As a scholar-teacher, my goal is to empower lifelong learners and knowledge producers who will be able to take on the world’s most pressing challenges with compassion, resilience, and courage.

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record

  • Introduction to Sociology, CUNY Hunter College (scheduled for Spring 2026)

  • Introduction to Asian American Studies, CUNY Hunter College (scheduled for Spring 2026)

  • Introduction to Sociology, CUNY Hunter College (Fall 2025)

  • Introduction to Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2025)

  • Introduction to Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2024)

  • Asian Americans in Contemporary Society, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2023)

Teaching Assistant

  • Media and Popular Culture, University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2023)

  • Introduction to Sociological Research Methods, University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2022)

  • Introduction to Sociological Research Methods, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2021)

  • Introduction to Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2020)

Pedagogical Training and Development

CETLI (Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation) is the University of Pennsylvania’s hub for pedagogical training and development. During my time at Penn, I earned the CETLI Certificate in College and University Teaching and have completed several of their workshops and month-long mini-courses.

Additionally, CETLI organizes a university-wide, mandatory three-day training for first-time graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) every summer. The TA Training Team—comprised of CETLI staff and experienced TAs—designs and leads this program. As a TA Trainer in both 2023 and 2024, I (1) collaborated with other TA Trainers to develop and hone our programming; (2) developed and hosted workshops about facilitating class discussions in the humanities and social sciences; and (3) facilitated experiential workshops centered around trainees’ teaching demonstrations.

Teaching Awards

Every year, graduate instructors are nominated by undergraduate students for the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students, a teaching prize awarded by the Office of the Provost. In 2022, I was one of 10 students across the entire university to be awarded this prize. I feel really proud to have received this honor because nominations came directly from students I have taught and mentored.