Teaching

Teaching and advising

K-12 public education

I teach special education and have experience of teaching the following programs:

inclusion programs which focus on supporting students with learning differences within a general education setting
resource reading and math, including dyslexia reading programs
social communication and behaviour skills
sexuality education for special education students
self-contained classes for students with communication and behavioural differances

As part of my special education teaching, I also provide case management, including development of individualized education plans (IEPs) and support for students and families with complex needs. Much of my teaching career has focused on supporting students who have experienced interruptions, trauma, or other challenges in their formal education. I received a Teachers of Tomorrow scholarship to train as special education K-12 teacher, and in 2022, I received the Teacher of Promise award -- a teaching award for new teachers.

Teaching awards

2022.	Teacher of Promise Award for new teachers.
2022.	Teachers of Tomorrow Teaching Certification Scholarship.

University courses

I have recently taught the following university courses:

Language, Society, and the Individual (spring 2018, fall 2017, spring 2017, fall 2016)
Sociolinguistics (fall 2017)
Linguistic Anthropology (spring 2017)
Bilingualism and Contact Linguistics (fall 2016)
Advanced Seminar: Sociolinguistics Lab (spring 2018, fall 2017)
Advanced Seminar: Language and Gender/Sexuality (spring 2017)
Graduate Research/Independent Study (spring 2017)

Student advising

I advise student research on sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and forensic linguistics. My advisees include:

2020-2021.	Cristina Valega Chipoco. Peruvian rape law. (MSt Co-supervisor.)
2018.	Alexandra Lawson. Queer Latinx identities in media representations of bias-motivated violence. (Research Assistant.)
2018.	Jennifer Schechter. Does Donald Trump really tawk the tawk? An accoustic analysis of Trump’s THOUGHT and BAT vowels. (Qualifying paper.)
2018.	Genevieve Franck. Children's developing narratives and styles. (Qualifying paper.)
2017.	Saima Hafeez. Performing gender and ethnolinguistic identity: a case study. (Independent Study.)

Projects I have advised in the University at Buffalo Sociolinguistics Lab include:

Genevieve Franck.	Sociophonic variation and appropriation in the speech of African~American drag queens.
Kiyono Fujinaga.	The role of language socialization in children's language development: a case study of Japanese heritage speakers.
Saima Hafeez.	Code-switching and identity in Pakistani women's rights activist discourse.
Megan Hutto.	Mea culpa: admissions of guilt and locus of control.
Alexandra Lawson.	Reflexive pronouns in personal contexts: the relationship between genre and anaphoric form in English.
Jennifer Schechter.	Bitchy, bossy, authoritative: how does sociophonic variation tell us who sounds like a boss and who sounds bitchy?
Michelle Tulloch.	You sound funny: The effect of ethnocentrism on accent perception.