Sam supports graduate student teachers and undergraduate learners at the University. As a University of Chicago (and CCTL Graduate Fellows Program) alumnus, he has experience with the opportunities, resources, and challenges that graduate student teachers have here at the University. He is especially excited to support graduate student teaching through a range of new and existing programs and to guide and develop direct support for undergraduate student learning.
Sam has experience as a scholar and teacher of archaeology, anthropology, Arabic language, and the ancient Near East. He has been an instructor of humanities in the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program at Purdue University; an Arabic instructor at the George Washington University, Georgetown, and the University of Chicago; and an instructor in the archaeology and history of the ancient Near East at the University of Chicago and in ISAC’s museum and continuing education programs. He has also been a Peace Corps education volunteer, undertaking both peer instructor mentorship and English language instruction in the Republic of Georgia. He received his BA in Anthropology cum laude from Harvard College, his MA in Contemporary Arab Studies with distinction from Georgetown University, and his PhD from the University of Chicago with honors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Please contact Sam if:
- You are a graduate student with questions about teaching, TAing, or mentoring, or if you are interested in becoming more involved in supporting teaching at the University.
- You have thoughts, questions, or suggestions about supporting undergraduate learning.
- You would like to talk about teaching in the humanities or social sciences, interdisciplinary teaching, language pedagogy, or teaching with material culture.