Teaching
Student-centered pedagogy shaped by writing support, Arabic instruction, large-class teaching, and close attention to how understanding actually forms.
My teaching work spans three different contexts: one-on-one writing consultation with students at all levels, language instruction in Arabic, and discussion-section and assessment support in political science and international studies. What ties them together is a preoccupation with explanation — with what it takes for a student to stop pretending they understand something and actually get there.
Roles
Experience across writing support, language instruction, and political science pedagogy.
Level III CRLA-certified writing consultant providing one-on-one support across disciplines — research papers, graduate applications, argument structure, and academic writing at all levels.
Teaching assistant for an 80-student lecture course across multiple semesters, supporting instruction, grading, and student advising in international politics and U.S. foreign policy.
Taught history and facilitated the BrainLyne student research and university-access writing program during the Fulbright year in Morocco. Developed cross-cultural pedagogy in an Arabic-language environment.
Teaching Arabic
Language teaching grounded in script literacy, morphology, and classroom routine.
Arabic instruction has been part of my work since my Fulbright year in Morocco. My approach treats early Arabic literacy as a design problem: learners struggle not because the language is impossible, but because the learning materials rarely make the system visible. Good Arabic instruction makes the structure of the language something a student can see, manipulate, and test.
This pedagogical premise also underlies Huruf La'b, a tactile Arabic learning system I co-developed to turn script learning into a repeatable classroom routine.
Materials
Downloadable teaching artifacts, lesson plans, and reference materials.
Teaching materials — lesson plans, Arabic script reference sheets, and classroom resources — are organized on the Works page as they become available for download.
Writing Coaching
Private coaching for essays, research papers, and personal statements.
Beyond formal teaching roles, I work with students privately on essays, research papers, college applications, and personal statements. This work draws on my CRLA Level III certification and years of writing consultation at NC State's Academic Success Center.