Education

Teaching

"I believe that compassionate, empathetic teaching — when combined with high expectations and intellectual rigor — serves both the mind and the soul of the student. A common intellectual endeavor can bridge the thorniest religious, national, and linguistic divides."

Teaching Experience

AP European History & Honors Practical Philosophy

BASIS International School Guangzhou

Guangdong, China

2025 – Present

·Teaching AP European History to 10th graders using the College Board curriculum
·Teaching Practical Philosophy through primary sources: Aristotle, Lao Tzu, Descartes
·Monthly Harkness discussions on texts from the Analects of Confucius to Descartes' Meditations
·Integrating AI and gaming into the classroom for experiential learning

AP World History & Holocaust History Honors

Pine Crest School

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2023 – 2025

·AP World History exam pass rate: 97.5% (above both China and global averages)
·Integrated AI (ChatGPT, DALL-E) and VR into the classroom
·Monthly Harkness discussions on primary sources from Plato to the Analects
·Mentored extended research projects on the Holocaust; average paper length 10 pages
·Taught academic honesty in the age of AI

Honors World History Teacher

Saint Andrew's School

Boca Raton, Florida

2022 – 2023

·Taught 9th grade World History from humanity's origins to World War I
·First teacher in the State of Florida to integrate AI (ChatGPT, DALL-E) as a summative assessment
·Coached the Saint Andrew's Debate Team

Graduate Teaching Fellow

Barnard College & Columbia University

New York, NY

2016 – 2019

·Introduction to Islam
·Introduction to Judaism
·Hindu and Buddhist Tantra
·Islamic Masculinities
·Taught hundreds of Ivy League undergraduate and graduate students

Speech & Debate Coach

American School of Fez

Fez, Morocco

2013 – 2014

·Taught Individual Events: Extemporaneous, Impromptu, Original Oratory
·Taught Parliamentary Debate
·Founded the first National Debate Team in Morocco
·Attended 2014 international championship in Thailand

Arabic Lecturer

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Rothberg School)

Jerusalem, Israel

2013 – 2014

·Taught Beginner Arabic to international high school and undergraduate students

Teaching Philosophy

Students are not learning machines; they are adolescents connected to their psyches, home lives, and diverse socio-economic and historical circumstances when they enter my classroom. They are on the path toward self-actualization, and my role as a teacher is to be a guide to achieve their learning goals.

Working at diverse private schools where students from many cultures and backgrounds come together to study gives me an appreciation for the ways in which a common intellectual endeavor can bridge the thorniest religious, national, and linguistic divides. I bring my doctoral research directly into the classroom — not as a lecture, but as an invitation to inquiry.