Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 241 Atoms: Mother Nature’s LEGOS; HC 241 Music to Your Ears: The Science of Song; HC 277 Thesis Orientation; HC 301 Beneath the Surface Science; HC 441 The Art of Data Manipulation
Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.
Song on Repeat: “Photograph” by Ed Sheeran
What’s in the fridge: Trader Joe’s Jalapeño Limeade.
Guilty Pleasure: Leaving boxes out for my cats to play in.
Favorite Movie: The Princess Bride
Coffee or Tea: Tea! (Peppermint is a favorite)
Why I teach at the CHC: I appreciate the diversity of knowledge that students bring into the classroom. The best learning moments come from considering others’ unique perspectives.
If you take my class, you will: Have the opportunity to (1) Explore science from a “real life” tangible perspective, and (2) Take ownership of your research and learning.
I’m a stickler for: Respecting each other. In my classroom, everyone has space to be heard. I expect our class to uphold this welcoming and supportive environment.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 101 Making Space for Our Stories: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences of Coming to America; HC 231 Muslims in America; HC 231: Storytelling and Health; HC 221: Middle East Joy and Culture; HC 277 Thesis Orientation; HC 431/434 Displacement and Health
Hometown: Union City, Calif.
Song on Repeat: “Tala'al Badru” by Muad & Firas
Guilty Pleasure: Cardamom Anything — latte, muffins, chocolate, granola
Favorite Movie: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Coffee or Tea: Coffee in the AM, tea in the PM
Why I teach at the CHC: For starters, I am one of the luckiest people in this world to be here at the CHC! I absolutely love, love, love what I am doing here with my colleagues and all the students I get to interact with! I appreciate being in community with students from all walks of life, who come to class with curiosity and a willingness to respectfully listen and engage with one another. I cherish the time I have with my students, colleagues, and staff.
If you take my class, you will: Have a better sense of who you are and how you might nurture positive change in this world.
I’m a stickler for: Participation! I value nurturing spaces for students to be seen and heard inside and outside of the classroom. I want students to connect our classroom and themselves to the larger world around them. I echo the words of Rosa Parks: “Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.”

Department: Psychology
CHC classes: HC 441 Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing “Public Science”
Hometown: Redwood City, Calif.
Song on Repeat: “Gabriel’s Oboe” by Ennio Morricone
Guilty Pleasure: Surrounding myself with pets.
Favorite Movie: Arrival
Coffee or Tea: Yes, please.
Why I teach at the CHC: The students! The faculty! The staff!
If you take my class, you will: Engage with your fellow students in a collaborative process of learning to shape ideas and knowledge into written pieces that sing to others with clarity and force.
I’m a stickler for: Focusing on connection first.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 221 Narratives of Retribution/Revenge; HC 301 Written and Cinematic Noir; HC 421 Narrative Technique
Hometown: Charlotteamalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and Fayetteville, N.C.
Song on Repeat: I’m all about whole albums. Jorge Ben's 1976 masterpiece África Brasil has been a near-weekly go-to for me. I’ve recently fallen pretty hard for the work of Tess Parks, especially her work with Anton Newcombe. If I had to pick a single song, it would probably be Cherrelle's classic “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.”
Guilty Pleasure: For years, my answer to this question would've been the music of Kate Bush. But thanks to Stranger Things everybody loves her now, and now I can be guilty no longer.
Favorite Movie: Toss-up between Jacques Tourneur masterpiece Out of the Past and Spike Lee's Malcolm X. Honorable mentions? Brian De Palma's Carlito’s Way and John Carpenter's The Thing.
Coffee or Tea: Coffee, and lots of it.
Why I teach at the CHC: The students—I have absolutely loved working with CHC students. The support that CHC faculty gets from administration and staff is a huge plus for me, too.
If you take my class, you will: Work hard, learn a ton, and have a great time doing so.​​​​​
I’m a stickler for: Intellectual curiosity. This might sound simplistic, but intellectual curiosity is how we learn one thing by first learning another. It's the gas that makes the car go. With intellectual curiosity, a scholar can go anywhere. Without it, though, that car's basically just a hunk of metal.

Department: Political Science
CHC classes: Music and Politics; Autobiography as Political Agency; Thesis Prospectus; Body Politic and the Art of Perception
Hometown: Chicago
Song on Repeat: “Alone Again Or” by Love
Guilty Pleasure: Aperitivo hour
Favorite Movie: Mulholland Drive
Coffee or Tea: Right now, a Café Salentino to be exact
Why I teach at the CHC: CHC students have the best taste in music.
If you take my class, you will: Build community with your classmates and learn a lot about yourself, both personally and intellectually.
I’m a stickler for: Depth and authenticity.

