Welcome to my Teaching Portfolio!
I am passionate about teaching undergraduate students in sociology and introducing students across the social sciences and humanities to research. I honed my teaching philosophy and style—which emphasizes creative thinking, inclusivity, and research skills—across three courses that I served as the primary instructor for (in addition to 9 quarters of teaching assistantships). I have been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, including the UCLA Department of Sociology's Kollock Distinguished Teaching Award. This page serves as an online home for my teaching portfolio, which is also available in PDF format by request. My primary website can be reached at www.katherinesmock.com.
There are two ways to navigate the content of this portfolio:
In the navigation bar, you can access all the materials by class—the same way a student would experience the course.
Below, you can use the table of contents to browse contents by type.
Table of Contents
(by item type)
Sample Lesson Plan (Introductory Sociology)
Sample Lesson Plan (Introduction to Sociological Research Methods)
Sample Lesson Plan (Researching Los Angeles's Housing Crisis)
Board Games as Socialization Agents (Introductory Sociology)
Hypothetical Ethnography (Introduction to Sociological Research Methods)
Analog Sim City (Researching Los Angeles's Housing Crisis)
Literature Review (Introductory Sociology)
Interview Project (Introduction to Sociological Research Methods)
Research Proposal (Researching Los Angeles's Housing Crisis)
Evaluations (Introductory Sociology)
Evaluations (Introduction to Sociological Research Methods)
Evaluations (Researching Los Angeles's Housing Crisis)
Example of Student Work (Researching Los Angeles's Housing Crisis)