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TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

 

I discovered my passion for learning and teaching as a child and understood its potential to better individuals and change lives. I personally witnessed the transformative power of teaching on myself. As a public health scientist, educator, and mentor, my ultimate goal is to help students learn in stimulating and innovative environments, grow academically and professionally, engage in real-world health challenges, and develop problem solving skills applied beyond classrooms. Most specifically, I continuously seek to support students to set challenging learning goals while exposing them to participatory, interactive and high-quality classroom experiences, including writing, assigned readings and group discussions.

 

Over the years, I have served as a lecturer and facilitator across diverse academic settings. At the University of South Florida, I supported undergraduate instruction in Survey of Human Disease and Overview of Public Health, and delivered guest lectures in Sex, Health, and Decision-Making. I have also taught international modules at the University of California Berkeley and Morocco’s Rabat School of Public Health, in partnership with the Harvard T.H. Chan Maternal Health Task Force. Over the years, I have served as a lecturer and facilitator across diverse academic settings. At the University of South Florida, I supported undergraduate instruction in Survey of Human Disease and Overview of Public Health, and delivered guest lectures in Sex, Health, and Decision-Making. I have also taught international modules at the University of California Berkeley and Morocco’s Rabat School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan Maternal Health Task Force. These included sessions for health ministers and policy leaders from 15 countries on adolescent engagement and reproductive health strategy. Today, as an Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, I continue to teach and mentor graduate students on digital health innovation, research ethics, and implementation science. 

 

The three pillars of my teaching philosophy are: Participation and Active Engagement, Skills Development, and Diversity.

 

1) Participation and Active Engagement

A primary goal of my teaching is to ensure that students can shape the learning process, participate and interact with each other. Most of my lectures always include group work, required and optional readings, videos, and other web-based materials to stimulate learning and engagement. Action-oriented and participatory learning experiences are reported to increase student’s learning outcomes and the ability to apply knowledge to solve both simple and complex problems.

 

2) Skills development

Developing both academic writings, speaking, listening and interpersonal skills through learning are essential and critical. I ensure that the syllabus is tailored to help develop these specific skills and competencies, selecting the most appropriate learning methods. Service-learning or fieldwork are key components of my courses as I realized how important it is to support students to acquire real-life experiences.

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3) Diversity

My commitment to promoting and respecting diversity in and outside of the classroom is key. I ensure that readings, discussion topics, and other materials used in class are not biased but provide a variety of perspectives and I will provide additional hours to all, including domestic and international students, non-English native speakers, and other multicultural minority groups.

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