Department: Journalism
CHC classes: HC 101 Media Unfiltered; HC 221 Creative Nonfiction; HC 431 Solutions to Our Wicked Problems
Hometown:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Song on Repeat: Metallica and Lady Gaga
What's in the fridge: Broccoli salad
Guilty Pleasure: Instagram
Favorite Movie: The Sound of Music and The Shawshank Redemption
Coffee or Tea: Coffee all day, every day
Why I teach at the CHC: Rich intellectual discussions about the pressing issues of our times.
If you take my class, you will: Learn to critically evaluate the mass media and hold these powerful institutions accountable.
I’m a stickler for: Enthusiasm, empathy, and gratitude.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: Global Problems of the 21st Century; Research Methods in Environmental Studies and Sustainability; Environmental Change and Disease; Creating Resilient Communities
Hometown: Simsbury, Conn.
Song on Repeat: so many – from the Gamelan of Indonesia, Mariachi from Mexico, to Sufi from Turkey
Guilty Pleasure: Good wine.
Favorite Movie: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Coffee or Tea: Coffee in the morning, tea in the afternoon.
Why I teach at the CHC: Interesting and motivated students and innovative colleagues.
If you take my class, you will: Increase your understanding of the many paths you can take to contribute to positive and sustainable change.
I’m a stickler for: Being thoughtfully engaged in discussions.

Department: German and Scandinavian Studies; Judaic Studies
CHC classes: HC 101 The Garden and the Wall; HC 421 TB or not to Be: Writing, Sickness, and Death; HC 301 The Natural World; HC 221 The Birth of the Novel
Hometown: Opelousas, Louisiana
Song on Repeat: “24 Hours” by Chloe Slater
Guilty Pleasure: Falling asleep on the couch with the TV on.
Favorite Movie: Burn After Reading
Coffee or Tea: Chai.
Why I teach at the CHC: I was a liberal arts student at Bard College and it has mapped my entire life. I love being able to pass that on to future generations.
If you take my class, you will: ​​​Read a lot, but hopefully laugh a bunch too and maybe just fawn over human language!
I’m a stickler for: Footnotes!

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Policing Masculinities; Human Care and Intimacy; Deportation from the United States; Thesis Prospectus
Hometown: Gates, Oregon
Song on Repeat: “Hombre al Agua” by Soda Stereo
What's in the fridge: Meats, cheeses, veggies, and Coke zero
Guilty Pleasure: Reading the Atlantic, Letras Libres, New Yorker, or Nexos. Or playing pickup basketball three or four times a week. On second thought, I don't feel too guilty about either one...
Favorite Movie: Amores Perros
Coffee or Tea: Coffee. Different roasts for different days.
Why I teach at the CHC: I love collaborating with others and facilitating learning. The CHC's small class sizes and multidisciplinary orientation make it an ideal place for that.
If you take my class, you will: Take ownership of your learning. I create a structure, but challenge you to do transformational work. You'll reflect by looking inward at your existing understandings, then read, write, and, in our classroom learning community, exchange ideas with classmates. Then we'll reflect some more and start the cycle again.
I’m a stickler for: Trying hard when something’s worth it.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 101 Symmetry; HC 241 Pick Your Poison; HC 441 Water: A Deep Dive; HC 441 Verifying the Viral: Investigating Science on Social Media; HC 277 Thesis Orientation; HC 477 Thesis Prospectus; General Chemistry Study Sessions
Hometown: A suburb of Dallas, Texas
Album on Repeat: “Meaning of Life” by Kelly Clarkson
What's in the fridge: Ranch Dressing.
Guilty Pleasure: Fun sunglasses.
Favorite Movie: I'd rather binge-watch a TV show...
Coffee or Tea: Coffee with cream and sugar, please!
Why I teach at the CHC: The students and my colleagues are talented, creative, and inspiring individuals. I learn something new every day and I love that.
If you take my class, you will: Learn some chemistry, work hard, have fun, and be supported along the way.
I’m a stickler for: Numbers having units. Without a unit, a number is meaningless.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: Oral argument and advocacy; Thesis preparation; Social History of Baseball; Library Research
Hometown: Eugene
Song on Repeat: “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder
What's in the fridge: Cherries and lox.
Guilty Pleasure: Baseball simulation.
Favorite Movie: The Godfather II
Coffee or Tea: Prefer coffee, but the stomach prefers tea.
Why I teach at the CHC: The students are inspiring.
If you take my class, you will: Learn critical thinking and effective advocacy.
I’m a stickler for: Compassion.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: Wildlife and Society, Avian Ecology, HC 277H Thesis Orientation
Hometown: Applegate
Song on Repeat: “Slow Show” by The National
What’s in the fridge: A concerning amount of juice.
Guilty Pleasure: I like to watch Futurama on repeat. "Good News, Everyone."
Favorite Movie: So many. I really love Hot Fuzz.
Coffee or Tea: Neither. I like my caffeine to be carbonated.
Why I teach at the CHC: The dynamic community created by students, faculty and staff.
If you take my class, you will: Learn about the scientific method and flex your critical thinking skills.
I’m a stickler for: Concise writing.
One thing you would never guess about me: We have a lovely miniature horse that occasionally hangs out inside to watch TV.

