My teaching work as a grad student:

  • 2024, standalone instructor for CINE2600: Writing Film Reviews and Criticism (with Dr. Chris Goetz). 25 students.

  • 2024, standalone instructor for CINE2627: Film Club: Hyperlink Cinema (with Dr. Chris Goetz). 80 students.

    • See my curated screening list of hyperlink films here.

  • 2024, teaching assistant for CINE1601: Introduction to Film Analysis (with Dr. Andy Owens). 75 students.

  • 2023, standalone instructor for CINE2600: Writing Film Reviews and Criticism (with Dr. Corey Creekmur). 25 students.

    • See my syllabus here, and an example of one of my discussion slideshows (about André Bazin, the “ontology of the image,” and the Cahiers du Cinéma critics) here.

  • 2023, standalone instructor for CINE2627: Film Club: Independent Animation (with Dr. Corey Creekmur). 80 students.

    • See my curated screening list of 43 independent animated films here, or watch a “screen saver” video I made of clips from all the films playing simultaneously (to be played on a loop while taking pre-screening roll call and while leading post-screening discussions) here.

  • 2022, standalone instructor for CINE2615: Introduction to Film Theory (with Dr. Chris Goetz). 100 students.

    • See my Fall 2022 syllabus here, an example of one of my discussion slideshows (about New Queer Cinema) here, and another example of my discussion slideshows (about animation theory) here.

  • 2021, teaching assistant for CINE1610: Contemporary Cinema (with Dr. Andy Owens). 60 students.

  • 2019-2020, Standalone instructor for RHET1030: Rhetoric (with Dana Thomann, Les Margolin, and Brittany Borghi). 60 students.

    • See an example of one of my discussion slideshows here.

My one-on-one tutoring work:

  • 2022-present, independent contractor. Contact me if interested, rate is $50/hr negotiable.

  • 2020-2023, Writing Center tutor at the University of Iowa (with Carol Severino and Deirdre Egan).

  • 2018-2019, COM Writing Center tutor at Boston University (with John Hall).

My teaching work as a grad student at Boston University:

  • 2017-2019, teaching assistant for FT250: Understanding Film (with John Hall, Dr. Lindsay Decker, and Dr. Alexander Svensson). 100 students.

  • 2018, guest lecturer on the history of science fiction for FT250: Understanding Film (with John Hall).

My work in therapeutic boarding school environments:

  • 2015-2016, Program Director at Kaizen Academy. 12-25 employees.

  • 2013-2015, Fine Arts Instructor at Maple Lake Academy (with Adrienne Braun). 32 students at any given time; approx. 60+ students total.

    • I taught or co-taught two units that focused on film, one that focused on visual art, one that focused on theater and improv, and several that focused on performance (music/dance).

  • 2014, Math teacher at Maple Lake Academy. 32 students.

  • 2012-2015, Mentor and Life Coach at Maple Lake Academy.

  • 2011, activity facilitator at Utah State Mental Hospital.

My other teaching/advisory work:

A sampling of anonymous end-of-semester teaching evaluations from my students:

  • "This was my favorite class of the semester! I loved how passionate you were about the subject, it made me excited to engage. You challenged us and helped us grow as thinkers."

  • "He knows how to present tough material to a group of students and not bore them or make them more confused about the material. And if that happens he would clarify again. He really cares about his students on a level that has been so rare for me at least during my time at Iowa."

  • "I appreciate your overall openness and inviting spirit, I think it made the class more comfortable and engaging."

  • "I definitely retained more information from this class than any of my others this semester."

  • "Easily my favorite instructor of all time. You’re such a big inspiration and I never thought I would enjoy film theory as much as I did."

  • “Chris was super engaging and he made waking up at 8 am semi enjoyable.”

  • “Chris is an amazing TA who made the class worthwhile every step of the way. He is wise beyond his years and takes the material with smooth grace whilst also staying on topic.”

  • “The discussions were very engaging and Chris really cared about our thoughts on the movies and related them to larger topics. It was evident that he cared about our learning and encouraged us to think about films in ways I have never thought about them.”

  • “A very professional and well put-together TA. He has a very easygoing and approachable personality, which aided in the group discussions we had throughout each class. The group discussions themselves never felt intimidating, and he made sure to create an environment where students could express themselves freely. I also have no idea how he managed this, but despite watching differing clips from various moves and sources, we somehow always went over the necessary information, had a meaningful discussion, AND left on time.”

  • “I never really saw film as much as an art prior to this course. You made me see the true passion and thought that goes into making these films that I will look at everytime I see a film. I always enjoyed going to your discussion and never felt pressured going into it and learned a lot given the material you gave us.”

  • “I usually hate discussion sections but I actually enjoyed this one and felt comfortable when needing to speak and overall enjoyed the environment of the classroom.”

  • “Chris was the most helpful TA I have had so far at the University and clearly had a passion for the material. He made students feel listened to and comfortable expressing opinions and did a good job elaborating on topics from the lectures.”

You can download a PDF of my resume/CV here (updated October 2024).