Pedagogically, I aim to create a space of encounter that is collaborative and critical by experimenting with what every student brings to the shared learning space from their lives and studies.
I have taught a wide array of classes on Latin American culture, introduction to Astrophysics, as well as Philosophy courses focused on the social aspects of science and technology. See my C.V for my teaching experience.
Below you will find a sample of courses I have taught.
Science and Culture
in Latin America
This course will explore comparative perspectives on science and culture. We will explore questions such as “What is science?” and “Are there distinct cultures of science?” Featured in the American Philosophical Association Syllabus Showcase.
Resistance, Rebellion and Revolution in México
From the Mayan Yucatán rebellion to the EZLN (1994), via 1910 and 1968, this course critically examines class struggles in Mexico through philosophical, literary, and cultural analysis. Are resistance, rebellion, and revolution still thinkable today?
What is justice?
¿Qué es la justicia?
In societies such as ours, justice is executed by the police, decided by courts and served in prisons. But do these institutions resolve violence and harm in our personal lives, in our communities, and in society as a whole? Is justice transformative or must it be transformed?
Fact and Fiction: Encounters Between Art and Science in the Hispanic World
This course will explore the points of intersection between science and art in the Hispanic world. We will grapple with two key questions: how have scientific ideas been taken up in film, poetry, and literature? And how have artistic practices presented the sciences as an instrument of domination but also as a powerful tool of emancipation?
Borderless cosmos
We will explore the vast borderlessness of the physical cosmos as a way to think through, re-imagine and re-make the social cosmos. We will read from (and watch) Carl Sagan’s book (and series) Cosmos , Eduardo Galeano’s social history of the colonization of the Americas, the Zapatista’s Intergalactic declarations, Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist novel Dawn, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s utopian science fiction novel The Dispossessed. Course taught at the Women’s Huron Valley Prison in Michigan.
