Teaching and Research:

 

Teaching Experience:

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Portland State University, Assistant Professor of Practice,  Portland, OR, USA 2020-present

• CYFS Practicum I (5 credits, Winter Term, Spring Term, Summer Term, Online)

• CYFS Practicum II (5 credits, Winter Term, Spring Term, Summer Term, Online)

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Portland State University, Senior Instructor II, Portland, OR, USA 2019-2020

• CYFS Practicum I (5 credits, Winter Term, Spring Term, Summer Term, Online)

• CYFS Practicum II (5 credits, Winter Term, Spring Term, Summer Term, Online)

• Working with Diverse Families (4 credits, Fall Term, Online)

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Portland State University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland, OR, USA 2018-2019

• Working with Diverse Families (4 credits, Fall Term, Online)

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Fall Term, Online)

• Families and Society (4 credits, Fall Term, Online)

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Portland State University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Portland, OR, USA 2017-2018

• Working with Diverse Families (4 credits, Spring Term, Online)

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Spring Term)

• Families and Society (4 credits, Fall and Winter Term)

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Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2016-2017

• Working with Diverse Families (4 credits, Spring Term, Online)

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Spring Term)

• Selected Topics: Writing for Social Workers (2 credits, Winter Term)

• Social Work burnout and vicarious PTSD (4 credits, Summer Term) 

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Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2015-2016

• Working with Diverse Families (4 credits, Spring Term, Online)

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Spring Term)

• Guest Lecture for Mr. Samuel Gioia: Beginning Generalist Social Work Practice (Spring Term)

• Guest Lecture for Dr. Ramin Farahmandpur: Ecological and Cultural Foundations of Learning (Winter Term)

 

Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2014-2015

•  Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Winter and Spring Term)

 

Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2013-2014

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Spring Term)

• Families and Society (4 credits, Fall, Winter, and Spring Terms)

 

Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2012-2013

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Fall Term)

 

Portland State University, Adjunct Instructor, Portland, OR, USA 2011-2012

• Community Resources and Family Support (4 credits, Fall Term)

 

Co or Principal Investigator Research:

 

Portland State University (2018-2019)

• PI: Fostering Community-Based Learning and Community-Engaged Learning Within an Online Context

 

Portland State University (2016-2017)

• Co-PI: Co-creating Spaces of Critical Hope through the Use of Psychosocial Peace Building Education Course in a Higher Education in Emergencies Context: Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kenyatta University, Kenya

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Portland State University (2015-2016)

• PI: Hopes and Struggles of Adjunct Faculty

• Co-PI: Individual and Collective Hopes of PSU Students

• Graduate Assistant: The Ripple Effect: Supporting Academic Writing

 

Portland State University (2014-2015)       

• Co-PI: Views of Hope: Narratives of Refugees and Immigrants 

• Collaborator: Burbach, J. Who defines me? Spaces and Places of Agency and Hope. 

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