First-generation college students
Supporting First-Generation College Students at Loyola Marymount University, iLEAD conference (2012)
This talk was presented to a group of student leaders as part of a two-day...
LMU First To Go Program End of the Year report, Loyola Marymount University (2011)
A summary of activities regarding the LMU First To Go program for the 2010-2011 academic...
Hidden Curriculum
LMU First To Go Program End of the Year report, Loyola Marymount University (2011)
A summary of activities regarding the LMU First To Go program for the 2010-2011 academic...
Navigating Websites, Navigating the Graduate School process (with Selina Rodriguez) (2010)
The purpose of this piece is to help guide prospective applicants through the graduate school...
Why Would Anyone Want to do Research?, UCLA (2009)
I gave this presentation several times to UCLA undergraduates, encouraging them to engage in research....
Mentoring
Mentoring in College, Loyola Marymount University (2011)
Presented to second year students in the Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) program.
Sports
American Beauty: The Cheerleader in American Literature and Popular Culture, Women's Studies Quarterly (2005)
Describes how I developed an undergraduate seminar on cheerleading in American literature and popular culture.
Students of color
"Compton Cookout" party and race at the UC discussed at forum at UCLA (2010)
Describes a forum held in response to the "Compton Cookout" incident at UCSD. Co-facilitated with...
Demystifying the Black Student Experience at UCLA, UCLA (2008)
Explores the specific challenges facing Black students at UCLA and discusses how to create and...
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Reading for recovery post-Katrina (2009)
UCLA media coverage of the service trip to New Orleans with ORL student staff