My approach to teaching undergraduate and graduate philosophy courses integrates lectures, careful textual engagement, and argument analysis with a collaborative “community of inquiry” approach to philosophical pedagogy. I often teach courses and materials that are underpresented in the Western philosophical cannon.
My upper-level undergraduate courses train students to develop original research papers; I provide students with ample guidance and mentorship as they learn to craft novel thesis statements and then develop their ideas into full-fledged philosophical essays. I also teach an annual Philosophy for Children service learning-style course to students.
I am the recipient of three college-level teaching awards at UNLV, as well as a distinguished teaching award from the University of Washington (see my CV for further information).
Here are sample syllabi for some of my recent graduate and undergraduate courses:
Social and Political Philosophy
Indigenous Philosophies of the Americas
Philosophies of Race and Racism
Immigration and Political Philosophy
Amy Reed-Sandoval 