• Propose, design, and teach an undergraduate seminar course
• Develop pedagogical methods and skills with a faculty mentor and the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation

In this course, students will analyze the role of animals in ancient medicine and the Greco-Roman world as a springboard for discussing medical philosophy, ethics, and boundaries between humans and animals in antiquity and modernity. Students will learn to use critical thinking to connect how animals have shaped human lives through medicine and philosophy in antiquity to how we view animal contributions to the development of medicine today. Additionally, students will examine and interrogate how ancient theories of animality, and intelligence have been weaponized against marginalized people in medicine. Through readings, discussions, and talks from guest bioethics Hopkins professors, students will navigate bioethical issues directly related to Johns Hopkins as a premier medical institution.

In this course, students developed their Latin reading and translation skills by reading Cicero. Students also worked on their literary analysis and argumentative skills. In this course, students…

• Examine sentences and full passages to understand or interpret the surface and meanings of the text
• Learn vocabulary words in context
• Analyze aspects of Roman culture and politics in the Late Republic through the text
• Translate Latin passages into understandable English, pre-prepared and on sight

In this course, students developed their Ancient Greek reading and translation skills by reading Lysias I, a prose text about a trial. Students also worked on their literary analysis and argumentative skills. In this course, students…

• Learn vocabulary words in context
• Parse nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs
• Identify and understand the syntax of Ancient Greek sentences (how does each word work in the sentence?)
• Translate Ancient Greek sentences into understandable English, pre-prepared and on sight
• Analyze sentences and full passages to understand or interpret the surface and hidden arguments of the author
• Create an argument based on an Ancient Greek text

• Guided students in learning grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Ancient Greek using Hansen and Quinn and original handouts
• Provided cultural lessons in conjunction with language learning 

What is a human? This course investigates this question through animal medicine. Animals have played a large role in the development of Western medicine, and continue to do so as human health, animal health, and environmental health are all intertwined. This course explores the historical and mythical Greco-Roman origins of human and animal medicine, and ancient stories of human-animal interactions. We bring our ancient readings into discussion with modern human and veterinary medicine.

In this course, students learned fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Latin, specifically in the indicative system. Using Wheelock and the instructor’s original handouts, students engage in the language and culture of ancient Rome. 

Fulbright U.S. Student Program 100 English Teaching Assistant Award (ETA) in Germany

• Delivered English instruction to secondary students to improve language fluency and cultural understanding
• Guided students through an intercultural pen pal letter exchange program