My teaching philosophy centers on experiential learning, strengthening students’ self-efficacy, fostering an inclusive classroom environment, and maintaining a high level of accessibility to students. I design my courses to help students build confidence in their ability to analyze problems, make decisions, and apply strategic and entrepreneurial thinking in uncertain, real-world settings.

I place strong emphasis on experiential learning. My courses integrate live cases, consulting-style projects, and real organizational challenges, sometimes in collaboration with external partners. Students are asked to work with ambiguity, engage with real data, and justify their recommendations under realistic constraints. This approach bridges theory and practice while developing skills that are directly transferable beyond the classroom.

To promote engagement and understanding, I use interactive class activities and project-based assignments. I regularly draw on current events and popular culture to make abstract concepts concrete, and I integrate my own research findings and professional experience to balance theoretical rigor with practical relevance. My international background has also shaped my teaching approach, particularly in working with diverse student populations and perspectives.

At Towson University, I teach courses in strategic management and entrepreneurship in both residential and hybrid formats. Students from my courses have placed among the top teams in Final Capstone Project competitions. In my entrepreneurship courses, I encourage students to think critically about how incentives and ecosystems shape entrepreneurial outcomes. In my strategy courses, rather than treating strategy as a set of tools to memorize, I present it as a way of thinking; one that emphasizes judgment, context, and decision-making.

Prior to Towson, at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, I served as instructor of record for the undergraduate flagship Introduction to Entrepreneurship course. I taught the course in hybrid, online, and residential formats, gaining experience designing and delivering instruction across multiple learning environments.

My teaching has been recognized at both the college and university levels. Based on recommendations from my department, student evaluations, and an external evaluation committee, I received multiple teaching awards, including the Dr. Torpey Teaching Excellence Award from the Whitman School of Management and the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, a university-wide distinction recognizing excellence in graduate instruction.