TF & TA Positions

 

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Philosophy and Literature

Joshua Landy and R. Lanier Anderson.

A Stanford Summer Humanities Institute course for advanced high-school students. Texts include: Proust, Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Austen, Plato; Walton, Nussbaum, MacIntyre; and several films. TAs led section discussions, Q&As for lecture, and writing workshops.

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Hum 10: Humanities Colloquium

Alison Simmons and Amanda Claybaugh

A year-long Harvard GenEd course for freshmen covering texts across the humanities, from Homer to Kieslowski. TFs were responsible for teaching the "Expos" writing component of the course, a Freshman composition requirement.  TFs also co-directed sections with professors.

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Essential Works in World Literature

Martin Puchner and David Damrosch

A Harvard GenEd course. Texts include: Gilgamesh, Arabian Nights, Candide, Ficciones, My Name is Red. Students research and write "Wiki" articles with TF feedback. I also taught the edX version of this course online, "Masterpieces of World Literature."