Teaching
Amanda's teaching philosophy consists of an adaptive equity-oriented approach to guide her curriculum development, class exercises and overall culture in her courses. Her teaching goals are that students leave her courses with enhanced critical thinking and appraisal skills as well as the recognition that learning is a life-long process.
In her classroom, Amanda strives to:
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offer opportunities for students to deliberately practice critical thinking strategies individually and in small groups with ongoing, low-stakes feedback
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diversifies her course materials and readings with a variety of mediums to adequately appeal to differing learning styles
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utilize her students’ & peers’ feedback to refine her classroom style, modify the curriculum & assignments as needed and her instruction to meet the ongoing needs of her current & future students
Amanda is specifically interested in providing education to global health students on the unintended consequences of global health work, the importance of incorporating local knowledge into research design & analysis and the use of different sociological lenses to conduct more robust public health research.
