Teaching Experience (partial list)

Adjunct Professor, Laney College, Oakland, CA (2018-present)

Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Research Methods

​

Associate Instructor, Cabrillo Community College, Aptos CA (2008-present)

Introduction to Ethnic Studies, Introduction to Women & Gender Studies, Crime and Society, Introduction to Race and Ethnicity, Feminist Theories, Social Justice Research Methods, etc. 

​

Lecturer, UCSC (2002-2008)

Preparation for Field Study, Women and Criminal Punishment in the US, Criminal Punishment and Social Change/Justice, Social Justice and Community (etc.)

​

Other Teaching/Trainer Experience (partial list)

ACE Faculty Experiential Learning Institute: Apprentice through Master Mentor III (2010-2016)

Graduate TA Trainer: UCSC Community Studies and Sociology (2003, 2007)

Jail Writing Workshop Facilitator: Inside Out Writing Project: intermittently (2002-2018)

Teaching Assistant: The Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Health Activism, Intro to Feminism(s), Drugs and Society, Intro to Community Studies (etc.)

​

Research Experience (partial list)

Writing against Time: The Life Histories and Writings of Women in Santa Cruz County           Jail, Dissertation (completed 2008) 

"Improving Access to Health Care for California’s Women Prisoners," Project                 Coordinator, UCSC (1999-2000)

​

College & Community Work (partial list)

Cabrillo College

Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers: Executive Board; Organizer; Adjunct Chair; Membership Chair; Division Representative (2009-2017): 

Curriculum Design (2011, 2016, 2017, 2018)

ACE Program Director (2012-2015)

Faculty Club Advisor: Forgotten Scholars (2018-20); Accountable Intersectionality (2017-18); iowp831 (2016-17); Cabrillo Student Hunger Strike Solidarity (2015-16)

​

Other

Founder/Volunteer, Inside Out Writing Project 831 (2002 - 2020) 

Program Officer, Fund for Nonviolence Program Officer (2005-2007)

Advisory Board, UCSC Women’s Center (2003-2004)

Previously: Community Health Outreach: focus on Street-Outreach, Harm Reduction,  HIV Prevention

​