My teaching experience spans several disciplines, including social anthropology, ethnomusicology, African Studies, peace studies and global studies. I have been privileged to teach and learn alongside students in the UK, Somaliland, and Canada.
At Cambridge, I have supervised both undergraduate and MPhil dissertations in social anthropology and African Studies, and I have contributed to the following courses (either through supervising, leading seminars, or delivering lectures)
- Social Anthropology: The Comparative Perspective (SAN 1)
- Ethnographic Areas: Africa (SAN4a)
- The Anthropology of Digital, Auditory and Worlds (SAN11)
- Kinship, Intimacy and Care (SAN 13)
- Introduction to Ethnomusicology (Music Part 1B)
- MPhil African Studies Core Course
In Somaliland, I have worked at several universities, including the University of Hargeysa, Franz Fanon University and Marodijeh University, where I have taught peace studies and academic reading and writing skills. I have developed and taught the following courses:
- Foundations in Peace and Conflict Studies (for postgraduate diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies at UoH)
- Theories in Peace and Conflict Studies (for MA in Peace and Conflict Studies at UoH)
- Reading and Writing for Academic Contexts (for postgraduate students at various universities)
In Canada, I have worked as an adjunct lecturer and tutorial leader in the Global Studies Department at Wilfrid Laurier University and at the University of Waterloo, where I have contributed to the following courses:
- Peace, Justice and Development (RS 383), the second preparatory course in St Jerome’s Beyond Borders Programme (adjunct lecturer)
- Global Migration, Refugees and Diasporas (GS 323 OC) (instructor)
- Peace and Conflict Transformation: An Introduction (GS 232) (tutorial leader)
- War and Conflict: An Introduction (GS 231) (tutorial leader)
- Theories of Development (GS 211) (tutorial leader)
- Globalisation and Culture: The Cosmopolitan Village? (GS 211) (tutorial leader