This course explores the relationship between economics, culture, and power. Through learning about feminist approaches to studying markets and capitalism, students in this course not only critically engage with questions of inequality and economic justice, but also analyze the way these dynamics impact their own financial lives. (ANTH 490, CSULB)

This course offers an introduction to the key themes in the sub-field of cultural anthropology. Rather than simply memorizing a set of facts, students that are successful in this course will learn to see the world like an anthropologist, critically questioning “common sense” assumptions about our society while developing respect for the lived experiences and worldviews of people from different cultural backgrounds. (ANTH 120, CSULB)

Workshop to help credit union employees understand bias, algorithms, and the negative impact of discrimination in financial services, while also providing tools for taking steps toward adopting more ethical automated processes. (Lead curriculum designer; co-facilitated with Bill Maurer and Noelle Stout, Winter 2020)

This course provides an overview of the rise of global interdependence through the lens of racial capitalism and an introduction to key anthropological concepts and modes of analysis. It does so by fostering critical reflection on the emergence of design thinking as a globally salient set of processes with dramatic political, economic, and cultural implications. We explore the ways that design, broadly construed, both creates inequality and becomes a means of intervening in the world to effect social change. (UC Irvine 2019)