Teaching

Tyler and two students examining an early modern Cambodian statue of the Buddha in an art museum — **Teaching about Buddhist iconography in the Chazen Museum of Art, UW–Madison, Spring 2024 (Photo by Yirui Ma).**

Assistant Professor of History, Virginia Wesleyan University

2024–Present:

HIST 103: Empires and Revolutions in South Asia
HIST 103: Empires and Revolutions in Southeast Asia
HIST 103: Six Inventions that Changed the World
HIST 243: World History to 1600
HIST 252: History of Buddhism
HIST 351: Health and Medicine in the Colonial Empires
HIST 351: Queer Lives in the Archive
HIST 351/WES 300: Masculinity in Global History
HIST 351/WES 300: Global Religion and Social Justice
HIST 460: Senior Thesis Seminar

Graduate Instructor, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2022–2023 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of History

2021-2024:

HIST 201: Sex and Love in Asian Religions
HIST/ALC/RS 308: Introduction to Buddhism

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2017–2022:

T.A. Coordinator, History Writing Lab (AY 2020–2021)
RS 102: Religion in Sickness and Health
HIST 201: Travel Writing as Historical Source
HIST/RS 267: Asian Religions in Global Perspective
HIST/ALC/RS 308: Introduction to Buddhism
HIST/POLISCI 370: Islam and Politics

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder

2014–2015 Best Should Teach Silver Award, Graduate Teacher Program

2013–2015:

Lead Graduate T.A. for Religious Studies (AY 2014-2015)
RLST 2700: American Indian Religious Traditions
RLST 1850: Ritual and Media
RLST 2620: East Asian Religious Traditions
RLST 3300: Foundations of Buddhism