OVERVIEW

I have taught courses on innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking, and emerging technologies at Northeastern University and the University of Washington’s Global Innovation Exchange. With one foot in engineering and the other in business, I bring an interdisciplinary style that connects technical fundamentals with the bigger picture of how industries evolve.

In my classes, the line between “school” and “real world” is intentionally thin. I bring in industry partners to share their challenges, use fresh cases pulled from ongoing projects, and encourage students to grapple with problems as they unfold. The classroom becomes a live lab where engineers, designers, and product managers-in-training learn to move beyond tools and see how technologies actually play out in organizations and society.

At the heart of my teaching is curiosity, collaboration, and energy. I want students to leave not just with skills, but with the confidence and perspective to navigate uncertainty — and to shape the industries they’re stepping into.

University of Washington

Instructor, "Emerging Technology Topics: Technology, Economics, and Society" (Fall 2025) 

• Too often, engineers, designers, and product managers focus only on their immediate tools or skills and miss the bigger picture. This course challenges that mindset by teaching both the fundamentals of cutting-edge technologies (such as robotics, electric vehicles, and AI) and the economic, policy, and social forces that shape their impact. Students leave with both a solid grasp of how emerging technologies work and a framework to anticipate industry shifts and position themselves for future opportunities.

Northeastern University 

Instructor, “Innovation!” (Summer 2024, Summer 2025) 

• Lectured an undergraduate course on concepts in innovation and entrepreneurship, incorporating case teaching, team project and guest lectures from industry entrepreneurs. 

• Teaching Evaluation: 4.9 / 5.0 

• Student Voices:

"The instructor makes sure everyone participates which is important for an interactive class environment. She values everyone's opinions and input which helps in our learning process."

"She is a great professor, she is very patient. Great at providing insightful feedback."

"Very passionate about innovation, and very knowledgable in the field."

"The instructor is very organized with the material and presenting it. I always know what is going on in the class and what is expected of me due to the organization of both the material and her presentation of the material."

"Organized and passionate, I would take this professor again without a doubt, even if it were an 8 AM class!"

Carnegie Mellon University 

Teaching Assistant, “Strategic Management and Technological Innovation” (Spring 2020)

• Provided supplemental instruction and grading for a graduate course on incorporating technology and innovation into corporate strategy. 

• Designed and delivered a guest lecture on dynamics of innovation theory.