TEACHING INTERESTS:
I approach my teaching as a method to practice my interdisicplinary research rooted in intersectionality, queer of color critique, and transnationalism. Specifically, the courses related to questions of differences, identites, and power become pedagogical spaces for me to perform my theories in practice. Also, I bring to these courses my own intellectual passions on studying differences, identities, and power. Thus, I am strongly devoted to develop an academic advising relationship between students and me. By doing so, my goal is to assist students to become active members of an intellectual community and to develop critical, creative, transformative knowledge that are relevant for today’s globalized transcultural communication contexts.
COURCES TAUGHT:
University of New Mexico:
Graduate Courses:
• CJ 500-Foundations of Communication Theory
• CJ 506-Critical Cultural Studies
• CJ 509-Introduction to Graduate Studies in Communication
• CJ 514-Graduate Seminar in Intercultural Communication
• CJ 519-Topics in Intercultural Communication
Queer Intercultural Communication (Spring 2014)
Gender and Intersectionality (Spring 2021)
Race and Media (Spring 2023)
• CJ 600-History and Philosophy of Communication
• CJ 602-Theorizing Culture and Communication
• CJ 605-Qualitative Research Design and Analysis
Undergraduate Courses:
• COMM 1130-Public Speaking
• COMM 1996-Special Topic: Introduction to Asian American Studies
• CJ 314-Intercultural Communication
• CJ 318-Language, Thought, and Behavior
• CJ 323-Nonverbal Communication
• CJ/WMST 326-Gender and Communication
• CJ 400-Senior Seminar: Perspectives on Communication
• CJ 469-Multiculturalism, Gender, and Media
University of Denver:
Undergraduate Courses:
• ASEM 2690-Asian/Pacific Diasporas: Communicating Transnationality
• COMN 2210-Gender, Communication, and Culture
• COMN 2220-Race and Popular Culture
• COMN2700- Masculinities, Identities, and Relationships: Perspectives of Gay/Bisexual/Queer Men
Howard University:
Undergraduate Course:
• COMC 490-Communication Research Methods
Trinity Washington University:
Graduate Courses:
• COM 525-Intercultural Communication
• COM 535-International Communication
Undergraduate Course:
• COM 225-Intercultural Communication
ADVISEMENT:
University of New Mexico:
Undergraduate Committees:
Senior Thesis Director:
Completed:
2017 Julianna Christine Wiggins, Communication. “Analyzing the Latina racialized body, role, and language in Latina.”
2015 Stephanie A. Dyke, Communication. “Rewriting gender, sexuality, and the body on the privileged canvas of consumerism: A critical analysis of “post-feminism” in cosmopolitan magazine.”
2014 Daniel Carboni, Asian Studies. “De-normalizing sexuality: Problematic gay parody versus gay reality in Japan.”
Masters Committees:
MA Thesis Director/Adviser:
Degree Granted:
2025 Brooke Pope, Communication. “I never wanted this”: Examining maintenance of white femininity within abortion stories on TikTok."
2020 Benjamin Bailey, Communication. “ ‘This is how you navigate the world’: Impacts of Mormon Rhetoric on White queer members’ identity performance.” Ph.D. Graduate, Arizona State University.
- Awarded the 2020 Outstanding Thesis in American Studies Division by National Communication Association (NCA)
2014 Reslie Cortés, Communication. “Walk feminine, talk feminine: A critical textual analysis of femininities, performances, and representations in anime.” Assistant Professor, James Madison University (2022- Current). Visiting Instructor, St. Lawrence University; Ph.D. Student, Arizona State University.
MA Thesis Committee Member:
I have served as a member of committees for two (2) theses so far.
MA Comprehensive Exams Chair:
Degree Granted:
2014 Michael Devin Heller, Communication.
Doctoral Committees:
Dissertation Committee Chair:
I have directed nine (9) dissertations so far. See some examples below:
Degree Granted:
2025 Ruoning “Arrow” Xia, Communication. “Analyzing Chinese women’s identity and position in the existing gender system through sexualized and inappropriate performances in advertisements.”
2024 Anh Nguyen, Communication. “(Dis)connecting incommensurable relationalities: Aesthetics of desirable citizenship & interethnic solidarity in Vietnamese/American diasporic media.” Visiting Assistant Professor, Kansas States University (2024-Current).
2024 Tomide Oloruntobi, Communication. “Transnationalizing African communication: A post-/decolonial approach to Nollywood and globalization.” Assistant Professor, Arizona State University (2024-Current)
2023 Austin Miller, Communication. “Queer crises: Movements from queerness and feelings of white religion in the United States.” Disaster Response & Regional Grants Officer, Rotary International (2023-Current).
2023 Cassidy Ellis, Communication. “Saved babies, dead doctors: Settler colonial anxiety and strategic rhetorics of/in the anti-abortion cultural narrative.” Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati (2023-current).
Dissertation Committee Member:
I have served as a member of committees for seven (7) dissertations so far. See some examples below:
2024 Anthony C. Peavy, Communication. "Racialized masculinities in professional basketball: Utilizing mixedness to challenge commonplace Black/white media discourses about NBA players." Assistant teaching Professor, Iowa State University.
2016 Santhosh Chandrashekar, Communication. “Un/Desirable subjects: South Asian racialization in the age of terror.” Associate Professor, University of Denver.
External Dissertation Committee Member:
Degree Granted:
2015 Seif Sekalala, Culture and Communication. Drexel University: Philadelphia, PA. “Rwandan former refugees’ and genocide survivors’ narratives in the USC-Shoah Archive & Western (US, UK, Italy, Canada) newspapers.” Researcher/Consultant, Higher-Ed Exchange LLC.