My teaching concentrates on the history of the United States in an expanded field, from the era of colonial slavery to the present day, from the fine details of material artifacts to critical theories of large-scale sociohistorical transformation. At the Sam Fox School, I am teaching a undergraduate on design history, from lectures on graphic design history to seminars focused on issues of race and labor, all of which involve students in hands-on analysis of material artifacts. Along with colleagues at peer institutions, I am leading teaching workshops that introduces methods of archive-based pedagogy to design educators.

Current Courses

African American Design History
Graphic Design History

• Museum Tour Worksheet
  
• Graphic Analysis Worksheet

UnCommon St. Louis: Race, Place, and Power
Race and Design 

Chicago Designs Teaching Workshops

Chicago Designs II: Teaching Community-Based Histories, hosted by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Design Museum of Chicago, June 14-18, 2024.
Chicago Designs: New Approaches for Teaching Politics, Commerce, and Culture, hosted by The Newberry Library in Chicago, June 14-17, 2022.

Recorded Talks

“Black Revolutions: Organizing the Production of Black Design," BIPOC Design History Course (January 23, 2021)
On Charles Dawson for Art & Design in Chicago, WTTW/PBS, television broadcast October 26, 2018

Courses Previously Taught

• History of Graphic Design [Art History, Wayne State University]
  
• American Things (A Social History) [Honors College, Oakland University]
• Racial and Ethnic Relations [Sociology, Oakland University]
• Sociological Theory [Sociology, Oakland University]
• Mass Culture in American Life [History, University of Toronto]
• Slavery in the American South [History, University of Toronto]
• Race in American Material Culture [History, University of Toronto]