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

In Development:

HIST 1xx: Explorations in History
HIST 1xx: Empires and Revolutions in South Asia
HIST 2xx-3xx: History of Buddhism
HIST 3xx: A Global History of Masculinity

Spring 2025:

HIST 351 / WES 300: Global Religion and Social Justice
HIST 103: Six Inventions That Changed the World

Fall 2024:

HIST 103: Empires and Revolutions in Southeast Asia
HIST 243: World History to 1600
HIST 351: Making Queer Lives Public

Graduate Instructor, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2022–2023 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of History

Summer 2021, Summer 2023, and Summer 2024:

HIST 201: Sex and Love in Asian Religions

Fall 2021, Spring 2023, and Spring 2024:

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)
HIST / POLISCI 370: Islam and Politics
HIST 201: Travel Writing as Historical Source
HIST / RS 267: Asian Religions in Global Perspective
RS 102: Religion in Sickness and Health

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