Department: Psychology
CHC classes: Making Mistakes and Causing Catastrophes; Law, Science, and Morality; Psychology of Fascism; Data and Death
Hometown: Los Angeles
Song on Repeat: “Standing in the Breach” by Jackson Browne
Guilty Pleasure: I’ll never tell. I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings (OK, so I cheated. There are three.) and Always.
Coffee or Tea: I'm flexible
Why I teach at the CHC: The students (they’re the best), the class sizes, and the flexibility.
If you take my class, you will: think, talk, write, but most importantly, you’ll learn some important things about people and about yourself together with some concepts and ways of thinking about problems and other issues that you will be able to apply in whatever you do.
I’m a stickler for: Accuracy and logic; saying what you mean and meaning what you say; if you claim something is true, tell me how you know it to be true.

Department: Music
CHC classes: Some of my classes include HC 221 Velocity of Gesture, or Intro to Air Guitar; HC 421 Louis Armstrong: the Sound of a Century; HC 101 Down the Rabbit Hole (with Lisa Munger); and HC 421 Music, Film, and Glass Ceilings
Hometown: I was born and raised in Portland.
Song on Repeat: The music I have on repeat is almost always music that I’m working on. At the moment, I’ve got Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat on…all the time.
Guilty Pleasure: Nutella…by the spoonful.
Favorite Movie: Whichever movie I’m watching. I love movies. Even the bad ones.
Coffee or Tea: It depends. If you told me that I was going to die in the next 30 seconds unless I drank tea, then I’d drink the damn tea.
Why I teach at the CHC: Since coming to the CHC several years ago, my only regret is that I didn’t come here sooner. I’m proud to be part of this fabulous faculty, I’m grateful to work alongside such a supportive staff, and I’m endlessly inspired by the students.
If you take my class, you will: If you’re like a lot of my students (especially in my Air Guitar class), you might want to drop the class as soon as you read the syllabus (which I won’t send you before class starts, so don’t ask). But if you stick it out, you’ll probably be glad you did.
I’m a stickler for: My kids would say that I’m a stickler for microwaving my ice cream before I eat it. And if you haven’t tried it, then just keep your wrong opinions to yourself.

Department: Law
CHC classes: HC 431/444 Continuing the Search for the Cayuse Five; HC 444 The Justice System Today; HC 301 Hazardous Waste; HC 431 Secrecy
Hometown: Wadsworth, Ohio
Song on Repeat: The theme to Oxygen Not Included
Guilty Pleasure: Dungeons & Dragons
Favorite Movie: CODA
Coffee or Tea: Yes please.
Why I teach at the CHC: I have learned something from almost every single CHC student I’ve ever worked with. Such a privilege.
If you take my class, you will: Discover that you are the actual, no-joke, hands-down, total expert in the room on some specific thing that has arisen. And then immediately after that, discover that you (1) like that feeling, but (2) need practice knowing what to do in such situations.
I’m a stickler for: Avoiding globalized assertions. No one should ever use them. They always make you look completely uneducated.

