing arts reviews, feature stories, and profiles. Additional topics included factchecking, copyediting, photojournalism, Web publishing, and the business aspects of commercial magazines. 


Columbia College, Chicago • September 2004 -- June 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Video 

History of Cinema (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005) 
Fifteen-week survey course tracking the development of international cinema from the medium’s beginnings in the 19th Century through contemporary work; emphasis on fiction film 


East-West University, Chicago • March 2004 -- June 2005
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of English and Communications 

Introduction to Film (Spring 2004, Spring 2005)
Introductory course on the history and theoretical foundations of film studies; lectures and screenings covered international and American movements. · 

Rhetoric & Style (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005)
First-year composition course on rhetorical strategies for effective speaking and written prose · 

Beauty and the Modern Age (Spring 2005)
Analyzed the evolving concept of beauty from the Industrial Revolution to the present through visual art, literature, philosophy, and architecture · 

Magazine Journalism (Winter 2005)
Introductory course on the art and process of magazine journalism: pitching story ideas, basic reporting skills, writing features and reviews, joining images with text, etc. Students developed and published a magazine during the class as a collective final project.* · 

Civilizations Rising (Fall 2004)
Interdisciplinary course on the development of world civilizations over the millennia, using Jared Diamond’s bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel as the text · 

Madness and Contemporary Culture (Spring 2004)
Interdisciplinary course on the topic of “madness” and contemporary culture through literature, film, visual art, and critical readings; discussions centered on themes of creativity, war, depression, and identity. 

*Chicago Slice (Winter/Spring 2005)
Founded East-West’s first student-run magazine targeting the 50,000 college students who inhabit the city’s South Loop; served as faculty advisor.