Adjunct Teaching at the Graduate Level

I teach at the intersection of movement-based learning, ecological approaches to perception and adaptation, cross-cultural practice, and qualitative inquiry. My work is grounded in doctoral-level training, interdisciplinary research, and sustained embodied practice. I contribute to programs seeking conceptual rigor while remaining open to practice-based and transdisciplinary approaches.

I am available for adjunct teaching, invited lectures, conference presentations, and research-oriented workshops.

Teaching Experience

  • Adjunct Faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies
    Research Methods I: Foundations of Qualitative Research (PhD level)
  • Adjunct Faculty, California Institute for Human Sciences
    Communication Skills for Scholars (PhD level)
  • Fellow & Senior Fellow, Center for Writing and Scholarship, CIIS
    Graduate-level writing mentorship and research workshops

My teaching emphasizes conceptual clarity, methodological precision, and the integration of theory with lived inquiry. Students are encouraged to articulate creative research designs, refine scholarly voice, and engage complexity without sacrificing rigor.

Courses Available

I design courses that integrate conceptual depth with experiential exercises and practice-informed insight. Courses may be offered as semester-long classes, intensives, or modular workshops.

Foundations of Qualitative Research
  • Research design and epistemology
  • Autoethnography, case study, phenomenology
  • Analytic strategies, including bricolage
  • Writing for publication and peer review
Ecological Attunement & Perceptual Learning
  • Affordances (action possibilities in an environment) and perception–action coupling
  • Ecological approaches to learning and adaptation
  • Perceptual refinement in movement and performance contexts
  • Applications to complex and asymmetrical environments
Technologies of the Self: Discipline, Practice, and Transformation
  • Michel Foucault and self-cultivation through intentional practice
  • Embodied disciplines as structured learning environments
  • Transformation as process rather than outcome
  • Practice as inquiry
Practice as Research and Technique as Knowledge
  • Practice-based research methodologies (including Ben Spatz’s theory of embodied technique as knowledge)
  • Integrating practitioner expertise into scholarship
  • Cross-cultural transmission and learning of embodied disciplines
  • Ethical and epistemological (what constitutes knowledge) considerations
Martial Arts as Transformative Practices
  • Martial arts as laboratories for movement refinement, perceptual learning, and adaptive expertise
  • Cultural transmission and recontextualization
  • Asymmetry, uncertainty, and real-world complexity
  • Movement-based learning in dynamic, interactive environments

Institutional Collaboration

I am particularly interested in collaboration with:

  • Interdisciplinary PhD programs
  • Research clusters focused on learning, embodiment, or adaptation
  • Initiatives examining the cross-cultural transmission of knowledge
  • Martial arts and performance studies programs
  • Grant-supported projects addressing asymmetry, safety, or adaptive expertise

I welcome conversations about curriculum design, research partnerships, invited lectures, and funded initiatives.

Invite or Inquire

If you would like to discuss adjunct teaching or curriculum development, please contact me.

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Questions?

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