Department: History of Art and Architecture
CHC classes: HC 101 The Art and Science of Human Flourishing; HC 221 Body Politic and the Art of Perception; HC 421 Attention, Perception, Contemplation in Art; HC 434 Global Contemporary Art
Hometown: Manchester, Wash.
Song on Repeat: I'm a sucker for movie soundtracks.
Guilty Pleasure: I love the Merlin bird app (and don't feel guilty about it).
What's in the fridge: Kombucha
Favorite Movie: Kung Fu Panda
Coffee or Tea: Both
Why I teach at the CHC: I love talking about art and new media technologies with students from all kinds of disciplines.
If you take my class, you will: Explore how attention and distraction impact our experience.
I’m a stickler for: Kindness and curiosity.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 431 Modern Chinese History and the Art of Hung Liu (1948-2021); HC 231 Silk Road Histories
Hometown: Važec, Slovakia via Minneapolis and San Francisco
Song on Repeat: Sting's album If On a Winter’s Night… or Nawang Khechog's Tibetan Meditation Music
Guilty Pleasure: Hiking the Dales (England) during lambing season
Favorite Movie: Casablanca
Coffee or Tea: Prosecco (no caffeine)
Why I teach at the CHC: Great students, curious and intellectually serious.
If you take my class, you will: Have fun and learn a lot. Go away charged to see the world differently.
I’m a stickler for: Critical thinking in an age of post-truth relativism and the digital panopticon.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 421/444: Black Literature, Science, and Reproductive Justice
Hometown: Lafayette, Colorado
Song on Repeat: I search “Elder Emo” on Spotify and hit play
Guilty Pleasure: Seeded sourdough loaf from Noisette Bakery, but I do not carry guilt for this true pleasure.
Favorite Movie: Independence Day
Coffee or Tea: Coffee
Why I teach at the CHC: My field, African American Literature, is inherently interdisciplinary. There is no better place to teach such classes than in the CHC.
If you take my class, you will: Learn a lot about the history of reproductive science and the efforts to correct an unjust system through the human-rights framework of Reproductive Justice.
I’m a stickler for: Directly engaging quotations you’ve included in your writing.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 101 Artificial Intelligence: The Cultures of Minds and Machines; HC 221 The Tragic Mode of Knowledge; HC 222 The Literary Lives of Animals; HC 223 Climate Change and the Problem of Representation; HC 421 How the West Was Spun; HC 441 After the End of the World
Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.
Song on Repeat: “Debaser” by the Pixies
Guilty Pleasure: An old movie matinee in the middle of a sunny day.
Favorite Movie: Vertigo or Rules of the Game or Mulholland Drive or...
Coffee or Tea: Coffee, damn it! What a question. My students know that my large thermos is the T.A. for the course.
Why I teach at the CHC: This is a community devoted to shared learning and discovery, and every day I learn by the example of my students' and colleagues’ generosity, creativity, and disciplinary range. I owe all of them a debt of gratitude for the way they’ve allowed me to continue being their student.
If you take my class, you will: Wander in the dark woods of self-discovery.
I’m a stickler for: The proper use of a semi-colon.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: Writing for Social Justice; Feminist Science Fiction
Hometown: Stillwater, N.J.
Song on Repeat: “Red Wine Supernova” by Chappell Roan
Guilty Pleasure: Beer.
What's in the fridge: Olives and parmesan.
Favorite Movie: Raising Arizona
Coffee or Tea: Coffee morning. Tea afternoon.
Why I teach at the CHC: Because I love to learn.
If you take my class, you will: Write. A lot.
I’m a stickler for: Proofreading.

Department: English
CHC classes: HC 101 Poetry of Black Liberation; HC 444 Black Feminist Literature; HC 221 Black Women's Short Fiction
Hometown: New York is the place that feels most like home.
Song on Repeat: Any golden age (late 1980s through 1990s) hip-hop playlist
Guilty Pleasure: Sci-fi, horror, and supernatural TV shows (but I don't feel guilty about it!)
Favorite Movie: I love too many movies to name but a few I'll rewatch anytime are Blade Runner, Daughters of the Dust, Point Break, any movie in the Scream series, and Cabin in the Woods.
Coffee or Tea: Coffee
Why I teach at the CHC: The small class size and terrific students let us really collaborate to learn together.
If you take my class, you will: Definitely develop your reading, writing, and thinking skills and hopefully carry what you learn from African American literature into the rest of your personal and professional life.
I’m a stickler for: Do the reading! Every text I assign is one I chose with great care and respect for students' time. They're all worth your careful attention; I promise!

Department: Music
CHC classes: HC 221 Music and Meaning; HC 301 Experiential Anatomy and Somatic Therapies; HC 421 Music and Identity
Hometown:Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Song on Repeat: “I am a Vamp” by Ute Lemper
Guilty Pleasure: Wikipedia rabbit holes.
Favorite Movie: Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers
What's in the fridge: IPA from Ft. George Coffee or Tea: Why not both?
Why I teach at the CHC: The students are brilliant!
If you take my class, you will: Listen to music you've never heard before.
I’m a stickler for: Good rhythm.

Department: Clark Honors College
CHC classes: HC 241 The Habitable Earth; HC 277 Thesis Orientation
Hometown: Goleta, California
Song on Repeat: “Quitting You” by Arkells has been on repeat ever since my kid was born. It has the amazing ability to mellow them out no matter how grumpy they are. 
Guilty Pleasure: I don't know that I feel super guilty about it, but I love video games and D&D.
Favorite Movie: I like any movie that is funny or has elements of fantasy or science fiction. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ticked a lot of those boxes. The old (and new) Ghostbusters and Star Wars movies are all good too.
Coffee or Tea: Definitely tea. I pretty much only like coffee if it is disguised in the form of a milkshake.
Why I teach at the CHC: This is my first year teaching with the CHC but I am super excited for the small class sizes and the curious and motivated students.
If you take my class, you will: Learn about how complex our planet is and apply what I teach to new situations and disciplines.
I'm a stickler for: Always trying your best.
One thing you would never guess about me: I love trying to solve puzzles and riddles. My partner and I have done tons of escape rooms and we looked for Forrest Fenn's treasure a few different times before it was eventually found.
What's in the fridge: Ingredients to make a smoothie.