JOY AND TOGETHERNESS is my mantra for teaching, a manifesto for how to shape my classroom as a space that responds to what students need today. A counter to the hustle, isolation, and haphazard quality of contemporary life. A space of communal innovation, where time, care, and accountability replace productivity and perfection. Guided by my experience in communitarian ethics, sensory ethnography, and small-gauge filmmaking, I strive to create the shared conditions for experimentation, failure, and self-reflection that my students demand and deserve. I strive to offer a model for ethical, artistic collaboration.
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I am currently a lecturer in the Rutgers Filmmaking Center (RFC) at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, where I design and teach elective film-production courses in Sensory Ethnography, Community Engaged Filmmaking, and Introduction to Filmmaking for Non-Majors. For the AY 2026/27, I am excited to teach Essay Filmmaking (spring) and Advanced Directing 2 (fall). I am taking a break from Rutgers Arts Online and The New School this year to focus full-time on RFC. I hope to wrap two short collaborative films and develop my interests in filmmaking for community building and healing.
Below are sample syllabi for current classes. For older classes, check out my past teaching page. Here is my teaching cv with more about my teaching experience. For samples of the awesome work made by my students, visit my new student works page.
Essay Filmmaking (Rutgers, 2026) + undergraduate production course exploring essay film techniques + syllabus for my iteration coming soon
Introduction to Filmmaking for Non-Majors (Rutgers, 2024-present) + undergraduate course introducing non-majors to film production basics + syllabus for current iteration is here
Community Engaged Filmmaking (Rutgers, 2024-present) + undergraduate production course where students collaborate with community partners to make short films + check out a recent syllabus here
Advanced Directing 2 (Rutgers, 2022 + 2027) + undergraduate junior core production course focused on crafting short documentary or experimental non-fiction films
Sensory Ethnography (Rutgers, 2020-present) + undergraduate production course where students craft sensory ethnographic films + check out the syllabus for a recent version here
The Art of Documentary Filmmaking (Rutgers Arts Online, 2020-present) + undergraduate production course where students craft documentary films + check out the first-run syllabus here
