I have taught history and humanities for twelve years at Phillips Academy Andover, The Downtown School: A Lakeside School, Greenhill School, and Sun Valley Community School. I hold a master’s degree in Military History from Norwich University and a bachelor’s degree in Religion from Middlebury College, where I graduated with departmental high honors. My classroom experience includes teaching high-school students U.S. History, World History, Political Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Ethics and...
I have taught history and humanities for twelve years at Phillips Academy Andover, The Downtown School: A Lakeside School, Greenhill School, and Sun Valley Community School. I hold a master’s degree in Military History from Norwich University and a bachelor’s degree in Religion from Middlebury College, where I graduated with departmental high honors. My classroom experience includes teaching high-school students U.S. History, World History, Political Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Ethics and Citizenship, and Debate and Persuasion.
I love working with students and have been especially effective in small-group settings. One of my strengths is understanding where a student needs help. I take time to listen, ask questions, and understand how they are approaching the material. Trained in deep listening through the Stanley King Institute, I help students recognize what they understand, identify what is confusing them, and develop the confidence to work through it themselves. In history and writing, I help students analyze primary sources, understand difficult readings, organize essays, and support arguments with evidence.
At Andover, I coached the Philomathean Society, the school’s parliamentary debate team. At Sun Valley Community School, I built and ran the Model United Nations program, preparing students to research, develop arguments, and communicate their ideas clearly. I have also worked individually with students developing independent intellectual projects, and I spent eight years as a Dean of Students, working one-on-one with students and families and coordinating academic support. Having recently returned to Seattle, I look forward to helping students strengthen their skills in history, writing, and the humanities. I enjoy helping students wrestle with complexity, and I love that teaching gives me the opportunity to keep learning.
